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IFEX appeals to the King of Bahrain to free Nabeel Rajab, President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), who is eligible for conditional release on 29 November 2013.

Impunity Exposed: Get out your phones, digital cameras, tablets, or old school Polaroids! Deadline for entries is 3 November 2013.

At an event in Geneva, a coalition of international and local NGOs and activists from Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia urged governments to stop using vague legislation based on ill-defined concepts such as “national security”, “sovereignty” or “lèse-majesté” to intimidate, harass and imprison independent voices.

On Tuesday 30 July 2013, a military court found U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning guilty of 19 charges, including five counts of espionage and five counts of theft. Free expression and press freedom organisations were among the first to respond.

Members of Burma’s Press Council have threatened to resign if amendments are not made to the Printing and Publishing Enterprise Law which was recently approved by the Lower House of Parliament.

As Egyptians battle over conflicting visions for the future of their country, both journalists and the right to free expression are at risk.

As part of IFEX’s lobbying during the General Meeting in Cambodia, a factsheet was prepared as background to the Call to Action for Yorm Bopha, a Cambodian land rights activist, currently serving a two-year prison sentence.

The conference opens with an overview of Southeast Asia – and a chance to hear from some key regional freedom of expression defenders – and closes with a concert Thursday night featuring the band Cambodian Space Project. We’ve included a variety of themes and formats, so you can tailor your experience to your priorities and […]

Bringing together free expression advocates from around the globe to network, exchange skills, learn first-hand about priority issues in the region, and forge new alliances.

See how government-complicit free expression violations remain a harsh reality facing environmental rights activists in the Philippines, especially around the area of mining.

See how government-complicit free expression violations remain a harsh reality facing environmental rights activists in the Philippines, especially around the area of mining.

Activists, indigenous rights groups and journalists in the Philippines have been targeted for exposing and criticising mining and other environmental abuses for years.

Help free Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab during the Global Week of Action 21-28 March 2013.

IFEX lays out the top four reasons why you should care about the multi-stakeholder forum that considers who should control the Internet.

Human rights defender Nabeel Rajab was sentenced to three years in prison in August 2012 for calling for and participating in peaceful gatherings on three occasions. On 11 December, his sentence was upheld but reduced to two years.

The largest Argentinean media conglomerate, Clarín Group, has filed a criminal lawsuit alleging “incitement to violence and aggravated coercion” by members of the government. Clarín and the government have been involved in a three-year legal battle over a law that will see the media group forced to divest itself of significant holdings.