Canadian Journalists for Free Expression

Peru’s longstanding battle for press freedom has received little international attention. However, recent attacks may prove that now is the time to take stock of the limitations and threats faced by media workers in Peru.

While Ukraine has long suffered from a dominant culture of impunity and corruption, the country has experienced an accelerated onslaught of attacks against journalists, as well as threats to free expression and freedom of the press in recent months.

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

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression supports the amendments proposed in Bill C-613, as it would improve the current failing access to information system and increase government transparency.

This week, a resolution on the importance of protecting human rights online was discussed at the 26th UN Human Rights Council Session in Geneva. Read the oral statement on this resolution led by ARTICLE 19 and supported by several IFEX members.

CJFE was able to interview Kurdish journalist Goran Dukani, living in exile in the US, for his perspective on the momentum for free expression in Iraqi Kurdistan and the endemic impunity that plagues the region.

Among other implications, this decision means that law enforcement agencies will be required to obtain a warrant to obtain subscriber information, as it is tantamount to a search.

CJFE had the opportunity to sit down with Andreas Johnsen, Danish director of a documentary about Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, titled “Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case”.