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
Malaysia: CIJ urges proportionate response and protection of journalistic reporting following arrest of Kalidas Subramaniom
The arrest sends a signal and journalists are likely to avoid reporting on “sensitive” issues, including on corporate malpractice or migrant labour issues, due to fear of legal consequences.
Journalists’ families increasingly targeted with intimidation tactics by repressive regimes
Threats, arrests, kidnappings, raids, administrative pressure and sexual blackmail – authorities around the world are targeting journalists’ loved ones to exert pressure on them.
Vietnam sentences journalist Huynh Ngoc Tuan to 8½ years for anti-state propaganda
The journalist and his family have long been targeted for harassment, including home raids, surveillance, confiscation of computers and documents, and travel restrictions.
Slovakia: Bill on media regulatory restructuring and public media layoffs a crucial test for EMFA
A bill being reviewed by the parliament aims to significantly restructure Slovakia’s media regulatory body.
Bahrain: Death in custody raises torture concerns
BCHR calls for an independent investigation into the death of Al-Mousawi, citing enforced disappearances, medical negligence, and prosecutions of peaceful dissent in a detention system marked by abuse and impunity.
Libya: Armed groups terrorising judiciary and undermining rule of law in Libya
CIHRS documents threats, abductions, and attacks on judicial actors, with armed groups controlling arrests, detention, and evidence, leaving courts unable to enforce decisions or ensure due process.