January 2019

Paris Francophone Institute for Freedoms condemns the killing of an Iraqi journalist and calls on the Iraqi government to open an immediate investigation and seriously prosecute the perpetrators and bring them to justice. The Iraqi…

Paris Francophone Institute for Freedoms (PFIF) calls for ending the arbitrary arrests campaigns carried out by armed groups affiliated to the United Arab Emirates in Yemen as being outside the judicial process and without legal basis.…

Paris Francophone Institute for Freedoms (PFIF) expressed its upset over the killing of Mohammed bin Khalifa, a photographer working for the Associated Press, during clashes in the Libyan capital Tripoli between the Tripoli Protection Force…

Paris Francophone Institute for Freedoms (PFIF) calls for serious and effective international action to protect migrants detained in Libya in light of the violations they face while trying to reach Europe. PFIF is concerned about the…

Paris Francophone Institute for Freedoms (PFIF) welcomes the signing of a joint framework agreement by Tunisian journalists with representatives of the media and the Tunisian government. PFIF expresses its hope that the agreement…

Paris Francophone Institute for Freedoms (PFIF) issued a report calling for opening of an urgent international investigation into Israel's involvement in spraying internationally banned pesticides inside the Palestinian Gaza Strip,…

Paris Francophone Institute for Freedoms (PFIF) called for stopping the systematic violations against journalists working in Syria, including prosecuting and detaining them to obstruct their work. PFIF documented the killing of 24 media…

Paris, 6 January 2019 Paris Francophone Institute for Freedoms calls for stopping the arbitrary arrests of human rights activists and journalists in Sudan due to the popular protests that have been going on for several weeks. PFIF has…

The Bahrain Supreme Court upheld the conviction against Bahrain's most prominent human rights defender, Nabeel Rajab. The Grand Criminal Court has sentenced Rajab to five years in prison since 21 February 2018. The court convicted…

Following the report published by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), noting that 2018 was a bad year for journalists around the world, Paris Francophone Institute for Freedoms condemned the continuing attacks on…