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
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.
Turkey: Court blocks access to news reports about Turkish CEO who appears in Epstein files
The court blocked access to reports about the CEO of İhlas Holding on “national security” grounds. İhlas Holding has investments in a range of sectors, and owns pro-government media outlets.
Syria: Consultations begin on a new media legal framework
Over four days in Damascus, the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression brought together journalists, lawyers, students, and officials to develop a legal framework that better protects independent media and freedom of expression
Iran tightens media crackdown with raids, financial pressure
Security forces are raiding journalists’ homes, seizing equipment, blocking bank accounts and SIM cards, and detaining reporters, intensifying a coordinated campaign to criminalise and silence independent reporting nationwide.
Bangladesh: Rush to establish media bodies threatens freedom of expression
ARTICLE 19 urges the interim government to immediately halt the enactment process and leave such far-reaching decisions to the incoming administration.
IFEX calls upon Ugandan authorities to lift suspension imposed on civil society during the elections
IFEX is alarmed by the ongoing suspension of the operating licences and frozen bank accounts of several CSOs in Uganda, including IFEX member Human Rights Network for Journalists – Uganda (HRNJ-U), ostensibly due to politically motivated investigations initiated just before the presidential elections on 15 January.