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This year, UNESCO’s theme for World Press Freedom Day is Freedom of expression as a driver for all other human rights. We couldn’t agree more! As a global network that has been promoting and defending freedom of expression for 30 years, IFEX decided to choose this year’s WPFD to launch our latest Annual Report. Check it out! You’ll find a wealth of information and stories from a year that produced more than its share of challenges to the right to freedom of expression, but also saw key successes: landmark legal rulings, successful campaigns, and opportunities to build counterpower. Through individual and collaborative action, this network continued to push back against the erosion of civic space and the undermining of democracies. #GetToKnowIFEX! You can read the full 2022 report here. |
Featured Articles

Philippines: Statement calling for urgent attention to Percy Lapid’s murder case
A coalition of press freedom advocates in the Philippines demands justice for a murdered radio broadcaster.

Thailand: Poet and activist, Arnon Nampha, sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for ‘royal defamation’
Poet, human rights lawyer and activist Arnon Nampha was convicted of royal defamation for calling for monarchy reform in a public rally in October 2020.

Advances in artificial intelligence are amplifying a crisis for human rights online
A new Freedom House report notes that while innovations in AI contributed to the 13th consecutive year of global decline in internet freedom, older forms of digital repression continued to proliferate.

Gambian journalist Bakary Mankajang detained
A routine call from the police culminates in the arbitrary arrest of Bakary Mankajang, the founder of ‘Mankajang Daily’.

Access to information, escape from China, revival of broadcast and resilient media voices
Special Issue: Mong Palatino brings an access to information focus to his latest regional brief, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

Fighting information pollution to promote a healthier environment
How polluters have been manipulating the information sphere to shut down opposing voices and worsen the climate crisis – and how people are fighting back.