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Exiled Expression: Root causes and impacts

Reyhana Masters and Laura Vidal examine how this global scourge is impacting the Africa and Latin America/Caribbean regions, the specific threat landscape for women journalists, and how those forced to flee can be better supported.

Exiled Expression: Support initiatives

Reyhana Masters and Laura Vidal examine how this global scourge is impacting the Africa and Latin America/Caribbean regions, the specific threat landscape for women journalists, and how those forced to flee can be better supported.

CRIN reflects on the key outcomes of COP29

“After two weeks of furious negotiations, the climate summit concluded with a new finance goal that fails those most affected by the climate crisis, including children.”

ICC arrest warrants for Israeli officials require international enforcement

“The international community must finally step up and hold all parties accountable for their atrocities.”

Web of intimidation: Algeria’s global crackdown on dissenters

A new report exposes alarming tactics employed by the Algerian government to silence activists and stifle dissent beyond its borders.

EU should affirm support for ICC arrest warrants

Hungary’s prime minister has rejected the ICC arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Some other EU states have not explicitly committed to enforcing the warrant.

Venezuela: A new report by RSF and partner organisations condemns the fear, intimidation, and self-censorship surrounding the presidential election

In the face of the growing crackdown on press freedom sparked by Venezuela’s presidential election, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and seven partner organisations (including IFEX-ALC) have joined forces to expose the harrowing obstacles currently facing the Venezuelan press. The report found over 228 violations of press freedom, and notes that at least eight journalists remain arbitrarily imprisoned.

RSF presses criminal charges against ‘X’ over disinformation

After ‘X’ failed to address disinformation about RSF on its platform, the press freedom group is now pursuing the matter via the French courts, arguing that ‘X’ is complicit in disseminating false information and identity theft.

Global coalition of NGOs calls for immediate ceasefire in Lebanon

IFEX members join rights groups pressing for urgent international action to secure a ceasefire in Lebanon and protect civilians and journalists amid escalating violence.

Tech workers expose suppression of Palestinian advocacy in the workplace

7amleh’s report exposes bias against Palestinian rights advocacy in tech, urging companies to protect employees’ freedom of expression.

Freedom for Alaa Abd el-Fattah: NGOs appeal to UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

IFEX joins rights groups urging the UN to act on the case of the British-Egyptian activist, who remains detained despite completing his sentence.

CPJ’s Global Impunity Index shows Haiti and Israel as the biggest offenders

More than a decade after the UN declared an International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, and more than 30 years after CPJ began documenting these killings, nearly 80% remain unsolved.

World’s natural resources are mostly extracted from countries where press freedom is in danger

The right to information about the exploitation of natural resources is vital to combatting our climate crisis: RSF urges the international community to do more to protect climate journalists.

New RSF report: “Journalism in The #MeToo Era”

While investigations into women’s rights and gender-based violence appear to be taken more seriously in the wake of #MeToo, violent repression of the journalists who cover these issues continues.

Press freedom groups urge US to advocate for independent journalist access to Gaza

CPJ and rights groups support congressional calls for the Biden administration to pressure Israel for independent journalist access to Gaza.