Canadian Journalists for Free Expression

Veteran Canadian Broadcasting Corporation foreign correspondents Saša Petricic and Derek Stoffel were released from custody on the morning of June 13, 2013, 11 hours after being arrested by Turkish police.

Eighteen human rights organisations came together to support an open letter addressed by the Civil Coalition for the Defence of Freedom of Expression to the Chairman and members of the National Constituent Assembly in Tunisia, as they prepare to discuss the final draft of the constitution.

IFEX members sent a joint letter to President Museveni calling for an end to impunity in cases of police violence against the media, after a violent crackdown on a demonstration in May over media closures.

Bill C-461, the primary goal of which is to expose the salaries of employees across the entire civil service, would also reduce protections for journalists of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), weaken the CBC’s independence and create greater uncertainty about what information it has to disclose.

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) is concerned about the arrest and treatment of Toronto Star journalist Alex Consiglio, charged with trespassing for taking photos on June 2, 2013 of an injured GO Transit officer at Union Station in Toronto.

Over 50 NGOs worldwide signed a joint appeal to the U.N. against the ill-treatment and torture of detained human rights defenders, activists and photojournalists in Bahrain, calling for U.N. and Red Cross visits.

Bill C-60 has worried many in Canada’s journalistic and freedom of expression communities. This Bill covers all Crown corporations and gives the government the right to be present at the bargaining table, giving it unprecedented involvement and control of crown corporations.

IFEX members called on Philippines authorities to reprimand a local police chief who arrested a radio broadcaster without a warrant after he talked about police incompetence on the air.