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International | Access to Information

 

UN Submission: Promoting Environmental Democracy: Countering Attacks on Access to Information and Reinforcing Civic Space

 

IFEX’s submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment builds on an emerging area of IFEX work by drawing on illustrative contexts and initiatives from our network. The submission shows how civil society has been stepping in to resist the targeting of journalists and defenders by States and companies and to address the resulting vacuum of information critical for environmental democracy and action where States have failed.

 
 
 

Europe et Asie centrale | Attaques

 

Fortes pressions sur les discours pro palestiniens et grâce honteuse en Russie

 

Novembre 2023 en Europe et en Asie centrale. Tour d’horizon de la liberté d’expression réalisé sur la base des rapports des membres de l’IFEX et des nouvelles de la région, par Cathal Sheerin, rédacteur régional de l’IFEX.

 
 

Asia & Pacific | Attacks

 

A massive data breach, a TikTok ban, a mass crackdown, and ‘overpolicing free speech’

 

November 2023 in Asia-Pacific: A free expression round up produced by IFEX’s regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

 
 

Brazil | Censorship

 

Prison sentence for Brazilian journalist is outrageous and threatens press freedom

 

In a case permeated by gender violence, journalist Schirlei Alves has been sentenced to one year in prison and damages of US$80,000 for defamation, for her report on the trial of influencer Mariana Ferrer.

 
 

Egypt | Attacks

 

Alaa Abd El-Fattah – An urgent appeal to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

 

The prominent activist has spent much of the past decade imprisoned in Egypt for his writing and activism.

 
 

Burkina Faso | Access to Information

 

Media freedom under threat in Burkina Faso

 

The military government in Burkina Faso is pushing through policies and laws that are severely curtailing freedom of expression in the country.

 
 

Hungary | Access to Information

 

Hungary’s « defence of sovereignty » bill is an attempt to stifle dissent

 

« This legislation, reminiscent of the stigmatising 2017 LexNGO and the 2018 Stop Soros laws, is yet another affront to Hungary’s constitutional, international, and EU commitments » – HCLU