Canadian Journalists for Free Expression

We, the undersigned civil society organisations unequivocally condemn the law on civic associations (non-governmental organisations) adopted by Egypt’s Parliament on 15 November 2016. The Parliament has debated and approved the bill in its entirety in record time, and referred it to the State Council for legal review (non-binding on the Parliament in this case). If […]

“Canada is a global haven for persecuted journalists; it can be a world leader in helping to end impunity,” says coalition urging Canada to support a campaign to appoint a Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for the safety of journalists.

October: Authorities use immigration rules to ban journalists and activists in Pakistan, Malaysia and Thailand; free expression advocates from Bangladesh and Malaysia win awards.

As part of an internal investigation into misdoing by officers, Montreal police obtained warrants for text and call tracking, and GPS monitoring to identify a journalist’s sources.

Over 40 organisations call for Turkey’s national assembly to end the national state of emergency, extended for three months on October 19th.

VICE Media Canada have joined forces with a coalition of civil liberties organizations to launch a campaign to raise awareness about VICE News Journalist and Cyberwar Host Ben Makuch’s fight to protect his sources from RCMP interference.

Twenty-six NGOs are calling on the Government of Turkey to ensure that the state of emergency and the related emergency decrees are not tools to facilitate serious human rights violations and to silence dissent.

“If I don’t have a lawsuit against me now, it’s not for a lack of trying,” Quebecois comedian Mike Ward joked in front of a Montreal audience in 2009. Fast forward to 2016.