Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC)

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Nabeel Rajab is one of many Bahrainis who have been victimized by the government's intensified campaign to silence dissent through judicial harassment and the improper use of judicial and police powers, Nabeel Rajab / Facebook

NGOs call on Bahraini government to drop Twitter charges against Nabeel Rajab

The international community’s response to the current charges leveled against prominent activist Nabeel Rajab has been monumental in denouncing the Criminal Investigations Department and the Bahraini government for their actions.

Journalists protest the imprisonment of Al Jazeera journalists Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed in Egypt, outside Al Jazeera offices in Sanaa, Yemen on 25 June 2014. , REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Demand the release of recently sentenced Al Jazeera staff

More than 100 groups and individuals worldwide call on Egyptian President el-Sisi to remove the unjust sentencing of three Al Jazeera journalists.

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).

International community unites against Big Brother

On 11 February, The Day We Fight Back, organisations and individuals around the world demanded an end to mass surveillance.

A woman picks vegetables near a residential compound under construction in Zhejiang province, China, 17 January 2014, REUTERS/William Hong

Transparency, independent media are vital for global development plan

195 civil society organisations from around the world have called on the UN to put government accountability and independent media at the centre of a new framework for global development.

Screenshot from a video about the Federal System of Biometric Identification or SIBIOS, ADC/vimeo

Argentina’s new biometric ID system ignores right to privacy

In Argentina, a government database holding the pictures and fingerprints of its citizens will soon allow officials to identify people based on their DNA and iris information.

President Dilma Roussef addresses the United Nations, AP Photo/Andrew Burton

IFEX members call on Brazil’s President to protect Internet rights

IFEX members call on Brazil’s Congress to promptly pass the Marco Civil bill and on President Roussef to ensure its due implementation, as a measure to protect the right of Brazilians to an Internet that is free and open to all.

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

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.