2025: No ordinary year
Unprecedented threats tested freedom of expression and information rights everywhere: funding cuts, restrictive legislation, toxic online environments, escalating conflicts. Yet the IFEX network answered with collective power. From winning legal battles to protect independent media, shielding leaders under siege, and forging connections that turned crisis into opportunities. Discover how the diversity and reach of the network advanced the work in ways only collective action can.
Advancing press freedom together
Across the globe, IFEX members are doing the vital work of defending journalists, equipping them with the tools and skills they need, and confronting the forces that silence them. IFEX exists to support that work: connecting organizations across borders, sharing knowledge, opening doors to advocacy spaces, and channelling resources to where they are needed most.
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.
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More press freedom violations recorded in Ukraine in 8 months of 2026 than in entire 2025
The Institute of Mass Information recorded 136 press freedom violations in Ukraine in January – August 2026.
Shrinking digital space for humor, satire, parody, sarcasm, and irony in India
The increasing censorship of political humor points to a shrinking space for dissent in India.
Guinea withdraws “Jeune Afrique” correspondent’s accreditation
The MFWA condemns the HAC’s decision to withdraw Diawo Labboyah Barry’s accreditation and calls on the regulator to reconsider its decision and reinstate the journalist. Furthermore, it urges the HAC to clarify the legal and procedural basis for the withdrawal.
The AI media landscape: 71% of AI deals made with media outlets in anglophone countries
RSF calls for collective negotiations between media outlets and AI system providers.
Ahead of his trial hearing, rights groups call for the immediate release of photojournalist Hamdi El-Zaeem after ten years of deprivation of liberty
The continued deprivation of Hamdi El-Zaeem’s liberty over such an extended period constitutes a serious violation of the right to liberty and security of person, as well as the fundamental guarantees of a fair trial.
Civil society and experts call for a global moratorium on frontier AI
IFEX members are among the 60 civil society organisations sounding the alarm over the harms caused by “frontier AI”. They stress that a handful of private companies cannot be allowed to determine what level of danger the public should accept.