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Seventy-seven civil society organisations call on UN to recognise importance of access to information and a free media to sustainable development
Prior to the UN summit of world leaders in Rio in June 2012 (Rio+20) to discuss the environment and sustainable development goals, 77 civil society organisations recommend the adoption of national laws on access to information, public participation and access to justice in the environment, a new UN convention on access to environmental information, and a UN Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Free expression groups call upon the government to act decisively on reforms ahead of historic elections
IFEX-TMG says time is of the essence to effectively support freedom of expression by adopting a series of positive measures and setting high standards for the future.
Free expression groups celebrate freeing of whistleblower police commissioner
IFEX-TMG attends trial of Samir Feriani, acquitted of charges of leaking information about the destruction of evidence linking Tunisian secret police to torture and other crimes.
Critical cartoonist viciously attacked by armed men
Ali Ferzat had recently published a cartoon showing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hitchhiking along a road trying to get a lift from a car driven by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Targeting of journalists and demonstrators alarming, says IFEX-TMG
The IFEX-TMG is urging action to prevent any repeat of recent violent crackdowns on demonstrators and journalists in the run up to scheduled constitutional elections in October.
Scars of oppression run deep in the country’s media
IFEX-TMG report calls for free and independent media and a strong, democratic and open civil society.
IFEX-TMG members alarmed by resurgence of Internet censorship and arrests
IFEX-TMG calls for free speech rights of Tunisian citizens to be upheld in the run up to free elections.
IFEX-TMG members support fair and transparent allocation process for broadcasting licences
Ahead of the first ever democratic elections in the country, IFEX-TMG members encourage a swift, fair and transparent broadcast licencing process.