Get ready to be inspired!
IFEX’s 2023 Annual Report is packed with stories of creativity, compassion, and collaboration from our amazing/unique network.
This past year IFEX faced numerous challenges, but we continued to adapt, strengthening our dedication to defending freedom of expression and information.
The challenges aren’t going away anytime soon – but neither is IFEX!
Throughout 2023, IFEX provided crucial support to members under pressure, contributed to tackling gendered disinformation, and helped members empower youth participation at the global climate conference COP28. We also supported member initiatives documenting attacks on journalists, defending cartoonists’ rights, and addressing online platform abuse and disinformation.
Learn how IFEX is making a difference worldwide. Read our 2023 annual report here:
Featured Articles
Asia-Pacific: Impunity, TV closures, and “entrenching state control over the internet”
December 2024 in Asia-Pacific: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX’s regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region
A dark year for media in Belarus, and SLAPP cases increase in Europe
December 2024 in Europe and Central Asia: A free expression round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Cathal Sheerin, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Kurdish news outlets’ ‘X’ accounts blocked in Turkey
The ‘X’ and YouTube accounts of the ‘Mezopotamya Agency’ have been blocked. Other prominent Kurdish outlets also blocked on ‘X’ in Turkey include ‘Jin News’ and ‘Yeni Yaşam’.
CPJ urges Palestinian Authority to lift ban on “Al Jazeera’s” operations in West Bank
The ban comes after the PA criticized Al Jazeera’s coverage of a standoff in the Jenin refugee camp.
Blogger Salman Al-Khalidi extradited from Iraq to Kuwait
The extradition raises serious human rights concerns and threats to his safety amid allegations of political persecution.
Myanmar junta enacts cybersecurity law, imposing penalties for unauthorised VPN use
Critics argue that the law is another measure to suppress freedom of expression and internet access.
