Articles by Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC)
![Moroccan editor Ali Anouzla was arrested on 17 September 2013, lakome.com](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/anouzla.ali.lakome.jpg)
60 human rights groups call for release of Moroccan journalist
In a second joint appeal, over 60 IFEX members and partners again call for the release of Moroccan journalist Ali Anouzla, after terrorism-related charges were laid against him.
![Journalists protested in front of the Jordanian Parliament on 5 June 2013 against the blocking of over 200 websites. The sign reads: "No reform without press freedom", Hussam Da’ana/7iber](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/parliamentprotest2.jpg)
International free expression groups call for an end to Internet censorship in Jordan
IFEX members appeal to the King to end restrictions on news websites, nearly five months after Jordanian regulators blocked some 300 sites under a new licensing provision of the Press and Publications Law.
![Moroccan editor Ali Anouzla was arrested on 17 September 2013, lakome.com](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/alianouzlamorocco.jpg)
Morocco urged to release editor arrested for reporting on Al-Qaeda video
Over 60 organisations signed a joint appeal to Moroccan authorities to free editor Ali Anouzla, jailed on 17 September for posting a link to an Al-Qaeda video on his news website alongside an article critical of the video.
![A protester carries portraits of Edward Snowden during a demonstration against secret monitoring programmes and showing solidarity with whistleblowers Edward Snowden and others in Berlin on 27 July 2013, REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/unitedstates_snowden_demo_reuters_july2013.jpg)
Over 150 groups urge President Obama to protect whistleblowers and journalists
Over 150 IFEX members and partners of ARTICLE 19 appealed to US President Obama to drop charges against whistleblower Edward Snowden, update the Whistleblower Protection Act and pass a media shield law.
![Somalia's Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid (L) and President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (R) at an event in Mogadishu July 2013., REUTERS/Feisal Omar](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/somaliapmandpresidentreutersjuly2013.jpg)
35 IFEX members call for amendments to Somalia’s draft media law
IFEX members issued a joint call for amendments to a deeply-flawed draft media law in Somalia before it goes to parliament for approval in August.