Articles by Canadian Journalists for Free Expression
IFEX-TMG calls for seven-year sentences to be overturned
Ahead of a court of appeal hearing on 28 May, IFEX-TMG urges judiciary to quash the seven-year prison terms handed down to Ghazi Ben Mohamed Beji and Jaber Ben Abdallah Majri for online publishing.
Quebec’s Bill 78 severely infringes on Charter rights
In a letter to the Premier of Québec, CJFE calls for Bill 78 – which restricts the freedom of individuals to gather spontaneously – to be immediately revoked.
One hundred organisations call to end assault on freedom of speech, and to free all detained human rights defenders and netizens
UPDATE: The president of IFEX member Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Nabeel Rajab, was re-arrested and sentenced to three years in prison on 16 August. Many other human rights defenders remain in prison, including BCHR’s founder Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, and his daughter, Zainab Al-Khawaja.
CJFE reflects on the state of rights on World Press Freedom Day
“If we value press freedom, we all need to take a closer look at the state of these rights here at home. When we look beyond the words of the Charter to the daily reality for working journalists, we see a gradual erosion of freedoms. And our government is a contributing factor, ” said CJFE.
Federal government continues to receive failing grade on issue of free expression
Examining issues including privacy and anonymity on the Internet, cyber surveillance, whistleblowers, access to information, and collaborative journalism, CJFE’s third annual Review of Free Expression in Canada provides an overview of issues facing Canadians from coast to coast.
Thirty-two IFEX members urge authorities to release journalist Eskinder Nega
On 1 May, jailed journalist Eskinder Nega, facing the death penalty, receives in absentia the 2012 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award. Thirty-two IFEX members are calling for his release, and an end to the use of national security legislation against all writers and journalists.
Twenty-seven IFEX members call for investigation into brutal attacks on journalists
Twenty-seven IFEX members appeal for end to impunity in recent brutal attacks on journalists in Kazakhstan, including near-fatal attack on Luqpan Akhmedyarov in April.
Fifty IFEX members and partners call for freedom for Bahraini human rights defenders, bloggers and activists
In advance of the Formula 1, 50 IFEX members and partners call for detained activists and human rights defenders to be freed, including blogger and activist Abduljalil Al-Singace and human rights activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, founder of IFEX member the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, who is ailing in prison since starting a hunger strike on 8 February.