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.
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A fresh continental resolution flags rising repression, digital interference, and weak legal commitments as key threats to credible polls across 12 countries.
CPJ submission to UN documents series of journalist jailings, secretive trials, torture claims in Tajikistan
Since 2022, nine journalists have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms of up to 20 years.
Italy: Acquittal of writer and journalist Roberto Saviano sets landmark ruling for press freedom
Several groups said the case reflects broader patterns in which legal action is used to deter scrutiny and silence critical voices.
Free at last! RSF relieved by release of Myanmar journalist and Press Freedom Award laureate Shin Daewe
Journalist and filmmaker Shin Daewe had been detained since October 2023 on the charge of “abetting” terrorism.
Mass ban of CSOs by Burkina Faso junta
The abrupt dissolution of 118 organisations by the military junta signals an escalation from regulatory control to outright suppression of independent civic actors.
Filming conflict and the boundaries of expression: UAE introduces wartime restrictions
More than 100 individuals of various nationalities have been reportedly arrested for filming or sharing videos of Iranian missile and drone attacks.