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Link to: Forty IFEX members call for the protection of women who exercise free speech

Forty IFEX members call for the protection of women who exercise free speech

Forty IFEX members express solidarity with women who have been the victims of violence for exercising their free expression rights.

Link to: Freedom House launches web feature on fall of Berlin Wall

Freedom House launches web feature on fall of Berlin Wall

In honour of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Freedom House highlights the changes in freedom in the former communist world that followed the seminal event.

Link to: Thirty-one IFEX members and 24 other organisations condemn harsh crackdown on press freedom

Thirty-one IFEX members and 24 other organisations condemn harsh crackdown on press freedom

While calling on the Moroccan government to stop the current crackdown against press freedom, 31 IFEX members and others condemn the recent arrests and harassment of journalists and independent press.

Link to: Twenty-three IFEX members and other organisations raise concerns about proposed mechanisms to combat racial intolerance

Twenty-three IFEX members and other organisations raise concerns about proposed mechanisms to combat racial intolerance

23 IFEX members and other organisations call for the defeat of proposed legal mechanisms and say that attempts to address racial or religious hatred should conform to standards of international law.

Link to: Postponing Dalai Lama meeting sends wrong message, says Freedom House

Postponing Dalai Lama meeting sends wrong message, says Freedom House

China’s leaders use a mixture of interference, cooptation and intimidation to muzzle voices critical of the Chinese government beyond its borders, says the organisation.

Photos of political prisoners displayed at the office of the Assistance Association of Political Prisoners in Burma., AAPPB/Human Rights Watch

Burma Action Group urges UN General Assembly, ASEAN to appeal for release of political prisoners and to call for an end to human rights abuses

The Burma Action Group welcomed the recent prisoners’ release while urging caution in considering this an indicator of an improved human rights situation.

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni , MI

Thirty-one IFEX members call on President Museveni to lift the ban on the four radio stations and address the state of free expression

Condemning the shut-down of four radio stations and a violent crackdown on members of the press during a period recent social unrest, 31 IFEX members call on President Museveni to guard free expression rights.

Link to: Death threat deals new blow to free expression

Death threat deals new blow to free expression

The Sri Lankan government is solely responsible for ensuring the safety of prominent activist Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, says Freedom House.