Articles by Freedom House
As Internet controls increase, Freedom House calls for urgent international response
The interruption of four major micro-blog services further highlights the Communist Party’s intent to control the Internet, says Freedom House.
Thirty IFEX members and 38 other organisations call on government to stop politically-motivated prosecutions of journalists
Independent journalists, including Taoufik Bouachrine and Ali Amar, are increasingly being targeted by the authorities.
Human rights activist sentenced to three years in prison on vague and spurious charges
The charges against Muhannad Al Hassani, which come after years of harassment, were a result of his efforts to call public attention to the unfair legal treatment of other political prisoners.
Freedom House reveals world’s worst human rights abusers
“In this report we identify regimes whose people experience heavy penalties for independent thought or action,” says Freedom House.
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.
Twenty-three IFEX members denounce censorship and escalating threats to free expression in Ukraine
Research conducted by IMI shows a drastic decline in the state of freedom of expression in Ukraine since President Victor Yanukovych came to power in February 2010.
Twenty-four press freedom groups and human rights organisations call on the government to implement reforms
IFEX members joined other human rights organisations in denouncing the deterioration of press freedom under the new interim government.