16 May 2022 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), ICJ – International Commission of Jurists (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), IFEX – International Freedom of Expression Exchange (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), Access Now et al. (Author)
Cambodia
Joint NGO statement calling for the revocation of the Decree on the Establishment of the National Internet Gateway as it bears potential for violating human rights by restricting access to information and storing network data traffic and providing such data to authorities
Cambodia should scrap rights-abusing National Internet Gateway (Appeal or News Release, English)
24 March 2022 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), ARTICLE 19 (Author), CRIN – Child Rights Information Network (Author), CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), CHRI – Center for Human Rights in Iran (formerly: International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran) (Author), ICJ – International Commission of Jurists (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), IHRDC – Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (Author), MRG – Minority Rights Group International (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), ABC - Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran et al. (Author)
Iran
Statement to the UN Human Rights Council on the human rights situation and the need for renewal of the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran (use of the death penalty (against child offenders); use of lethal force by security forces against protesters, bystanders and border couriers)
To: Member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council [MDE 13/5395/2022] (Appeal or News Release, English)
17 March 2022 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), ARTICLE 19 (Author), CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), CHRI – Center for Human Rights in Iran (formerly: International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran) (Author), IFEX – International Freedom of Expression Exchange (Author), IHRDC – Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (Author), Front Line Defenders (Author), Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran et al (Author)
Iran
Joint NGO statement on restrictive "Regulatory System for Cyberspace Services Bill" that is about to be ratified by the parliament of Iran
Iran: Human rights groups sound alarm against draconian Internet Bill [MDE 13/5361/2022] (Appeal or News Release, English)
14 February 2022 | CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), IFJ – International Federation of Journalists (Author), IPI – International Press Institute (Author), RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières (Author), Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia et al. (Author)
India
Joint NGO letter calling for the release of Fahad Shah, editor of the news website The Kashmir Walla
India: Open letter calls for release of Fahad Shah and other Kashmiri journalists (Appeal or News Release, English)
1 December 2021 | CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), TI – Transparency International (Author), ITUC – International Trade Union Confederation (Author), The Army of Survivors et al. (Author)
China
Joint NGO statement on the "disappearance" of professional tennis player Peng Shuai following her accusations of sexual harassment against a former senior official and on the conduct of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Olympics: Protect Peng Shuai (Appeal or News Release, English)
19 October 2021 | ARTICLE 19 (Author), CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author)
Iran
Report on online harassment and threats against female journalists from the Iranian diaspora
Online harassment and abuse against women journalists in the Iranian diaspora (Special or Analytical Report, English)
17 September 2021 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), ARTICLE 19 (Author), CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author), Freedom House (Author), HRIC – Human Rights in China (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), IFJ – International Federation of Journalists (Author), IFEX – International Freedom of Expression Exchange (Author), RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), Front Line Defenders (Author), China Aid Association; et al. (Author)
China
Joint appeal by 45 NGOs to release journalist Zhang Zhan, who has been on hunger strike since May 2020 and at the risk of dying in prison
RSF and 44-NGO coalition urge Chinese President Xi Jinping to release Covid-19 reporter on hunger strike (Appeal or News Release, English)
13 September 2021 | AIHRC – Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (Author), AI – Amnesty International (Author), ARTICLE 19 (Author), CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), ICTJ – International Center for Transitional Justice - ICTJ (Author), ICJ – International Commission of Jurists (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), MRG – Minority Rights Group International (Author), NHC – Norwegian Helsinki Committee (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), Front Line Defenders (Author), HelpAge International (Author), FORUM-ASIA; et al. (Author)
Afghanistan
Joint NGO appeal to UN Human Rights Council to create investigative mechanism for human rights violations in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Human Rights Council should create a robust independent investigative mechanism (Appeal or News Release, English)
28 July 2021 | CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists
Myanmar
Report on press freedom, detained journalists and developments since February 2021 military coup
Bitter reversal: Myanmar military coup wipes out press freedom gains (Special or Analytical Report, English)
June 2021 | CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author), RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières (Author), FPU - Free Press Unlimited (Author)
Pakistan
Report on serious errors in official investigation in 2007-killing of journalist Zubair Mujahid in Sindh province (political and local context; Zubair Mujahid's work on local crime and corruption; killing, official investigation and other avenues of further investigation)
Breaking the Silence: An Investigation into the Murder of Zubair Mujahid (Special or Analytical Report, English)
