Foundation for Press Freedom – FLIP

EFF, Derechos Digitales and their colleagues in the region have issued a statement to Latin American governments, demanding more transparency on how Latin American states are using — or misusing — spyware like that sold by Hacking Team.

IFEX members urge the UN Security Council to ensure the protection of journalists in Yemen in light of historic resolution.

Four years after Sierra Leone Journalist Ibrahim Foday’s death, members of IFEX join the Media Foundation for West Africa in calling for more rapid progress.

The Foundation for Freedom of the Press considers the decision to end the investigation, after 15 years of impunity, as an enormous step back in the search for justice.

Charged under the Sedition Act in Malaysia, internationally known political cartoonist Zunar could face 43 years in jail for a tweet.

Concerns include the use of Malaysia’s Sedition Act to suppress legitimate criticism of government and courts.

In the midst of few guarantees for the safety of journalists in Guatemala, authorities are endorsing the creation of a body that may further increase the vulnerability of freedom of the press.

The International Press Institute and 23 IFEX members sent a letter to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad calling for the release of lawyer and human rights defender Mazen Darwish ahead of his court hearing on 25 March 2015.