IFEX

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.

IFEX calls on Kyrgyz authorities to uphold their international human rights obligations by ceasing the wider use of criminal prosecution and abuse of legislation to systematically target independent media outlets, journalists, and other media professionals.

As the country marks the third anniversary of manipulated elections that kept “Europe’s last dictator” in power – and the launch of a brutal crackdown – we spoke with BAJ about their ongoing global Solidarity Marathon on behalf of imprisoned journalists.

IFEX and IFEX-ALC are expressing their solidarity with ARTICLE 19 Mexico and Central America after an escalation in threats against the organisation by Mexico’s president.

The Media Freedom Cohort’s Findings Report comprises commitments gathered by a small number of government leads and NGOs, including IFEX, from more than 100 governments, businesses, media platforms, and civil society organisations on priority areas of concern: protecting journalists’ safety and security, advancing freedom of expression, and bolstering independent and diverse media.

IFEX urges the Parliament of Mongolia to uphold the decision of Mongolia’s president to veto the proposed Law on the Protection of Human Rights in Social Media.

IFEX’s submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights highlights how growing trends of online gender-based violence facing women journalists threatens their safety and undermines their rights to free expression and public participation, as well as civil society’s role in addressing these threats.

On International Women’s Day, IFEX Regional Editors share stories from their regions about steps being taken to balance safety and freedom online.