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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Seychelles: Public Media Alliance and partner organisations call for urgent review of SBC Bill
IFEX has joined international media freedom organisations and public broadcasting associations in a letter to the Seychelles’ Minister of Information, calling for the Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) Bill to be put on pause to undergo thorough scrutiny.
MRA secures another legal victory against the National Broadcasting Commission
The appeal related to a suit instituted by the MRA, over the Commission’s imposition of fines on a television station and three pay TV platforms for allegedly undermining Nigeria’s national security by broadcasting documentaries about the state of banditry and insecurity in Zamfara State.
AI and the future of media take center stage at SIPConnect 2026
Over three days, participants will explore how artificial intelligence is transforming editorial and commercial operations, how audience expectations continue to evolve, and which growth strategies are proving most effective in an increasingly competitive environment.
Ashura season marked by escalating violations, restrictions on freedom of religion and assembly
Contrary to what the authorities describe as merely regulatory measures, the actions imposed this year have taken a more restrictive form. And they include arrests and the use of force against citizens who objected to the targeting of their religious manifestations.
AFJC condemns Taliban ban on smartphones, calls it a threat to press freedom and access to information
This measure appears to be part of a broader effort to tighten control over communication channels and suppress independent reporting.
Lithuania: Concerns remain over law on public broadcaster LRT
Civil society groups call on authorities to ensure all recommendations of the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission on the Law on Lithuanian National Radio and Television are addressed.