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Uruguay's President José Mujica, AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico

Groups hope Uruguay’s media law will become model in Latin America

The adoption of the Law of Audiovisual Communication Services promotes democratisation of the media and the effective exercise of freedom of expression in Uruguay.

The late prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who was found dead in his home on 18 January 2015, REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

Journalists under pressure in reporting on death of prosecutor in Argentina

Journalists covering the sensitive issue of the death of special prosecutor Alberto Nisman fear backlash. One journalist fled the country, only to have his travel details publicised.

REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

On Right to Know Day, calls for UN to include free expression rights in development goals

More than 100 civil society organisations ask the UN Secretary General to recognise the importance of free expression rights in the sustainable development goals.

British Prime Minister David Cameron and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, members of the United Nations High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability, met in New York in May 2013 to discuss the Post-2015 Development Agenda, REUTERS/Richard Drew/Pool

Lyon Declaration: Global call to include access to information in UN development agenda

IFEX members and partners from around the world urge the UN to include access to information in the Agenda for the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay delivers an address at the 26th Council Session in Gevena, REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Groups call on UN to protect free expression online

This week, a resolution on the importance of protecting human rights online was discussed at the 26th UN Human Rights Council Session in Geneva. Read the oral statement on this resolution led by ARTICLE 19 and supported by several IFEX members.

People take part in a demonstration for LGBT rights in downtown Rome, 11 June 2011, REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico

Protecting freedom of expression for LGBT people

Making a statement during International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO-T).

A woman picks vegetables near a residential compound under construction in Zhejiang province, China, 17 January 2014, REUTERS/William Hong

Transparency, independent media are vital for global development plan

195 civil society organisations from around the world have called on the UN to put government accountability and independent media at the centre of a new framework for global development.

Protests in Buenos Aires and the surrounding areas against prolonged power cuts have seen demonstrators and journalists mistreated by security forces, AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano

Beating of freelance photographer is latest in string of abuses committed by security forces in Argentina

Freelance photographer Brian Palacio was detained and beaten by gendarmes in Buenos Aires province while covering a protest against ongoing power cuts.