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Link to: TMG calls for end to harassment of journalists in Tunisia

TMG calls for end to harassment of journalists in Tunisia

The Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG), a coalition of 20 IFEX members, has received reports of further harassment of Tunisian journalists working for independent media.

Link to: More than 3,500 petition government to release journalists, writers

More than 3,500 petition government to release journalists, writers

Petitioners’ names were collected through the “Our Society Will Be a Free Society” campaign, a coalition project dedicated to winning the freedom of all journalists jailed in Iran.

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UN Human Rights Council: 40 IFEX members reject “defamation of religions” resolutions

In a joint submission to the UN Human Rights Council, 40 IFEX members protest resolutions on defamation of religion and the proposed elaboration of complementary standards to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.

Link to: Thirty-one IFEX members and 22 other organisations call on UN High Commissioner to support human rights activists, journalists and bloggers

Thirty-one IFEX members and 22 other organisations call on UN High Commissioner to support human rights activists, journalists and bloggers

Rights groups appeal to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to take up cases of free expression violations targetting Bahraini journalists, bloggers and human rights defenders in an upcoming visit to the country.

Link to: On International Women’s Day, 24 IFEX members appeal to the UN to raise concerns about the ongoing violations of women’s rights

On International Women’s Day, 24 IFEX members appeal to the UN to raise concerns about the ongoing violations of women’s rights

To mark the occasion of 8 March 2010, International Women’s Day, members of the Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG), and members of the IFEX Gender Working Group appeal to the UN to raise concerns about the ongoing violations of women’s rights in Tunisia.

Link to: Ailing journalist should be allowed specialist medical care in prison, says TMG

Ailing journalist should be allowed specialist medical care in prison, says TMG

Campaigners for free expression voice new concern for the health of jailed journalist Taoufik Ben Brik, one of President Ben Ali’s firmest critics.

Link to: Free expression groups call on Iran to open door to UN rights experts

Free expression groups call on Iran to open door to UN rights experts

Tehran’s envoy backtracked on his invitation to the UN’s special rapporteurs to visit and investigate claims of rights abuses.

Link to: Free press and free expression organisations to Iran: release jailed journalists, writers

Free press and free expression organisations to Iran: release jailed journalists, writers

A coalition of international journalists’, writers’, and publishers’ organisations has launched a campaign to press the government of Iran to release their imprisoned colleagues.