Safety of journalists and human rights defenders

Journalists and human rights defenders around the world face major risks as a result of their work. Governments and other powerful actors, seeking to escape scrutiny and stifle dissent, often respond to critical reporting or activism with attempts to silence them.

Threats, surveillance, attacks, arbitrary arrest and detention, and, in the most grave cases, enforced disappearance or killings, are too often the cost of reporting the truth. The protection of journalists and human rights defenders, and ending impunity for attacks against them, is a global priority for safeguarding freedom of expression.

States are under an obligation to prevent, protect against, and prosecute attacks against journalists and human rights defenders. Creating a safe and enabling environment for their work necessitates legal reform, the creation of special protection mechanisms, and protocols to guide effective investigations and prosecutions where attacks occur. A free press and active civil society are essential to ensure the public’s right to know, so that governments and institutions can be held accountable.

Israel: Release detained Sumud Flotilla journalists and activists
02.10.2025 4 min read

Israel: Release detained Sumud Flotilla journalists and activists

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Nigeria: Free expression is key to strengthen sovereignty
01.10.2025 2 min read

Nigeria: Free expression is key to strengthen sovereignty

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Morocco: End crackdown on peaceful protests
01.10.2025 7 min read

Morocco: End crackdown on peaceful protests

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EU: Member states must suspend EU-Israel Association Agreement
30.09.2025 1 min read

EU: Member states must suspend EU-Israel Association Agreement

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Bulgaria: Press freedom undermined by political polarisation and delayed reforms
26.09.2025 19 min read

Bulgaria: Press freedom undermined by political polarisation and delayed reforms

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Guinea: Referendum must pave way for restoration of democratic values
19.09.2025 8 min read

Guinea: Referendum must pave way for restoration of democratic values

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Ukraine: Remembering Viktoriia Roshchyna – and demanding justice from Russia
19.09.2025 4 min read

Ukraine: Remembering Viktoriia Roshchyna – and demanding justice from Russia

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Belarus: As 52 are freed, our call to release all political prisoners intensifies
15.09.2025 3 min read

Belarus: As 52 are freed, our call to release all political prisoners intensifies

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Serbia: Safeguard the independence of United Group media outlets
04.09.2025 5 min read

Serbia: Safeguard the independence of United Group media outlets

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