Canadian Journalists for Free Expression

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.

Over 30 IFEX members write to President Rafael Correa, calling on him to submit the recently-approved Ecuadorian Communications Law to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for a Consultative Opinion.

In a letter to the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Canada, human rights organizations express their concern over freedom of expression violations against peaceful protestors and journalists in Turkey.

With all of the recent talk about digital surveillance, privacy and your rights, how much do you actually know about online privacy?

Federal fraud investigator Sylvie Therrien has been suspended without pay by the federal government after leaking documents in February revealing that investigators were given quotas to be met by denying employment insurance claims.

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.

A discussion at the UN Security Council, which featured UNSC member states and noted members of the press, highlighted the challenges in providing protection for journalists working in areas of war and conflict.

Miles Howe was arrested on July 4, 2013, while covering the ongoing anti-fracking protest at the Elsipogtog First Nation in east-central New Brunswick. His camera and cell phone were seized. He was taken to into RCMP custody and held for five hours before being released with his equipment returned.