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…
Theme: Media Freedom
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…
A safer, fairer Thailand for all
Article about Panadda, a student from Thailand who has been harassed, arrested, intimidated, jailed — only because she seeks a democratic…
The precarity of Independent Public Interest Media: An Urgent Global Threat
This year, the theme of UNESCO’s annual World Press Freedom Day was “Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of expression…
Taming Big Tech: Protecting expression for all
Governments around the world are seeking to regulate how social media companies address problematic content on their platforms, especially hate…
Supporting Civil Society in Exile
In Myanmar, civic space drastically contracted after the February 2021 coup. Stringent registration and operating constraints, as well as threats…
Online harassment and censorship of women human rights defenders
Sexism, hate speech, threats, and censorship DanChurchAid has conducted an interview survey among female human rights defenders from Ukraine, Kenya,…
Impact of Myanmar’s New Association Law and FATF Blacklisting on Media
Myanmar’s media has historically been overburdened with vague, inconsistent, and overlapping laws that make up an oppressive legal framework packed…
Annual Report 2023
The European Endowment for Democracy (EED) is an independent, grant-making organisation established in 2013 by the European Union (EU) and…
Ukraine’s win against Russia’s information war
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has been marked by the Kremlin deploying various propaganda narratives, ranging from claims of “liberation”…