International Publishers Association (IPA)

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Taranga FM Manager, Alhagie Abdoulie Ceesay, Media Foundation for West Africa

Release journalist detained in violation of African Court ruling

Free expression organisations join the Media Foundation for West Africa in calling on African regional body to pressure The Gambia to release journalist Alhagie Abdoulie Ceesay.

Fire-fighters inspect the wreckage of a bus was hit by a suicide bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan January 20, 2016, REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

A tough start to the year: January in the Asia & Pacific region

From lethal attacks on the media in Afghanistan and Pakistan, to the case of the missing Hong Kong publishers, to a campaign to block government interference with Australia’s national broadcaster, we present a month of events that are changing the free expression landscape in the region.

In this 10 January 2016 file photo, a protester wearing a mask of missing bookseller Lee Bo stands in a cage during a protest against the disappearances of booksellers in Hong Kong, AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File

Calls for China to provide information about missing Hong Kong publishers

There are questions about the whereabouts and safety of five Hong Kong-based publishers and booksellers. The latest disappearance of a British passport holder has fuelled concerns about a concerted campaign by the Chinese government to quash free speech in the former British colony.

Citizens carrying a giant cardboard pencil reading "Not Afraid" take part in a Hundreds of thousands of French citizens solidarity march (Marche Republicaine) in the streets of Paris January 11, 2015. , REUTERS/Charles Platiau.

On the anniversary of Charlie Hebdo, dissenting voices must be protected

Civil society groups mark the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attack by calling on governments worldwide to fulfill their obligation to protect freedom of expression.

Klaus Johannis, President of Romania

Civil society calls for investigation into surveillance of journalist Cătălin Tolontan

IFEX members call for an immediate investigation into spying operations in Romania incompatible with free and democratic society.

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban talks to journalists after casting his vote during Hungary's municipal elections in Budapest, October 12, 2014, REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

Protect Hungarians’ right to criticise public officials, say IFEX members

IFEX members support the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union’s draft law to decriminalise libel and defamation of public officials

AP Photo/Elena Becatoros, File

International community calls for the release of VICE fixer Mohammed Ismael Rasool

Members of the IFEX network and other concerned organisations demand justice for wrongful imprisonment of Mohammed Ismael Rasaool

In this October 2012 file photo, literature from New Zealand is featured at the Frankfurt, Germany book faireparations for the upcoming book fair in Frankfurt, October 9, 2012, REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

IPA condemns banning of award-winning book in New Zealand

Ted Dawe’s young adult novel “Into the River” has fallen foul of the Christian lobby group Family First, which pressured the New Zealand Film and Literature Board of Review into putting an interim restriction on the book.