Fact-Finding Mission: Assessing The State of Internet Freedom to Ensure More Inclusive Democracy
In September 2023, APHR organized a fact-finding mission in Timor-Leste focused on the country’s efforts in expanding internet access and…
Theme: Media Freedom
Cracks in the Façade
Over the past three years, Florida has endured an invasive and far reaching attack on rights to free speech and…
Online Content Regulations in the Asia-Pacific: Limiting Civil Society’s Capacity to Hold Governments Accountable
The existing and emerging suite of online content regulation in the Asia-Pacific have limited civil society’s capacity to hold governments…
The Al Jazeera Ban is Another Strike Against Press Freedom
Israel has officially passed a law that will lead to the ban of Al Jazeera. The change in status for…
Venezuela is included in the civicus monitor watch list due to the deterioration of civic freedoms
The intensification of the persecution of civil society organizations, journalists and human rights defenders has led Venezuela to be included…
The State and Civil Society Organizations: Friends or Foes?
Given civil society organizations’ (CSOs) vulnerability to foreign interference, how can the public interest in their operational transparency be balanced…
Protecting the Future of Myanmar Media
Myanmar’s revolutionary movement stands at a pivotal moment in the nation’s history, in which opposition actors could have an unprecedented…
CEPPS Youth In Focus: World Press Freedom Day
In 2024, a record number of elections will take place around the world. During this pivotal moment for democracies, the…
Urgent appeal for support to Sudanese media
One year after the start of the conflict in Sudan on 15 April 2023, independent journalists, media outlets and representative…
Journalist Detentions in Myanmar
The Myanmar military launched a crackdown on media freedom as part of a coup d’état on 1 February 2021, persecuting…