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Bahrain must stop using travel bans as a silent weapon to censor Nedal Al Salman
The IFEX network calls on the relevant Bahraini authorities to lift travel restrictions on Ms. Nedal Al Salman.
![Twitter/Sopheap Chak](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cchr-threats-closure.jpg)
IFEX network condemns Hun Sen’s brazen attack on local member, CCHR
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).
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Vietnamese artist Mai Khoi defiant after eviction for Trump protest
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.
![A wide view of the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations during the UN Human Right Council's 34th regular session, Geneva, Switzerland, 27 February 2017, UN Photo/Elma Okic](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/un-safety-journalists-human-rights-council-geneva.jpg)
How can UN resolutions make it safer to be a journalist?
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.
![A girl stands by a portrait of Kem Ley, a Cambodian prominent political analyst, at his grave in Ang Takok, Cambodia, 20 November 2016, AP Photo/Denis Gray](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cambodia-killing-analyst-kem-ley-ap.jpg)
Death is not the end: Keeping Kem Ley’s message alive
“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.
![Pakistani journalists holding an image of their colleague, Ahmed Noorani, condemn the attack on Noorani, in Karachi, Pakistan, 30 October 2017, AP Photo/Shakil Adil](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/pakistan-journalist-attacked-ahmed-noorani-ap.jpg)
For Pakistan’s unprotected and threatened journalists, can new legislation make a difference?
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 protest against impunity and the assassination of photographer Jorge Aguirre in front of the national prosecutor's office in Caracas, Venezuela, 6 April 2006, REUTERS/Jorge Silva](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/venezuela-impunity-photographer-jorge-aguirre-reuters.jpg)
What you need to know about UNESCO’s report on journalists’ safety and impunity
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.
![A member of the local media reporting in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 18 February 2012, REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/honduras-journalist-fire-attacks-impunity-reuters.jpg)
What is the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity?
The UN Plan of Action on journalists’ safety provides an opportunity to join a multi-stakeholder effort to fight impunity for crimes against journalists.
![Iranian queer feminist Soudeh Rad, http://www.hamdamapp.com](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/iran-hamdam-app-soudeh-rad-united4iran.jpg)
The Hamdam App: Breaking taboos and empowering Iranian women
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.
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Anything but neutral: A digital rights Q&A
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.
![Former deputy of the Arroyo Encanto communal lands, 1st and 2nd Section, Lucía Vergara](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mexico-transparencia-proactiva-profile-a19.jpg)
Access to information: Women transforming their communities
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.
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IFEX strongly condemns charges against 10 HRDs
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.
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Surveillance and ATI from a child’s rights perspective
An interview with Veronica Yates on defending the rights of one of the most monitored groups on the planet: children.
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Pressure mounts on Cambodia a year after Kem Ley’s killing
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.
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What happened at IFEX at 25?
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.
![Leyla Mustafayeva, wife of Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Mukhtarli, attends a rally in Tbilisi, Georgia, 31 May 2017, AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/azerbaijan-kidnapped-journalist-afgan-mukhtarli-ap.jpg)
Georgia must act on illegal abduction of Afgan Mukhtarli
After an Azerbaijani journalist was spirited away from Georgia, rights groups say the country must back up its previous statements on enforced disappearances.