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
Russia: Denial of adequate health care to jailed Ukrainian journalist drove her to self harm
Viktoria Roshchyna, who died in Russian custody in 2024, repeatedly insisted on seeing a psychotherapist while imprisoned, and was repeatedly placed in solitary confinement. There is strong evidence that she was tortured.
EFJ condemns recent attacks on journalists in Serb-majority enclave of Bosnia and Herzegovina
EFJ calls on the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to treat physical attacks and attempts to obstruct journalists as serious criminal offences, consistent with the Criminal Code, and to carry out thorough investigations into these incidents.
Bangladesh: Protect journalists during the election
Journalists covering elections in Bangladesh face heightened risks of violence and reprisals linked to their reporting.
CPJ: Cuba’s detention of content producers stifles access to information
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the detention of two content producers with El 4tico, a social media outlet in eastern Cuba, and calls on authorities to immediately release them and allow the free flow of information on the island.
Malaysia: Court ruling on the Communication and Multimedia Act a setback for free speech
The core of the decision affirms the continued criminalisation of online speech deemed ‘offensive’ and with the intent to ‘annoy’.
Gaza journalists remain trapped, exhausted, and under fire after ceasefire
Nearly four months after the ceasefire, Palestinian journalists in Gaza remain trapped by Israel’s blockade, face continued drone attacks, lack basic equipment and electricity, and urgently need protection and access.