Civic space is wherever people organize, participate, protest, or communicate with each other to influence the political and social structures around them. Protecting it is our highest priority.
Press Freedom and Civic Space
On this World Press Freedom Day, let’s think about our information climate, where the media fit in, and what this means for the rest of us.
Journalists provide essential access to reliable, accessible, and accurate information that helps us all make the decisions that shape our lives – and the societies we live in. They also work to counter the scourge of disinformation that often escalates during times of crisis.
The media’s important work defending information integrity is often carried out alongside and with support from civil society organisations, and it is needed now more than ever to protect civic space from the escalating assaults on it.
To protect civic space, we must demand press freedom.
Featured Articles
Egypt: Human rights organizations call for the release of blogger Mohamed Oxygen
IFEX joins rights groups in calling for the immediate release of the Egyptian blogger and journalist, whose life in prison remains at risk after three years in detention.
Ukraine: Russian forces kidnap three Kherson bloggers and force them to ‘apologise’ on video
One of those abducted is Olena Naumova, a Kherson kindergarten teacher and TikTok blogger who had been kidnapped by the Russian military on 23 August and released on 6 September. Her son says she disappeared again on 19 September.
Brazil’s democracy confronts the looming threat of election denial
The courts, social media platforms, and others must work together to combat disinformation promoted by the incumbent president.
IAPA condemns attacks on journalists and media in Haiti
Haitian journalism is under serious threat this year, marked by murders, intimidation, kidnappings, and attacks on the media.
Rights groups call for a Special Rapporteur mandate on the human rights situation in Russia
A dedicated Special Rapporteur mandate would independently collect information and analyse the human rights situation in Russia, allowing Human Rights Council Members to be informed by in-depth and authoritative reports and to make recommendations on how to improve the rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in the country.”
Iran: Justice for Mahsa Jhina Amini
Tragic death of 22-year old woman highlights Iran’s deepening crisis of impunity.
