Adil Soz – International Foundation for Protection of Freedom of Speech

Articles by Adil Soz – International Foundation for Protection of Freedom of Speech

Slain Journalist Ibrahim Foday

An open letter calling for justice for slain journalist Ibrahim Foday

Four years after Sierra Leone Journalist Ibrahim Foday’s death, members of IFEX join the Media Foundation for West Africa in calling for more rapid progress.

REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

Not in our name: World Press Freedom Day 116 days after Charlie Hebdo

On World Press Freedom Day, organisations from around the globe commit to defending the right to freedom of expression, even when that right is being used to express views that may be offensive.

Malaysian lawyers hold a protest calling for the repeal of the Sedition Act in Kuala Lumpur, 16 October 2014, REUTERS/Olivia Harris

Groups call for end to crackdown on free expression

Concerns include the use of Malaysia’s Sedition Act to suppress legitimate criticism of government and courts.

Syrian lawyer and human rights defender Mazen Darwish, in an undated photo taken from the website of the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM), https://scm.bz/

NGOs to Bashar al-Assad: Implement your amnesty decree and free Syrian activist Mazen Darwish

The International Press Institute and 23 IFEX members sent a letter to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad calling for the release of lawyer and human rights defender Mazen Darwish ahead of his court hearing on 25 March 2015.

Activists during a protest against presidential candidate Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and a law restricting demonstrations as well as the crackdown on activists, in downtown Cairo on 24 May 2014, REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Egypt: Dissolution ultimatum for independent groups

Independent organizations in Egypt face a looming crackdown. The government has threatened to enforce a draconian associations law that became law 12 years ago, but has seldom been enforced.

British Prime Minister David Cameron and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, members of the United Nations High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability, met in New York in May 2013 to discuss the Post-2015 Development Agenda, REUTERS/Richard Drew/Pool

Lyon Declaration: Global call to include access to information in UN development agenda

IFEX members and partners from around the world urge the UN to include access to information in the Agenda for the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.

People take part in a demonstration for LGBT rights in downtown Rome, 11 June 2011, REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico

Protecting freedom of expression for LGBT people

Making a statement during International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO-T).

Protesters raise their fists with a blue ribbon during the "Standing in Silent Action" event in support of the Hong Kong Journalist Association (HKJA) at Tamar Park in Hong Kong, 2 March 2014, REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Chief Executive of Hong Kong urged to protect freedom of expression

After a series of increasingly violent events, IFEX members and supporters call on Chief Executive Leung Chun-Ying to take clear and deliberate steps to defend press freedom.