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    In memory of Lyra McKee
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Latest Posts

World Press Freedom Index 2019: how the power grip in Africa puts reporters at risk

25 April 201925 April 2019

In memory of Lyra McKee

23 April 201923 April 2019

PEN Translates open for submissions

23 April 201923 April 2019

Cameroon: writers, filmmakers and artists jailed for voicing political concerns

17 April 201918 April 2019

United Arab Emirates: take action to help free prominent human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor, now on hunger strike

15 April 201924 April 2019

Vacancy: Head of Communications

15 April 201917 April 2019

Saudi Arabia: five years since Waleed Abulkhair’s arrest

15 April 201918 April 2019

The peaceful march Cameroon still dreams of – Mimi Mefo

12 April 201912 April 2019

Turkey: international freedom of expression organisations call for acquittal of Özgür Gündem ‘guest editors’

12 April 201915 April 2019

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