10 October 2019 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), Access Now; et al. (Author)
Iraq
Joint NGO statement on the violent crackdown by security forces on peaceful protests in several cities
Iraq: Freedom of speech and assembly under attack as over 100 killed, thousands injured and hundreds arrested (Appeal or News Release, English)
18 July 2019 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières (Author), ARTICLE 19 (Author), CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author), ECPMF - European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (Author), et al. (Author)
Turkey
Joint statement of human rights organisations on report of pro-government think-tank that accuses international media of being biased and singles out correspondents for attack
Turkish think-tank report escalates harassment of journalists (Appeal or News Release, English)
3 July 2019 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), NHC – Norwegian Helsinki Committee (Author), IPHR – International Partnership for Human Rights (Author), Civil Rights Defenders et al. (Author)
Kyrgyzstan
Joint NGO letter on arbitrary detention and deterioration of health of human righs defender and journalist Azimjon Askarov
Joint letter to the EU about the situation of detained human rights defender Azimjon Askarov in Kyrgyzstan (Appeal or News Release, English)
21 June 2019 | ARTICLE 19 (Author), CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author), IPI – International Press Institute (Author), RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières (Author), EFJ - European Federation of Journalists (Author)
Albania
Report on preliminary findings of a joint NGO fact finding mission on freedom of expression (defamation; safety for journalists; smear campaigns against journalists; transparency of institutions; other topics)
Albania: Preliminary findings of joint freedom of expression mission | RSF (Special or Analytical Report, English)
12 June 2019 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), ARTICLE 19 (Author), CRLP – Center for Reproductive Rights (Author), CSW – Christian Solidarity Worldwide (Author), CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), ICJ – International Commission of Jurists (Author), RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), IRRI – International Refugee Rights Initiative (Author), African Defenders (the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network) et al. (Author)
Eritrea
Joint NGO statement to the UN Human Rights Council on the continuing dire human rights situation (16 journalists in detention without trial; impunity for human rights violations; restrictions on freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, and religion or belief; the continued use of indefinite national service)
Ensure continued scrutiny of the human rights situation in Eritrea [AFR 64/0509/2019] (Appeal or News Release, English)
31 May 2019 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), et al. (Author)
Cameroon
Joint NGO statement to UN security council members on the deteriorating human rights situation
Cameroon : civil society organizations raise the alarm over deteriorating human rights situation (Appeal or News Release, English)
11 April 2019 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), AFEX - African Freedom of Expression Exchange (Author), Africans Rising (Author), Association for Media Development in South Sudan (Author), Association of Concerned Africa Scholars (Author), et al. (Author), Federação de Jornalistas de Língua Portuguesa (Author), MCT - Media Council of Tanzania (Author), MFWA -Media Foundation for West Africa (Author), SANEF - South African National Editors’ Forum (Author)
Mozambique
Joint statement by civil society groups for the release of arbitrarily detained radio journalist
Mozambique: Civil Society groups call for the unconditional and immediate release of radio journalist (Appeal or News Release, English)
February 2019 | ARTICLE 19 (Author), RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières (Author), CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author), EFJ - European Federation of Journalists; IFJ - International Federation of Journalists; AEJ - Association of European Journalists; et al. (Author)
Hungary, Italy, Russian Federation, Turkey
Report on attacks and threats against journalists and media workers in Council of Europe members states (impunity; state reactions)
Democracy at risk: Threats and attacks against media freedom in Europe (Special or Analytical Report, English)
12 September 2018 | CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists
Pakistan
Report on declining press freedom and increasing difficulties for journalists (acts of intimidation; killing of journalists; recommendations)
Acts of Intimidation: In Pakistan, journalists’ fear and censorship grow even as fatal violence declines (Special or Analytical Report, English)
24 May 2018 | CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists
Iran
Report on the press freedom situation
On the table: Why now is the time to sway Rouhani to meet his promises for press freedom in Iran (Special or Analytical Report, English)
