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Link to: Twenty-one organisations, including fifteen IFEX members, condemn guilty verdict, extended detention for Aung San Suu Kyi

Twenty-one organisations, including fifteen IFEX members, condemn guilty verdict, extended detention for Aung San Suu Kyi

(SEAPA/IFEX) – The Burma Action Group, comprising 21 organisations that are members and partners of the International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX), condemns the guilty verdict and 18-month extended house arrest meted out to Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on 11 August 2009. We join the international community in rejecting this judgment, and […]

Link to: Thirty IFEX members sign on to appeal to Parliament deploring proposed changes to NGO law

Thirty IFEX members sign on to appeal to Parliament deploring proposed changes to NGO law

Thirty IFEX members have signed on to a joint letter to the parliamentary chair deploring the proposed changes to the Azerbaijan Republic Law on Non-governmental Organisations.

Link to: Forty-five IFEX members call for release of journalist Chief Ebrimah Manneh

Forty-five IFEX members call for release of journalist Chief Ebrimah Manneh

Free expression advocates from around the world gathered this week in Oslo, Norway, at the IFEX General Meeting. Forty-five IFEX members signed on to the following statement, calling on The Gambian government to enforce an ECOWAS court judgement of the journalist’s case.

Link to: Thirty IFEX members call on governments to respect fundamental human rights of free expression and privacy of communications

Thirty IFEX members call on governments to respect fundamental human rights of free expression and privacy of communications

Free expression advocates from around the world gathered this week in Oslo, Norway, at the IFEX General Meeting. Thirty IFEX members signed on to a resolution on the surveillance of communications and the fundamental right to protection of journalistic sources.

Link to: Freedom House report points to growing threat to Internet by authoritarian regimes

Freedom House report points to growing threat to Internet by authoritarian regimes

Freedom House report features analysis from prominent experts on the ways in which China, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, and Pakistan are preventing the emergence of an international system based on the rule of law, human rights, and free expression.

Link to: Forty IFEX members protest attacks on free expression

Forty IFEX members protest attacks on free expression

Free expression advocates from around the world gathered this week in Oslo, Norway, at the IFEX General Meeting. Forty IFEX members signed the following statement, calling on the Bahraini authorities to address recent attacks on free expression in that country.

Link to: Forty IFEX members appeal for diplomatic support in detained journalists’ case

Forty IFEX members appeal for diplomatic support in detained journalists’ case

Free expression advocates from around the world gathered this week in Oslo, Norway, at the IFEX General Meeting. Forty IFEX members signed on to a letter calling on the international community to press for the release of journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling.

Link to: Thirty-seven IFEX members express concern about deterioration of free expression

Thirty-seven IFEX members express concern about deterioration of free expression

Free expression advocates from around the world gathered this week in Oslo, Norway, at the IFEX General Meeting. Thirty-seven IFEX members signed on to a statement calling on the Azerbaijani authorities to address the deterioration in press freedom.