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Link to: Fifty-seven IFEX members and partners call on world authorities to help stop human rights violations and free expression abuses

Fifty-seven IFEX members and partners call on world authorities to help stop human rights violations and free expression abuses

Forty-two IFEX members and 15 partners appealed for global attention to stop detention, torture and threats to journalists and free expression activists, including to IFEX member Bahrain Centre for Human Rights.

Link to: Over 100 organisations call on UN Human Rights Council to reject “defamation” and “denigration” of religions

Over 100 organisations call on UN Human Rights Council to reject “defamation” and “denigration” of religions

At the 16th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council taking place from 28 February to 25 March 2011, groups urged their governments to support a resolution which omits “defamation” and “denigration” of religions and focuses on freedom of expression, freedom of religion and non-discrimination.

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Fifty-five IFEX members and six other organisations urge authorities to respect and protect freedom of expression and the right to information

The groups condemn the serious violations of human rights taking place at this critical moment in Egypt.

Link to: IFEX-ALC launches guide on best practices for monitoring and documenting attacks on free expression

IFEX-ALC launches guide on best practices for monitoring and documenting attacks on free expression

The guide outlines a number of crucial steps to standardise monitoring, investigating, analysing and documenting free expression violations in the region.

Link to: Thirty-eight IFEX members make recommendations to improve freedom of expression at Honduras’s UPR

Thirty-eight IFEX members make recommendations to improve freedom of expression at Honduras’s UPR

In support of the IFEX-Latin America and the Caribbean (IFEX-ALC) mission to the Honduras UPR in Geneva, IFEX members provided recommendations regarding the country’s freedom of expression record.

Link to: Twenty-four IFEX members express concern about proposed law that threatens media freedom

Twenty-four IFEX members express concern about proposed law that threatens media freedom

In an open letter to the president of the legislative assembly, 24 IFEX members express concern over two articles in the proposed Law against Racism and All Forms of Discrimination.

Link to: Thirty-three IFEX members condemn excessive prison sentence handed down to blogger Hossein Derakhshan

Thirty-three IFEX members condemn excessive prison sentence handed down to blogger Hossein Derakhshan

IFEX members condemned the 19-and-a-half-year prison sentence given to the Canadian-Iranian blogger and called for his immediate release.

Link to: Thirty-one IFEX members call on President Kabila to end persecution and harassment of journalists and media

Thirty-one IFEX members call on President Kabila to end persecution and harassment of journalists and media

There has been a steady decline in the working environment for Congolese journalists and the space for free expression is shrinking.