2025: No ordinary year
Unprecedented threats tested freedom of expression and information rights everywhere: funding cuts, restrictive legislation, toxic online environments, escalating conflicts. Yet the IFEX network answered with collective power. From winning legal battles to protect independent media, shielding leaders under siege, and forging connections that turned crisis into opportunities. Discover how the diversity and reach of the network advanced the work in ways only collective action can.
Advancing press freedom together
Across the globe, IFEX members are doing the vital work of defending journalists, equipping them with the tools and skills they need, and confronting the forces that silence them. IFEX exists to support that work: connecting organizations across borders, sharing knowledge, opening doors to advocacy spaces, and channelling resources to where they are needed most.
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.
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Free expression organizations express concern about restrictions on journalists covering post-earthquake emergency
Journalists covering recovery efforts following the earthquake in Venezuela have faced harassment, obstacles in accessing affected areas, and restrictions that impede news coverage.
Policing sports media since 2018: How the sector has become increasingly vulnerable to suspensions and bans
The mechanisms of repression in sports media rely on two institutions working together or in parallel: the Media Professionals Syndicate, and the Supreme Council for Media Regulation.
Journalist in detention, faces charges for criticizing use of cybercrime laws against his colleagues
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) expressed concern over the continued detention of journalist Chahana Takiou and called on authorities to release him so he can receive the needed medical care.
Concerns over Czech government’s plan to abolish the licence fee and replace it with state budget funding for public service media
The proposal could reduce the funding for public media and undermine independent public service media.
Trump administration issues subpoenas targeting several “New York Times” reporters
The subpoenas were issued by a U.S. attorney in Manhattan after “The New York Times” reported on security concerns involving President Trump’s new Qatari-donated Air Force One.
How digital participation is redefining civic space for young people in Africa
Governments and institutions need to protect the conditions that enable participation, including safeguarding freedom of expression, avoiding disruptions such as internet shutdowns, and ensuring that laws governing online spaces are clear, predictable, and rights-respecting.