IFEX

From digital repression to government censorship, access to information remains under siege. IFEX members are pushing back to ensure information remains a public good.

2024 was one of the deadliest years for media workers. IFEX and its members worked tirelessly to protect journalists, combat impunity, and hold power to account.

With over half the world’s population voting in 2024, IFEX members stood on the frontlines, defending the right to speak out, protest, and participate in democratic processes.

In an era of rising authoritarianism and division, IFEX members are proving that solidarity, collaboration, and connection are the foundation for lasting change.

IFEX’s submission to the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee is part of an emerging area of IFEX work on the threats of AI-generated disinformation to freedom of expression and access to information, with ramifications for information integrity, democracy and equality.

The undersigned regional networks and other civil society organisations defending freedom of expression in Latin America and the Caribbean denounce the disappearance of Carlos Correa, Executive Director of Espacio Público, and demand his immediate release and safe return.

IFEX’s submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights emphasises the need to improve the safety and protection of environmental defenders and journalists, while centring communities most vulnerable to climate change, for a fair, inclusive, and equitable transition to a sustainable economy.

It is vital that the interim government commits to establishing democratic governance and to protecting and promoting human rights. This includes investigating the attacks on journalists and holding perpetrators accountable to prevent a culture of impunity.

IFEX is concerned about Pakistan’s increasingly restrictive digital environment, particularly since the February 2024 general elections which were marred with internet and telecommunications shutdowns, and the online censorship and harassment of journalists.

June 2024 in Africa: A free expression and civic space round-up, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

IFEX highlights how the trend of States suppressing protests and the censorship of expressions of solidarity with Palestinians on social media reflects wider systemic challenges to free expression and information that affect democracy, civic space, and human rights.

As a network of organisations that promote and defend freedom of expression and information, IFEX is appalled by the unprecedented toll on journalists and deeply alarmed by the suppression of Palestinian solidarity and ceasefire protests in many places throughout the world.

IFEX highlights the importance of a networked approach to international solidarity to the promotion and protection of civic space and human rights.

IFEX’s submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment builds on an emerging area of IFEX work by drawing on illustrative contexts and initiatives from our network. The submission shows how civil society has been stepping in to resist the targeting of journalists and defenders by States and companies and to address the resulting vacuum of information critical for environmental democracy and action where States have failed.