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IFEX strongly condemns the recent remarks of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen calling for the Ministry of Interior to investigate and potentially shut down valued IFEX member the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR).

Vietnamese artist Mai Khoi was evicted from her house hours after she raised a protest banner in Hanoi while United States President Donald Trump’s motorcade was passing.

Since 2012, several landmark resolutions have been approved by UN bodies on the issue of the safety of journalists. This guide explains what they are, and how to use them to keep governments accountable.

“Wipe your tears, continue your journey,” a quote made famous by activist Kem Ley, is becoming the rallying cry of a growing number of Cambodians embracing his legacy.

Despite the government’s promises of new legislation aimed at protecting journalists, groups that have been lobbying for journalist safety in Pakistan are worried that the bill fails to address the scale, context, and complexity of impunity for crimes against journalists and media workers.

A 5-minute IFEX guide to the Director General’s report, and how you can use it to demand accountability for crimes against journalists.

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.

The UN Plan of Action on journalists’ safety provides an opportunity to join a multi-stakeholder effort to fight impunity for crimes against journalists.

Talking about women’s bodies in Iran remains taboo. But a new app, the brainchild of queer feminist Soudeh Rad, offers Iranian women a way to have more control over their sexual health…and their rights.

Ahead of their presentations at this year’s MozFest in London, three women in the IFEX free expression network share their thoughts on privacy and security, gender, violence and technology, and how to create a safer online space.

With an eye on the upcoming International Day for the Universal Access to Information, José Peralta shares how an ARTICLE 19 initiative in Mexico is using ATI to ensure that Indigenous women have the power to create the communities they want.

There is no sense to the arrest of 10 human rights defenders in Turkey. Training workshops are routine and essential components of the work that human rights defenders do, in Turkey and around the world.

An interview with Veronica Yates on defending the rights of one of the most monitored groups on the planet: children.

On the one-year anniversary of the death of popular Cambodian activist Kem Ley, civil society organisations from around the world reiterated their call for an independent inquiry.

17 new members, great speakers, our version of the “3 Rs” and an emotional homage to members at risk were among some of the many highlights of IFEX’s latest Strategy Conference and GM.

After an Azerbaijani journalist was spirited away from Georgia, rights groups say the country must back up its previous statements on enforced disappearances.

Violence and threats against activists and journalists in Honduras are among the highest in the world. And new laws are making the situation even worse.