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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Bahrain: Shia clerics face mass trial marred by torture allegations and grave fair trial violations
IFEX and other international and regional signatories call on the Bahraini authorities to ensure fair trials for all the defendants, conduct independent investigations into allegations of torture, and exclude confessions obtained under duress.
Media freedom mission in Hungary welcomes initial reforms, calls for consultations and safeguards for second phase
Media freedom in Hungary has seen significant and rapid changes in the first six months of the new government, marking a historic break with one of the worst crackdowns on press freedom in the history of the European Union. This creates a significant opportunity to rebuild independent and pluralistic media institutions, a delegation of international media freedom and journalist organisations said today.
Hong Kong Journalists Association statement regarding threats against “HK01”, “Dot Dot News”, and “Orange News”
Several news offices received threatening letters containing white powder.
IFEX expresses solidarity with SFLC.in and other digital rights organisations documenting violations of free expression and information following attempted censorship
IFEX expresses solidarity with SFLC.in and other digital rights organisations and individuals who are facing content takedown requests on X, following posts documenting censorship and other violations of free expression online.
Championing justice for journalists: The Impunity Action List
CPJ’s new Impunity Action List sets out the essential steps for authorities to champion justice for journalists.
Journalist Lina Attalah fined 3 million pounds, “Mada Masr” ordered to shut down
The investigation concerns a report published by the “Mada Masr” news site on a wave of protests in prisons and transfers to remote prisons. The hearing was marked by irregularities and the verdict was issued without Attalah’s original defense team presenting its arguments on the substance of the charges.