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Spotlight: Impunity Chechnya (Russia) Attacks Gender

New anti-LGBTQI+ crackdown in Chechnya

12 May 2019
Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Police in Chechnya have carried out a new round of unlawful detentions, beatings, and humiliation of men they presume to be gay or bisexual.

Censorship Poland Gender

Poland: Arrest over LGBTQI+ themed Virgin Mary

Human rights activist Elżbieta Podlesna was held for several hours on suspicion of offending religious beliefs after she displayed a poster of the Virgin Mary with a rainbow halo.

‎ Human Rights Watch (HRW)‎10 May 2019

Saudi Arabia Digital Rights Gender

Oppressing women with an app in Saudi Arabia

"Guardians" can use Absher to grant or deny permission for women and children to travel abroad and obtain a passport.

‎ Human Rights Watch (HRW)‎ 6 May 2019

Digital Rights Asia & Pacific Gender

Social media blackout, 'Orwellian' anti-fake news bill, and stoning to death for adultery

Opinions about media restrictions after bomb attacks in Sri Lanka, massive protests against Hong Kong's extradition law, defamation and criminal charges for critics of Myanmar's military, Singapore's 'Orwellian' anti-fake news bill, and Brunei's controversial Sharia Law takes effect.

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports ‎ 1 May 2019

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"In the future they will apologize to our children" - Europe and Central Asia in April

‎ Cathal Sheerin for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports

Europe & Central Asia Free Expression & the Law Gender 29 April 2019
Saudi Arabia arrests at least 13 more human rights defenders

‎ Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

Saudi Arabia Digital Rights Gender 14 April 2019
Newsroom safety self-assessment resource launched

‎ International Press Institute (IPI) , Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers

International Digital Rights Gender 3 April 2019
Soutoudeh receives heavy sentence, Shawkan and Alaa Abd El-Fatah complete theirs, plus Bahrain's Formula One v. human rights

‎ Joey Ayoub for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports

Middle East & North Africa Digital Rights Gender 30 March 2019
Women's Day marchers attacked, Thai media restricted, and report on media killings in Afghanistan

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports

Attacks Asia & Pacific Gender 29 March 2019
An RTI win, scribbling schoolgirls released, regional bodies slam shutdowns and journalists jailed

‎ By Reyhana Masters for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports

Africa Digital Rights Gender 28 March 2019
A database of porn users and the 59 journalists serving 417 years on terrorism charges

‎ Cathal Sheerin for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports

Europe & Central Asia Attacks Freedom of Assembly Gender 27 March 2019
"Hashtag Palestine 2018", a new report on Palestinian digital rights

‎ 7amleh - Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media

Palestine Digital Rights Gender 27 March 2019
Ahead of the elections, what are Ukraine's key human rights problems?

‎ Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Attacks Ukraine Gender 26 March 2019
Svetlana Alexievich

‎ IFEX

Free Expression & the Law Belarus Gender 16 March 2019
Bhutan: Namgay Zam talks about the importance of women in media

‎ International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)

Bhutan Gender 13 March 2019
Saudi women human rights defenders to be tried on 13 March

‎ Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law Gender 12 March 2019
Militant insurgencies impact media freedom, fake news and elections, and more

‎ By Reyhana Masters for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports

Africa Digital Rights Gender 9 March 2019
Hope, courage, and resilience: Women journalists in Indonesia tell their stories

‎ Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA)

Indonesia Attacks Digital Rights Gender 9 March 2019
Over 50 human rights groups call for immediate release of Saudi rights defenders

‎ Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), ARTICLE 19, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), Human Rights Watch (HRW), PEN International, Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

Saudi Arabia Attacks Gender 9 March 2019
Twenty-seven women journalists held in appalling conditions

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

International Attacks Free Expression & the Law Gender 7 March 2019
Journalists failed by Turkish justice, a Nobel nomination, and France's "anti-thug" law

‎ Cathal Sheerin for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports

Europe & Central Asia Impunity Freedom of Assembly Gender 28 February 2019
Ankara's ongoing ban on LGBTQI+ events

‎ Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Turkey Freedom of Assembly Gender 15 February 2019
Forty years of state lies: RSF unveils leaked Iranian justice file

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Iran Free Expression & the Law Gender 12 February 2019
Turkey's female journalists doubly targeted in media crackdown

‎ International Press Institute (IPI)

Turkey Attacks Gender 11 February 2019
Finland sets precedent in sentencing journalists' harassers

‎ International Press Institute (IPI)

Attacks Digital Rights Finland Gender 8 February 2019
Death, shutdowns, crackdown and a glimmer of hope as Angola reviews penal code clauses in favour of LGBTQI rights

‎ By Reyhana Masters for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports

Africa Digital Rights Attacks Gender 6 February 2019
Rights defenders Awfa Al-Na'ami and Alhassan Al-Qawtari arbitrarily detained

‎ Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

Yemen Free Expression & the Law Gender 6 February 2019
Asia-Pacific in January: Cambodia's third UPR, Thailand's 'Twitter storm', and Pakistan's transgender pride march

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports

Digital Rights Asia & Pacific Gender 5 February 2019
Ukraine: Physical assaults against female journalists rise by 50% in 2018

‎ European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) - INTERIM MEMBER

Impunity Attacks Ukraine Gender 2 February 2019
Saudi teenager granted asylum in Canada, Palestinian journalists 'collateral victims' and 26 Bahrainis stripped of citizenship

‎ Joey Ayoub for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports

Middle East & North Africa Digital Rights Gender 1 February 2019

Our free expression rights and realities are gendered, reflecting global themes of inequality and intolerance for diversity. This hub page pulls together articles that explicitly provide information or perspectives related to this topic.

