Cybercrime Laws in the Arab World

Prisoner of Conscience: Roman Sushchenko

Prisoner of Conscience: Anastasia Shevchenko

Prisoner of Conscience: Gozel Bayramli

Find out the story of release prisoner of conscience, Gozel Bayramli, who has been freed following a presidential pardon.

Publication

What can be done to counter fake news?

The 2016 US presidential elections moved the debate about phenomena such as “hate speech” and “fake news” to the centre of public attention. The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom therefore commissioned the communication researchers Dr Philipp Müller and Nora Denner to analyse the impact of these phenomena.

Prisoner of Conscience: Afgan Mukhtarli

In May 2017 Afgan Mukhtarli, an Azeri investigative journalist living in self-imposed exile in Georgia was kidnapped and a day later appeared in a detention center in the Azeri capital Baku.

Socio-Economic Challenges and Jordan's Foreign Policy

Socio-Economic Challenges and Jordan's Foreign Policy:Employment, Trade, and International CooperationDGAP Policy Paperby Sophie Schmid, FNF MENA Regional Project Manager

LGBTQI+

Seven Decades since Independence and Still Fighting for Equality

Until 2014, transgender people in India were bereft of any legal recognition or rights. In 2014, the Supreme Court of India through the NALSA judgment paved the way for enshrining the rights of transgender individuals in the law. They could self-identify as ‘third gender’. The judgment also declared that transgender people be granted fundamental rights and certain reservations in education and employment opportunities.

Innovation in East and Southeast Europe

LGBTQ Rights

LGBTQ Rights in sub-Saharan Africa

As of June 2019, 32 out of 54 African countries outlaw same-sex activity, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW) (Komane, 2019). The situation in Africa differs signi cantly from Europe where same-sex activity has been legalised across the continent, and 28 of the 44 countries recognise either same-sex marriage or civil unions (WEF, 2019).