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
UNDER PRESSURE: New report on threatened cartoonists around the world
The report features findings from a special survey on abuse, censorship, content restrictions, and other problems encountered online by cartoonists.
State of media freedom in Afghanistan
The report documents at least 207 incidents involving violations of media and journalist rights over the past 12 months.
Indonesia: Attack on human rights defender highlights threats to free speech
ARTICLE 19 demands an immediate and independent investigation into the attack on Andrie Yunus and the broader threats against civil society.
Syria: Assad regime built vast surveillance system to target journalists
An RSF investigation reveals a coordinated intelligence apparatus used to monitor, blacklist, and target reporters, with at least 181 journalists killed between 2011 and 2024 as part of a systematic policy.
Bahrain urged to free Dr Al-Singace after 15 years in prison
The prominent human rights defender faces worsening health after years of denied medical care, while hunger strikes over confiscated research underscore concerns about his treatment in detention.
Turkey: Ahmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak handed prison sentence
An Istanbul court has handed prison terms to the journalists, who were on retrial upon a decision by the Court of Cassation.