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IPI calls on states to protect environmental and climate journalism
“We call on states around the world to ensure that climate and environmental journalists can do their work independently, freely, and safely. This includes ensuring environmental journalists are granted access to information and access to protected areas.” – IPI
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Panorama of Africa’s media freedom landscape obscured by growing repression
May 2024 in Africa: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Reyhana Masters, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
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Pakistan’s impunity, India’s AI, PNG’s ‘media control policy’, and a landmark ruling against red-tagging in the Philippines
May 2024 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.
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The role of Pacific media in addressing the climate crisis
Pacific journalists are crucial in raising awareness about the crisis and holding developed nations accountable.
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Environmental defenders face new wave of repression
“As the climate crisis worsens, the civic space for climate protests is shrinking. Instead of focusing on meeting their commitments to reduce climate change, governments are threatening environmental protectors” – HRW
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New report on safety crisis facing environmental journalists
“Journalists who cover climate and environmental stories are targeted by powerful private and state actors who are willing to go to great lengths to protect their lucrative interests linked to environmentally harmful activities” – IPI
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Open letter to the Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on Cybercrime
Given the broad-based and fundamental concerns from stakeholders, signatory organizations urge governments to consider withholding support for the UN Cybercrime treaty in its current incarnation.
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Indonesian court acquits two activists over charges of defaming government minister
Activists Fatia Maulidiyanti and Haris Azhar had posted a video in 2021 discussing the role of officials in destructive mining.
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Global leaders have shied away from protecting human rights during 2023
“The international system that we rely on to protect human rights is under threat as world leaders look the other way when universal principles of human rights are violated” – HRW World Report 2024
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COP28: Landmark decision for children’s voices; failure to take adequate action on fossil fuels
“In a landmark decision for the world’s children, negotiators at COP28 agreed to convene a dialogue in 2024 to discuss the climate crisis’s disproportionate impacts on children and to review relevant policy solutions.”
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Canadian journalist fears local security forces after being attacked in Mato Grosso do Sul
Renaud Philippe: “I have never been so worried about my safety at the hands of those who are supposed to ‘serve and protect.'”
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COP28 delegates must listen to children’s voices and perspectives
“We believe it is essential for children to be integral participants in the decision-making processes regarding climate. The decisions made at these high-stakes discussions will dictate the future that we, as the younger generations, will inherit” – CRIN
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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.
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Combating climate misinformation in MENA’s environmental crises
Special Issue: Naseem Tarawnah brings an access to information focus to his latest regional brief, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.