IFEX 2024 Convening in Berlin
The numbers – two days, 208 participants, one drum solo, two catwalks, innumerable cups of coffee and tea, and zero panels – tell only part of the story of what happened when the IFEX network and some of its allies and partners met for a face-to-face meeting in Berlin.
Over two days in April, IFEX held its first face-to-face network convening since the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic. We came together to deepen the connections that support our work as we tackle the threats to freedom of expression and information that increasingly constrain our world.
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Russia sentences Masha Gessen to 8 years in absentia on ‘fake’ news charges
“The nearly year-long prosecution of exiled journalist Masha Gessen, culminating in their conviction and sentencing, is emblematic of Russian authorities’ extreme measures against independent journalists” – CPJ
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Mexico: IPI condemns killing of journalist Víctor Alonso Morales Culebro
International civil society organization Article 19, which reported his death, believes recent articles by Morales Culebro could have put him at risk.
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CPJ calls on US to investigate threats against exiled Cuban journalist
Nieves believes that the threatening message came from agents of Cuban state security because he previously received other threatening messages from individuals with the names used by police officers who interrogated him while he was still in Cuba.
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Afghanistan: Taliban shuts down private radio station “Kawoon Ghag”
Authorities claimed that the radio station is considered to be a “property of the government”.
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Argentina: We condemn the alarming closure of civic space
IFEX-ALC, Alianza Regional por la Libre Expresión e Información [the Regional Alliance for Free Expression and Information], and Red Voces del Sur [the Voices of the South network]- three regional networks defending freedom of expression and press freedom– express our concern over the closure of civic space in Argentina as a consequence of the subjugation of freedom of information, expression, press, demonstration and peaceful assembly promoted by the current administration.
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Protection guide for LGBTQI+ people at in-person events
With LGBTQI+ events facing harassment and persecution globally, EFF suggests some quick and easy steps to protect yourself physically and keep your data secure at in-person events.