Association of Caribbean Media Workers

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Organisations express solidarity with journalists in Guyana victims of online harassment

The ACM and IFEX-ALC stands in solidarity with journalists Davina Bagot, Nazima Raghubir, Tamica Garnett and other media workers in Guyana in their quest to perform their duties freely.

Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) calls on authorities of Sint Maarten to withdraw proposed Media Accreditation Policy

The measures announced in the policy are in direct contradiction with basic principles attached to observance of press freedom, including unfettered access by the media and, by extension, all residents, and citizens to public information.

A woman watches the water flow near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 5 November 2010, THONY BELIZAIRE/AFP/Getty Images

Hurricane Season Guidance from the ACM

Media has to be prepared for coverage during and after natural disasters. Here is a guide for that.

The UN-HRC chamber, Geneva, Switzerland., Getty Images

HRC 36: Secure digital communications are essential for human rights

A joint statement by the Association of Progressive Communications, IFEX and 64 co-signatories at the UN-HRC 36 warns of the threat to human rights posed by recent attacks on the right to use encryption technology, in Turkey and across the globe.

A Dominican journalist takes images with a cell phone by an old bridge at the border between Haiti and Dominican Republic that collapsed during the passage of Hurricane Irma in Ouanaminthe, Haiti, 8 September 2017, REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares

Association of Caribbean Media Workers launches post-hurricane media campaign

The ACM has launched a campaign focused on the plight of journalists and other media workers in some Caribbean countries affected by Hurricane Irma. A key component is providing a platform for the telling of stories of journalists and how they have been affected.

Detained Cambodian land activist, Tep Vanny, center, from the Boeung Kak lake community is escorted by court security during a hearing at Appeals Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015., ASSOCIATED PRESS

One Year On: Cambodia must immediately release Tep Vanny

67 NGOs call for the immediate and unconditional release of human rights defender Tep Vanny on the one-year anniversary of her detention.

Kem Ley, 4 June, 2016, AP/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pressure mounts on Cambodia a year after Kem Ley’s killing

On the one-year anniversary of the death of popular Cambodian activist Kem Ley, civil society organisations from around the world reiterated their call for an independent inquiry.

Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan must treat editor Zhanbolat Mamay fairly

Members of IFEX wrote an open letter on behalf of Kazakh Editor Zhanbolat Mamay, calling for a fair and impartial handling of charges against him and full investigation into his mistreatment in prison and threats made to his family.