Erin Woycik

In his last week in office, President Obama commuted the 35-year sentence of military whistleblower Chelsea Manning, who will be released in 2017.

As three IFEX members take their governments to task over free expression, we take a look at the main issues they’ll be bringing up at the Inter-American Commission.

How much of what we do on Facebook influences the content we see, and how much of it is Facebook’s own rules? Are we underestimating the power of the largest social media network on the planet?

IFEX members reflect on what a Trump presidency will mean for human rights and free expression.

How did hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans manage to make their voices heard despite shut down subways, threats and journalist visa denials?

How do players in the free speech community, such as NGOs and journalists, make it safer to be a whistleblower? By providing secure digital platforms designed to connect them and the journalists who use the leaked information.

After Colombian-Spanish journalist Salud Hernández-Mora went missing on 21 May in northern Colombia, two other journalists who went to report on her disappearance have also gone missing.

25 May 2016 is the second national day in Colombia that recognizes women survivors of sexual violence during the internal conflict. This year IFEX takes a look at how journalist Jineth Bedoya Lima, whose case is emblematic of the lack of justice and respect afforded to victims, and local organisations are working to raise the voices of survivors who will not be silenced.

When Internet access is limited by infrastructure, cost, or government censorship, the ability of citizens to learn and share ideas and take charge of their own development is correspondingly limited. In Cuba, that’s where El Paquete comes in.

Paz Peña, Advocacy Director for Derechos Digitales tells IFEX about the ups and downs of their successful campaign to get a Chilean court to stop 24-hour, 360-degree surveillance in Santiago.

Are the escalating violence, deteriorating human rights climate and shocking rates of impunity enough to wake people up to the current reality in Honduras?

What makes a whistleblower? Is it their dedication to the truth? A desire to fight injustice? Meet nine whistleblowers and learn about the information they revealed in the public interest – and the price they paid.

Kudos to four of our members who are working to improve the lives of women working in the media and interacting in digital spaces.

You may be surprised to learn that libraries are some of our best allies in the defence of access to information, privacy, and intellectual freedom. But this is nothing new, because these rights have always been fundamental to what libraries stand for.