Institute of Mass Information (IMI)

Over 150 IFEX members and partners of ARTICLE 19 appealed to US President Obama to drop charges against whistleblower Edward Snowden, update the Whistleblower Protection Act and pass a media shield law.

IFEX members called on Philippines authorities to reprimand a local police chief who arrested a radio broadcaster without a warrant after he talked about police incompetence on the air.

According to Valentyna Vasylchenko, an unknown woman wounded her right leg with a knife. This is the second violent attack the editor has endured since 2000.

Victor Orel went on a five-day hunger strike to protest the falsification of parliamentary election results in Ukraine.

Ukrainian journalist Alexander Lutsenko says threats have been issued against his family because of his journalistic activities.

According to the Institute of Mass Information (IMI), backroom deals colloquially known in Ukraine as “jeansa”, account for about half the budget of most local media outlets.

Over 40 IFEX members worldwide call for the new President of Somalia to help combat impunity in the killing of journalists, revise media laws and uphold UN and African resolutions to help protect journalists.

UPDATE: The president of IFEX member Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Nabeel Rajab, was re-arrested and sentenced to three years in prison on 16 August. Many other human rights defenders remain in prison, including BCHR’s founder Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, and his daughter, Zainab Al-Khawaja.