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From Oppression to Liberation: Reclaiming the Right to Privacy

Our series of interviews with privacy and gender rights activists across the world reflect nuanced and context specific experiences of the right to privacy.

Privacy International 28 November 2018
Gender-Based Violence Against Palestinian: Women in Virtual Space

7amleh - Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media 23 November 2018
Online attacks on journalists in Poland

In June 2018, IPI visited Poland as part of its Ontheline project, which aims to identify best newsroom practices for preventing and better responding to online harassment of journalists.

International Press Institute (IPI) 1 October 2018

Online harassment of journalists: the trolls attack

In this report RSF sheds light on the latest danger for journalists – threats and insults on social networks that are designed to intimidate them into silence.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 26 July 2018

Measuring Pakistani women's experiences of online violence

A quantitative research study on online gender-based harassment in Pakistan

Digital Rights Foundation 19 July 2018

Online violence against women in Pakistan - Submission to UNSR on violence against women

This report will explore the laws and institutions that are in place within Pakistan to deal with issues of online violence against women.

Digital Rights Foundation 19 July 2018

Cyber Harassment Helpline - One year report, December '16 to November '17

The Cyber Harassment Helpline was launched after the successful completion of the Hamara Internet (translates as “Our Internet”) project, and based on its findings in the “Measuring Pakistani Women's Experience of Online Violence” report

Digital Rights Foundation 19 July 2018

Women's representation in the media

Reports by Freedom Forum published every three months show a gradual improvement in the statistics for women's presence in the media.

Freedom Forum 20 June 2018

Women journalists speak for visibility

According to a report, women were underrepresented in Nepali media with only 9% in bylines and 13% as news sources in 2,397 news stories.

Freedom Forum 6 June 2018

Indonesia: Violence against women journalists

The Indonesian press has not been free from violence and abuse against journalists. There were more than 60 cases recorded from 2017 to March 2018, with at least 20 percent of the cases involving women journalists.

Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) 4 May 2018

Audacity in Adversity: LGBT Activism in the Middle East and North Africa

Despite state-sponsored repression and social stigma, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the Middle East and North Africa are finding ways to speak out. They are telling their stories, building alliances, networking across borders, developing national and regional movements, and finding creative ways to combat homophobia and transphobia.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) 16 April 2018

Women's rights: Forbidden subject

Covering women’s issues does not come without danger. A female editor was murdered for denouncing a sexist policy. A reporter was imprisoned for interviewing a rape victim. A woman reporter was physically attacked for defending access to tampons, while a female blogger was threatened online for criticizing a video game. For International Women’s Day, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) wants to turn the spotlight on violence against journalists covering these issues. This report does not address the status of women journalists, equal employment of women in journalism or sexist (or non-sexist) attitudes in the media. These issues have been widely covered and debated elsewhere. This report focuses specifically on threats and violence against both men and women reporters covering women’s rights.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 1 March 2018

Digital (In)security of Journalists in Pakistan

Pakistan has been slow to recognize that violence, threats and harassment faced online by journalists reflects the violence they are exposed to offline. A nationwide survey of working journalists was conducted to ascertain their level of digital insecurity, to record their experiences and the protections they desired from the journalist community, their media organizations, and the government.

Digital Rights Foundation 2 February 2018

Women's rights online: Issues in Ghana

Although the internet has the potential to bridge the gender equality gap, it is still a hugely unexplored terrain or many Ghanaian women because of issues of access, affordability and knowhow.

Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) 1 January 2018

Gender content in nine national dailies in Nepal

A report on gender content monitoring found only 6% of bylines were women.

Freedom Forum 11 August 2017

Cyber harassment helpline: Six month report, December 2016-May 2017

Digital Rights Foundation 19 July 2017

Report on LGBT censorship in Lebanon

This "LGBT Censorship in Lebanon" report tackles the impact of censorship, unequal treatment and the arbitrariness of legislation on the daily lives of the Lebanese LGBT Community and more generally all LGBT-related content in Lebanon.

MARCH 24 June 2017

Report on gender justice in Nepali media

This report presents the outcome of an assessment of women's participation in the Nepali print media as news source, news actors and news reporters identified in bylines. Women's participation is still meager vis a vis Nepali media content

Freedom Forum 10 April 2017

Online harassment of journalists in Hungary: Forms, coping mechanisms and consequences for press freedom

This report presents the findings of a three-month study focused on mapping, observing and analysing online harassment of journalists in Hungary. The study aimed to identify the types of harassment journalists are subject to, which journalists are typically harassed, who the harassers are, and how journalists cope with harassment.

International Press Institute (IPI) 9 March 2017

Challenging Patriarchy Through the Lens of Privacy

In this special briefing for International Women’s Day 2017, Privacy International explores through the work of the Privacy International Network some areas of concern being addressed in relation to privacy, surveillance, women’s rights, and gender.

Privacy International 9 March 2017

A Preliminary Inquiry: Tangible Protection Mechanisms for Women Human Rights Defenders in the MENA and Beyond

On current trends and threats facing Women human rights defenders.

Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) 31 October 2016

Discrimination against transgender women in Cambodia's urban centres

This research report documents human rights issues faced by transgender women in Cambodia's urban centres, and recommends actions to secure their rights to equality, dignity, health and security.

Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) 21 September 2016

Gender Snapshot: International Women's Day 2016

IFJ report highlights high levels of gender discrimination and violence against women in the media

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) 8 March 2016

Violations against female journalists in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

Despite the difficult situation in Palestine, politically and socially, Palestinian female journalists have been active and engaged in press offices and field work, and they have proven merit, professionalism, and courage while covering events in the field fraught with serious attacks and life-threatening risks.

Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) 3 March 2016