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IFEX-TMG condemns jail term handed to journalist Fahem Boukaddous
The IFEX-TMG urges authorities to end to the “shameful use of the judiciary to stifle free expression and punish critical journalists” follow ing confirmation of a four-year sentence for Fahem Boukaddous.
IFEX-TMG condemns adoption of new law against government critics
The IFEX-TMG, a coalition of 20 IFEX members, condemns the Tunisian Chamber of Deputies’ adoption of a new law hastily tailored to stifle freedom of expression both inside and outside the country.
Obstructions to an independent judiciary hamper human rights, says IFEX-TMG
Following a recent mission, members of the TMG concluded in their new report that Tunisia needs a truly independent judiciary to reverse its worsening record on human rights and treatment of prisoners of opinion.
TMG appeals to Washington Media Group to pressure Tunisian government on press freedom
Members of the TMG invite the Washington Media Group to take the opportunity of its new relationship with Tunisia to point out to the government that the best way to improve its image abroad is to bring its practices up to international standards of basic human rights.
Thirty-one IFEX members call on Philippine leadership to champion Freedom of Information Act
IFEX members have joined SEAPA in urging the president to sign the FOI Act into law before the current administration leaves office.
Thirty IFEX members call on UNESCO to refuse funds from one of Africa’s worst violators of press freedom, Equatorial Guinea
Recalling UNESCO’s stated commitment to free expression on World Press Freedom Day, 30 IFEX members call for the organisation not to accept a $3 million donation from President Teodoro Obiang for the administration of an international prize in life sciences.
African Commission should examine Tunisia’s poor record on freedom of expression, say TMG members
The TMG supports the NGO forum resolution urging the ACHPR to “conduct a fact-finding mission to Tunisia for an objective and documented assessment of the situation of a pluralistic and independent media.”
Twenty-six IFEX members join the Pakistani Federal Union of Journalists in condemning suicide bombings
The organisations appeal to the leaders of the Taliban, to the jihadist movements and to Al-Qaeda in Pakistan to put a stop to all further suicide bombings in public gatherings.