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
Iran: Internet shutdown silences witnesses, distorts global narratives
Iran’s internet blackout hid mass violence while regime-aligned and foreign actors shaped global narratives, showing how connectivity cuts suppress testimony and obstruct accountability for serious human rights abuses.
Bahrain: New waves of repression criminalise opinion and protest
A new ADHRB report shows Bahrain criminalising opinion and peaceful assembly beyond political opposition, using arrests, prosecutions, and smear campaigns, while urging accountability and the reopening of public spaces.
“We returned from hell”: Palestinian journalists recount torture in Israeli prisons
Based on 59 testimonies, CPJ reports Palestinian journalists faced torture, sexual violence, and starvation in Israeli detention, raising serious concerns under international law and calling for access, investigations, and accountability.
Transnational repression: Four Pakistani journalists in exile sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia
RSF said these sentences are part of a wider, ruthless crackdown on the independent voices that dare to document the actions of Pakistan’s powerful army.
Nepal: Journalist assaulted in Biratnagar
Journalist Pawan Bikram Shah was attacked after reporting on a construction irregularity.
Information blackout on the mining front
Journalists investigating a fatal mining disaster in eastern Congo were denied access, tightening a dangerous blackout around a mineral-fuelled conflict.