The 24 member organisations of the IFEX-ALC network condemn the threats, harassment, attacks and censorship being perpetrated against media outlets and journalists in Bolivia within the context of the country’s current political crisis.

In journalists’ networks that have developed in various regions of Mexico, Rachael Kay sees possibilities for self-protection and ways to combat impunity. Kay is the deputy executive director of IFEX, the world’s largest network of organisations promoting and defending freedom of expression and information.

Based on the findings of a mission by press groups to Turkey, the report finds the judiciary unfit for purpose and calls for – among other things – the urgent revision of all anti-terror and defamation laws, and the end of the deliberate conflation of public criticism with terrorism propaganda.