IFEX launches online game for Day to End Impunity campaign
To draw attention to impunity and motivate more people to engage in the issue, IFEX has created a digital game, Break the Silence, for the 2012 International Day to End Impunity campaign.
IFEX launches 2012 Day to End Impunity campaign
Created by IFEX in 2011, International Day to End Impunity is a call to action — to demand justice for those who have been targeted for exercising their right to freedom of expression, and to shed light on the issue of impunity.
IFEX urges Bahrain to free member Nabeel Rajab prior to appeal
In advance of verdict on 11 December, IFEX calls for release of member Nabeel Rajab, President of BCHR, who was sentenced to three years in jail in August for his role in peaceful protests.
Draw attention to impunity: IFEX launches editorial cartoon contest
Attention all cartoonists! IFEX is launching an editorial cartoon contest as part of the second annual International Day to End Impunity on 23 November. Deadline for entries is 4 November 2012.
End persecution of human rights defenders in Bahrain now, says appeal to UNHRC
NGOs lobbying at the UN call for the release of human rights defenders, and to ensure that those who participate in Bahrain’s UPR process do not face reprisals.
Release Bahraini human rights activists now, say international groups
A group of 46 human rights organisations led by IFEX calls on member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council to urge Bahrain to release human rights defenders and peaceful opposition activists.
IFEX deplores three-year jail sentence given to Bahraini member Nabeel Rajab
IFEX, the world’s largest network of free expression organisations, strongly denounces the three-year prison sentence handed down on 16 August 2012 to Nabeel Rajab, president of IFEX member Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), for his role in pro-democracy protests.
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IFEX gravely concerned for safety of Fundamedios and others who attended IACHR hearing
IFEX is appealing to authorities to address the recent threats against IFEX member Fundamedios and its director, and the attempts by government supporters and state officials to discredit the organisation.
UNESCO director-general urged to cancel Obiang prize
The goal of “a free, safe and fair environment for journalists” would be greatly undermined should UNESCO’s executive board move forward with an award named for and funded by Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, say a group of organisations who participated in a UN consultative process on impunity last week.
IFEX calls on President Kabila to address recent death threats against JED
On 26 August 2011, Donat M’Baya Tshimanga and Tshivis Tshivuadi received an e-mail threatening them and their families.
IFEX calls on Bahrain’s rulers to end detention and torture of those jailed solely for peacefully expressing themselves
IFEX is alarmed at the life sentences handed down last week to human rights and political activists and bloggers, including founder of IFEX member BCHR.
IFEX gravely concerned for safety of IFEX member and BCHR President Nabeel Rajab
IFEX is concerned over the recent intensification of arrests and threats against free expression advocates in Bahrain, including the military investigation against Nabeel Rajab, president of IFEX member BCHR.
IFEX remembers Maguindanao massacre on one-year anniversary
IFEX stands with its members in remembering the 32 journalists and media workers who were brutally murdered in a massacre of more than 50 people in the southern Philippines on 23 November 2009.
Don’t let September 11 cut into freedom of expression, groups say
(IFEX) – The following is an 11 September 2002 International Freedom of Expression eXchange media release: Don’t Let September 11 Cut into Freedom of Expression, Groups Say Dakar, September 11, 2002 – The threat of terrorism “must not be used as an excuse to impose restrictions on freedom of expression,” 46 press-freedom and other human-rights […]