“Iran International” journalist stabbed in London
“Iranian journalists working in London have long lived under the shadow of a potential attack, but for this to happen in a residential street in broad daylight is deeply shocking” – RSF
UK High Court delays decision on Julian Assange’s extradition to the US
If the US fails to provide proper assurances that Assange will be able to rely on First Amendment rights, and that he will not be subjected to the death penalty, the Wikileaks publisher will be granted permission to appeal his extradition.
UK government should end its crackdown on right to protest
Rights groups call on UK government to reverse its crackdown on the right to protest and stop conflating protests with extremism.
PEN reiterates call to free Julian Assange
PEN International, English PEN and PEN Norway once again urge the UK authorities to stop the extradition of Assange and call on the US authorities to drop the charges against him and withdraw their extradition request.
Twelve common misconceptions about Julian Assange
Ahead of the upcoming UK High Court hearing in the extradition proceedings against Julian Assange, Reporters Without Borders examines 12 of the common misconceptions about the US government’s case against him.
Blogger Salman Al-Khalidi sentenced to additional three years in prison in new case
GCHR calls on authorities to stop targeting Al-Khalidi immediately and to drop all sentences issued against him.
Alaa Abd El-Fattah – An urgent appeal to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
The prominent activist has spent much of the past decade imprisoned in Egypt for his writing and activism.
Western Europe: Protect the right to protest and dissent, even during a time of war
“As the humanitarian catastrophe continues to unfold in Gaza, and increasingly in the West Bank, there must be freedom to voice opinions and to protest everywhere” – ARTICLE19
UK’s Online Safety Bill undermines privacy, security and freedom of Internet users
The UK’s recently-passed Online Safety Bill (OSB) promises to make the UK “the safest place” in the world to be online. In reality, the OSB will lead to a much more censored, locked-down Internet for British users.
UK: What is needed to protect freedom of expression for all
Contrary to recent pronouncements that “political correctness” is to blame for the UK’s declining state of free expression, it’s mainly driven by the government’s attempts to silence dissent.
CPJ calls on British PM to press for Jimmy Lai’s freedom after Hong Kong report
The Committee to Protect Journalists said that the U.K. government should take action to secure the release of Jimmy Lai and other imprisoned journalists based on the report of Britain’s All-Party Parliamentary Group about Hong Kong media freedom.
What the UK’s Online Safety Bill could mean for press freedom
Tech firms and privacy groups say the bill represents a threat to encryption and secure communication. Rights groups are worried that the outsourcing of decisions on illegal content to private platforms could incentivise the over-removal of legitimate content.
Rights groups raise concerns over UK’s National Security Bill
“Whilst we understand the UK government’s aim to update its espionage laws to protect national security, the draft Bill contains broad and vague definitions that we believe will, even if unintentionally, impact on legitimate whistleblowers and public interest journalism.”
Civil society groups under threat across Europe
“The threat these days doesn’t come just from repressive governments like those in Russia or Turkey. Nor it is even confined to democratic states on the road to authoritarianism like Hungary and Poland. It now also comes from elected governments in states whose democracies appear in better health, such as France, Greece, Italy, and the UK.”