Get ready to be inspired!
IFEX’s 2023 Annual Report is packed with stories of creativity, compassion, and collaboration from our amazing/unique network.
This past year IFEX faced numerous challenges, but we continued to adapt, strengthening our dedication to defending freedom of expression and information.
The challenges aren’t going away anytime soon – but neither is IFEX!
Throughout 2023, IFEX provided crucial support to members under pressure, contributed to tackling gendered disinformation, and helped members empower youth participation at the global climate conference COP28. We also supported member initiatives documenting attacks on journalists, defending cartoonists’ rights, and addressing online platform abuse and disinformation.
Learn how IFEX is making a difference worldwide. Read our 2023 annual report here:
Featured Articles
Nepalese government called on to revise punitive new Media Council and Social Media bills
Signatories urge the government of Nepal and Parliament to refrain from developing and implementing legislation that empowers government with overreaching powers, including through overbroad and vague provisions that could be misused and abused to target activists, journalists, critics and other perceived opponents.
HRNJ-Uganda condemns escalating violence against journalists
IFEX member HRNJ-Uganda’s recent reporting on a violent attack on a journalist by Uganda’s security agency warns of an escalating media crackdown.
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Serb-majority entity adopts “foreign agent” law
Press freedom groups condemn Republika Srpska’s adoption of the legislation, which they say will be used to target government critics.
“Media21” outlet shuttered, 4 journalists arrested in Iraq
CPJ urges authorities to release journalist Bashdar Bazyani and allow “Media21” to resume operations, calling the arrests and shutdown a direct attack on press freedom.
Algeria: Joint open letter to member and observer states of the UN Human Rights Council
Rights groups warn that Algeria’s repression of civic space, marked by a brutal crackdown on free expression, is steadily eroding human rights and they call on UNHRC members to act.
Burundian journalist Sandra Muhoza’s appeal hearing postponed
Journalist Sandra Muhoza’s lawyer is advocating for her provisional release following her unjust conviction and detenttion since 2024.
