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
Major release: 250 political prisoners freed in Belarus, including key journalists
Among those released early and deported are journalist Katsiaryna Bakhvalava (Andreyeva), blogger Eduard Palchys, and human rights defenders Valiantsin Stefanovich, Marfa Rabkova, and Nasta Loika.
Gambian journalist cuffed outside court and charged
Gambian journalist Momodou Justice Darboe was accused of assault after police allegedly attacked him for photographing suspects outside the courtroom.
Kosovo: Groups call for swift investigation into leak of private data and sexual harassment of journalist Ardiana Thaçi-Mehmeti
The journalist received hundreds of harassing messages overnight from members of the Discord group, including sexual and denigrating content.
India: Court petition challenges Digital Personal Data Protection Act
The petition argues that several provisions of the Act and Rules dilute constitutional privacy protections and weaken democratic accountability.
Journalist assaulted and robbed while covering protest in KZN
South African police have yet to make an arrest despite a formal complaint and video evidence of intimidation, assault, robbery, and property damage against two journalists.
UNDER PRESSURE: New report on threatened cartoonists around the world
The report features findings from a special survey on abuse, censorship, content restrictions, and other problems encountered online by cartoonists.