IFEX

IFEX members call for end to Cambodian governments arrests and harassment of civil society and independent investigation of the killing of noted commentator Kem Ley.

“Beyond the simple problem of a lack of evidence, there are serious concerns regarding the indictment which suggest it has been written to obfuscate facts and to implicate the journalists in involvement in the Balyoz case, an already controversial story, to limit public support for their situation.”

IFEX joins CIVICUS and other international NGOs to call on Egyptian authorities to address severe violations against human rights defenders.

IFEX members from around the world express their solidarity through statements and social media.

IFEX joins EuroMed Rights and other groups in calling on the Egyptian government to immediately lift arbitrary travel bans on all human rights rights defenders and activists.

IFEX joins in global solidarity with the victims of the Tolo TV attack and all Afghan journalists and media workers

The censoring of information online is one of the greatest dangers to free speech on the Internet today, as many countries filter a wide variety of information of social and political significance, sometimes under the guise of ‘national security’.

Land rights activist Tep Vanny was among 13 women who were imprisoned in 2012 for protesting against the draining of a formerly picturesque lake in Cambodia and the forcible displacement of thousands of residents living on the water’s edge. Now free, she remains at the forefront of the movement despite further arrests, constant threats and surveillance.

Six years since 58 people, including 32 journalists and media workers, were murdered in the Philippines, IFEX members continue to call for justice.

IFEX Executive Director Annie Game reflects on four years of struggle against impunity, and the IFEX strategy to combat it.

A visualisation of key information from the UNESO Director General’s report on the Safety of Journalists and the Danger of Impunity.

IFEX is calling for the Brazilian Senate to take more time to debate an anti-terrorism bill that is due to be voted on 27 October. The bill’s wording is ambiguous enough to allow for overbroad interpretation of the characteristics of the crime of terrorism.

There was a lot of noise in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, over four days in October when more than 150 free expression defenders took on some of the hard realities facing us in our work.

IFEX calls for the immediate retraction of a decision to dissolve local Ecuadorian free expression organisation Fundamedios.

IFEX requests the immediate retraction of SECOM’s recent advisory to Fundamedios that forbids the publication of its alerts and threatens the dissolution of the organisation.

In a joint letter, NGOs and membership organisations have called on the National Assembly of Cambodia to immediately withdraw the draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LANGO).