Freedom House

The groups condemn the serious violations of human rights taking place at this critical moment in Egypt.

Salman Taseer was murdered because of his support for the repeal of the country’s archaic blasphemy law, Freedom House said.

If the government fails to take fully restorative action immediately, the European Union should renew sanctions against the Lukashenka regime, says the organisation.

Attempts by authorities to suppress voices of opposition during and after the election have extinguished any hope for a free and fair process, according to Freedom House.

Twenty-eight organisations meeting to discuss international partnerships joined colleagues in the Philippines in remembering victims of the Ampatuan Town Massacre.

On the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, on 25 November 2010, 44 IFEX members, including members of the IFEX Gender Working Group, call attention to the situation of women in the free expression community who are subject to targeted attacks because of their gender.

Six IFEX members and three other organisations condemned the government’s failure to comply with its international obligations to freedom of expression during the parliamentary elections.

For the first time in the history of the NGO Forum meeting preceding the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, a distinguished panel on freedom of expression and protection of journalists was convened.