As South Africa’s anti-migrant movement passed its self-declared June 30 deadline for undocumented foreigners to leave the country, journalists covering the unrest increasingly found themselves the targets of the very

When John Dramani Mahama was sworn in as Ghana’s president in January 2025, he promised to usher in what he called an era of true media freedom. Eighteen months later,

For years, Peru was regarded as one of South America’s most vibrant media environments. Investigative journalists exposed corruption scandals, uncovered abuses of power, and played a central role in holding

As Zambia approaches its August 2026 general election, a growing coalition of lawyers, press freedom advocates, and civil society organizations is pushing back against what many see as an escalating

Cuba’s worsening energy crisis has triggered a renewed wave of protests across the island, driven by prolonged blackouts, fuel shortages, and deteriorating living conditions. In response to growing public unrest,

In the digital age, information control has become one of the most powerful tools of governance. Nowhere is this more evident than in China, where the state has developed one

Since the outbreak of the Iran war on February 28, marked by U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran followed by Tehran’s retaliation across the region, press freedom conditions have rapidly

On February 27, the Court of Appeal of Kenya is set to rule on the constitutionality of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act. This law has increasingly become a flashpoint

Ecuador is experiencing a deepening crisis that now strikes at the heart of its civic life. The twin pressures of organized crime-linked violence tied to narcotrafficking and institutional actions that

Costa Rica has long been recognized as a Central American outlier, a stable democracy with strong civil liberties, independent institutions, and a free press. Yet, as the 2026 national elections