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ARTICLE 19, IFEX, and PPF observe that the adoption of the outcome of Pakistan’s Universal Period Review comes at a time when the right to freedom of expression is under sustained and growing pressure in the country.

Organisations express concern to the UN HRC about the growing crackdown by states on secure digital communications, including encryption and technologies that enhance anonymity and confidentiality.

Do women have equal access to media? Are they equally portrayed in news? Are ICTs equally available to them? The answer is a clear “no”. The more interesting question is: What can we do about 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.

In a joint open letter to Mr Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, organisations urge EC officials to ensure that police investigations are full, thorough and independent in Slovakia and Malta.

The first thing worth noting is that, while called ‘procedures’, these are, in fact, people. The second thing worth noting is what makes them special. This group of independent experts monitor and report on human rights violations and advise the UN on their protection.

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.

More than 60 groups have signed the petition rejecting the draft amendments to the constitution.

On 21 February 2018, renowned human rights defender and IFEX member Nabeel Rajab was sentenced to five years imprisonment for exercising his right to freedom of expression.

The links between freedom of expression and freedom of assembly have never been closer. Journalist Samuel Gebre interviewed Kiai in Nairobi for IFEX, first in December 2017, and then again in January 2018, and shares some of these insights from a passionate individual who has dedicated his career to the promotion of human rights, globally as well as in his native Kenya.

Our 5-minute guide on the little-known UNESCO mechanism that can help individuals or groups to get countries to address human rights violations.

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.

An already adverse environment for journalists in the Midwestern United States has worsened in the year since President Trump’s inauguration, an international group of media watchdogs concluded after traveling to the state of Missouri. The group also met with journalists from Illinois and Wisconsin.

Learn how the UN checks whether States are putting their international commitments on journalists’ safety and the problem of impunity into action, and how civil society can contribute.

The Magnitsky Act offers an alternate route to justice in cases of impunity, and one that civil society should engage with, but – as Elisabeth Witchel reports – it’s not without challenges, and may even fall victim to its own success.

Singaporean activist Jolovan Wham is charged with committing seven offences for allegedly organizing illegal assemblies. The police accused him of being a ‘recalcitrant’ who has “repeatedly shown blatant disregard for the law.” In an email interview with the author, Wham explains how Singapore’s highly restrictive laws curb free speech.

IFEX speaks to the co-founder of “Presentes” about Latin American gender policies, stigmatising coverage and conservative pressures.

Vivian Affoah, a senior progamme officer with the Media Foundation for West Africa, has been based in The Gambia since June 2017. On the first anniversary of the election that overthrew the Jammeh regime, she offers an assessment of how media freedom is faring under the new government, and shares what she’d like to see happen in 2018.

The IFEX network calls on the relevant Bahraini authorities to lift travel restrictions on Ms. Nedal Al Salman.