Get ready to be inspired!
IFEX’s 2023 Annual Report is packed with stories of creativity, compassion, and collaboration from our amazing/unique network.
This past year IFEX faced numerous challenges, but we continued to adapt, strengthening our dedication to defending freedom of expression and information.
The challenges aren’t going away anytime soon – but neither is IFEX!
Throughout 2023, IFEX provided crucial support to members under pressure, contributed to tackling gendered disinformation, and helped members empower youth participation at the global climate conference COP28. We also supported member initiatives documenting attacks on journalists, defending cartoonists’ rights, and addressing online platform abuse and disinformation.
Learn how IFEX is making a difference worldwide. Read our 2023 annual report here:
Featured Articles
Lebanon faces growing calls to end legal attacks on independent media
Over 60 organisations urge Lebanon to stop using legal action to silence critical media outlets “Daraj” and “Megaphone”, demanding reforms to safeguard press freedom.
Belarus: Former “Babrujski Kurier” editor sentenced to 15 days in detention
Anatol Sanatsenka was charged with producing and disseminating ‘extremist’ content. In 2022, he was detained and convicted twice on similar charges, and spent 30 days behind bars.
Disinformation and denial amid Myanmar’s humanitarian collapse
A report accused the junta of blocking humanitarian aid and deploying “an arsenal of lies to shift blame and sow confusion”.
Critical archives at risk as digital security lapses hit civil society
Civil society organisations in North and East Syria grapple with limited resources and mounting technical hurdles, putting their essential data and documentation in jeopardy.
Germany: New study reveals SLAPPs increasingly used against journalists
Of those surveyed for the study, one third were facing claims of between €100,000 and €500,000. One in five journalists who have faced SLAPPs said they would avoid covering similar topics in their future articles.
AI is as flawed as the people who designed it
AI-powered tools reinforce power imbalances and systematise and perpetuate human biases, but more rapidly than ever before.
