Canadian Journalists for Free Expression

Articles by Canadian Journalists for Free Expression

Heritage Minister Shelly Glover, who announced the proposed amendments, with Prime Minister Stephen Harper at a swearing in ceremony in July 2013, REUTERS/Chris Wattie

Proposed amendments to Canada’s copyright law threaten press freedom

Recently proposed amendments to Canada’s copyright law, that would allow news footage to be used in political advertisements, present a serious threat the integrity of Canadian news media, says Canadian Journalists for Free Expression.

A man holds a portrait of Anna Politkovskaya, as people lay flowers made from newspapers to pay respect to Politkovskaya outside the "Novaya Gazeta" head office in Moscow, 7 October 2014, AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev

Anna Politkovskaya: Eight years later, the search for justice continues

Today marks eight years since the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, and almost a decade of further human rights abuses by Vladimir Putin’s government.

A sign outside a shop remembers James Foley in his hometown of Rochester, New Hampshire August 20, 2014, REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Journalists as hostages of ISIS: The lasting chill on free expression

The gruesome murders of journalists and aid workers by ISIS have ignited a long-overdue international conversation on the particular risks faced by journalists covering the Syrian civil war.

A protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask poses with a camera with his hands cuffed in a show of support for arrested photographers in Bahrain, REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Can you take a picture? A look at your right to photograph in Canada

Among the many questionable incidents during the G20 summit in Toronto in June 2010 was one in which Brett Gundlock and Colin O’Connor, photographers for the National Post, were arrested and spent the night in a detention centre.

IRFS leader and human rights defender Emin Huseynov has been forced into hiding since August and is in need of urgent protection, Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety

Azerbaijan: UNESCO urged to help end government’s crackdown on free expression

Civil society groups call for an end to repression of IFEX member the Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety, and urge UNESCO to take action to ensure free expression in Azerbaijan.

Graphics courtesy of Francine Navarro

Beyond #FreeAJStaff: Fahmy and colleagues only three of many journalists jailed in Egypt

Since the ouster of Mohamed Morsi, at least 60 journalists have been assaulted, 70 journalists arrested, and seven journalists killed, all in the course of their reporting

Link to: Report reveals Canadian province is failing to meet access to information requirements

Report reveals Canadian province is failing to meet access to information requirements

A report by British Columbia,Information and Privacy Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, highlights numerous failings by the B.C. government to meet the requirements of the province’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

On Right to Know Day, calls for UN to include free expression rights in development goals

More than 100 civil society organisations ask the UN Secretary General to recognise the importance of free expression rights in the sustainable development goals.