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Investigative Missions
Missions can be effective tools in both national and international campaigns for freedom of expression because they offer opportunities for assessment and investigation, direct advocacy with decision-makers and public awareness-raising.Considering the multiple levels of engagement that missions can offer, as with other forms of campaigning activity, to ensure success take the time to plot your overall strategy and determine whether embarking on mission will achieve the desired impact.
Features
ARTICLE 19: Building Local Understanding and Consensus on Legal and Policy Reform in Nepal
By engaging and sharing legal and policy expertise with local stakeholders from media, civil society, law, and politics, ARTICLE 19, Freedom Forum and the Federation of Nepali Journalists raised awareness of international standards of freedom of expression. Now the call for reforms and the capacity to achieve them is coming from across these sectors within Nepal, under an agreed-upon agenda.
Pakistan Press Foundation’s rural community radio strategy takes hold
When a powerful earthquake struck Pakistan in October 2005, killing 73,000 people, state-owned radio and television transmitters in parts of North West Frontier Province and Pakistan-administered regions of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) were obliterated. There was a communication blackout. In the wake of this tragedy, the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an IFEX member, mobilised the resources and advocacy efforts of many press organisations to ensure the free flow of information in the crisis zone. But this was just the beginning.
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Sign a petition for blogger facing execution
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is urging you to sign a petition to save the life of jailed Iranian blogger and human rights activist Shiva Nazar Ahari. She has been charged with assembly and collusion to commit a crime, propagating against the regime and, the heaviest charge of all, "mohareb", or rebellion against God. She is facing possible execution.
25 August 2010 More Take Actions
IFEX Member Campaigns
Thirty-five IFEX members and other organisations appeal for charges to be dropped against prominent human rights activists and blogger Gamal Eid, Ahmad Saif al-Islam and Amr Gharbeia are charged with criminal defamation, use of threats and misuse of communications tools.1 September 2010 ANHRI issues third guide on legal defence for bloggers and journalists The 48-page booklet, titled "Publication Bans", contains advice for journalists and bloggers on how to avoid being charged with violating a publication ban and information on how to defend themselves against the charges.
2 September 2010 Lawyer interviewed as Maguindanao massacre trial resumes RSF interviewed Prima Jesusa Quinsayas, a lawyer who has been hired by the FFFJ to represent the families of journalists murdered in Maguindanao.
2 September 2010 IPI joins Turkish media organisations in launch of campaign against imprisonment of journalists According to IPI's Turkey National Committee, over 700 journalists are currently facing lawsuits and the threat of imprisonment.
31 August 2010 More IFEX member campaigns
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