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How a collaborative project in Indonesia tackled the problem of misinformation and disinformation during the country’s 2019 elections.

An international mission comprised of 17 international organizations underscores its concern regarding the lack of guarantees offered by the Mexican state to solve the country’s grave freedom of expression crisis and the state’s failure to recognize the seriousness of the problem.

As we mark another International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, IFEX salutes some of the many ways people are working to make it safer for journalists to do their work.

“All of us at IFEX wish to express our profound concern and solidarity with our colleagues Gamal Eid, Amr Emam, Mohamed Zaree, and Bahey eldin Hassan following deeply alarming incidents.”

How do you empower people to protect their rights against a massive government push to require the use of biometrics? Sukarn Singh Maini of IFEX member the Software Freedom Law Center, India (SFLC.in) shares some successes, challenges, and lessons they’ve learned during an ongoing education and information-awareness campaign concerning privacy implications and legal challenges to India’s biometric identification system, Aadhaar.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), which marks its 60th year in 2019, is a crucial player in efforts to promote and protect human rights in the Americas region. Find out how you can use it to bolster your free expression advocacy.

“All of us at IFEX are overjoyed that Erol, Sebnem, and Ahmet have finally been acquitted of these absurd charges – they should never have been put on trial in the first place,” said IFEX Executive Director Annie Game. “However, our delight is tempered by the knowledge of the many journalists, academics, and rights defenders who remain imprisoned or facing charges designed to intimidate them into silence — including our colleague Erol who faces new charges in November.”

IFEX takes a look at Frank La Rue’s lifetime quest to bring human rights abusers to justice.

IFEX – a global network of over 100 organisations dedicated to promoting and defending freedom of expression and information – is deeply concerned over threats against César Ricaurte, Executive Director of the Fundación Andina para la Observación y el Estudio de Medios (Fundamedios). The threats began after he received a sentence of 15 days in prison and a demand for an official apology for his public rebuke of former ambassador Jorge Jurado.

Daniel Pearl was a highly experienced journalist who worked at many of the “Wall Street Journal”‘s bureaus. He is sadly also remembered for the fact that his murder, which took place while we was on assignment in Pakistan, has never been solved.

In Mauritania, slavery is not something you read about in books. It is a living institution. An institution Biram Dah Abeid is paying a dear price to abolish.

The Cameroonian poet who got himself kicked out of prison.

Independent French photojournalist Camille Lepage was only 26 years old when she was killed while covering the violence in the Central African Republic. Passionate about human rights and the underreported consequences of international conflicts, Lepage’s work has appeared in prestigious publications including “The New York Times”, “Le Monde” and “The Guardian”.

By defending Crimea’s minority Tatars against Russian persecution, Emil Kurbedinov has himself become a target in a region renowned for imprisonments and disappearances.

The Open Government Partnership brings states together to make their governments more open, accountable, and responsive to citizens. Find out how civil society groups can be a part of it!

This is one in a series of IFEX explainers aimed at strengthening the ability of civil society to engage in global spaces for free expression advocacy. To visit the hub page and see the whole set, click here.

IFEX takes a look at the life of one of the world’s best known whistleblowers.