IFEX is making a difference worldwide
During a period when the terms ‘record-breaking’ and ‘unprecedented’ too often describe negative developments in our world, and when polarization and divisiveness are on the ascent, the IFEX network demonstrated solidarity, support, compassion, and understanding. In 2024 we countered extraordinary efforts to undermine the free expression and information rights we promote and defend, as well as attacks directed at our own abilities to do this work.
2025 – 2029 Strategic Plan
Our strategic plan guides our collective scope, priorities, and approach from 2025 through 2029, while ensuring we respond to the evolving contexts and needs of IFEX members over the period.
IFEX Collaboration Project
By developing action-oriented tools and frameworks, IFEX is helping civil society organisations strengthen collaboration, challenge power imbalances, and build the foundations for more just and inclusive collective work.
Meeting the AI moment
Artificial intelligence is disrupting journalism, boosting efficiency and data analysis while also exacerbating threats and disinformation. The IFEX network is ready for the challenge.
Featured Articles
“No safeguards”: Why India’s new tax law poses a “severe risk” to journalists
India is now testing a legal architecture that normalizes extraordinary access to personal digital space on mere suspicion of tax evasion.
Normalising surveillance in daily life
Work, education and health are just some of the areas where technology is being used to supercharge monitoring – and potentially control.
Four West African states defy ECOWAS court over blasphemy laws
By retaining their blasphemy laws, Nigeria, The Gambia, Cape Verde, and Mauritania are flouting an ECOWAS Court ruling that deemed such laws a violation of fundamental human rights.
Belarus: From political vlogger to political prisoner
BAJ profiles Palina Zyl, a vlogger who was sentenced to one year in prison on charges of “organising, preparing or participating in actions that constitute a severe breach of public order”.
Albania: Free expression groups call on authorities to protect journalists’ access to parliament
New proposals foresee abolishing independent filming in the plenary chamber and confining all interactions between MPs and the media to a single designated “doorstep” space. If implemented, this would effectively make accountability voluntary.
Sahel journalists risk everything to keep rural communities informed
RSF’s documentary on community radio highlights the courage of journalists such as Ousmane Abdoulaye Touré, Adama Sougouri, and Fati Amadou Ali, who risk their lives to deliver vital news to their communities.
