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
“We returned from hell”: Palestinian journalists recount torture in Israeli prisons
Based on 59 testimonies, CPJ reports Palestinian journalists faced torture, sexual violence, and starvation in Israeli detention, raising serious concerns under international law and calling for access, investigations, and accountability.
Syrian civil society urges renewal of UN inquiry mandate
Ahead of the Human Rights Council session, Syrian groups warn that massacres, abductions, and enforced disappearances persist, saying that any weakening of the Commission of Inquiry would undermine accountability, credibility, and justice for victims.
Transnational repression: Four Pakistani journalists in exile sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia
RSF said these sentences are part of a wider, ruthless crackdown on the independent voices that dare to document the actions of Pakistan’s powerful army.
Nepal: Journalist assaulted in Biratnagar
Journalist Pawan Bikram Shah was attacked after reporting on a construction irregularity.
West Africa pushes for Big Tech to pay the newsroom bill
The executive director of MFWA urges ECOWAS to use its collective regional leverage to compel global tech platforms to fairly compensate West African media.
IAPA expresses concern over governmental oversight of Ecuadorian newspaper publisher
IAPA joins local organisation and IFEX member Fundamedios in condemning the measure.