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Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan must treat editor Zhanbolat Mamay fairly

Members of IFEX wrote an open letter on behalf of Kazakh Editor Zhanbolat Mamay, calling for a fair and impartial handling of charges against him and full investigation into his mistreatment in prison and threats made to his family.

The UN Human Rights Council Chamber, Geneva.

At UNHRC, rights groups highlight deterioration of media freedom in Turkey

Over 70 rights and expression organisations worldwide entreated the UN Human Rights Council’s 34th session to call on Turkey to take immediate steps to address the ongoing free expression crisis in the country.

Protesters are detained by district authorities as they demonstrate in support of land rights activist Tep Vanny during her verdict in front of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in central Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 23 February 2017, REUTERS/Samrang Pring

Cambodia failing to protect human rights defenders ahead of elections

78 civil society groups condemn the crackdown on dissent in the lead up to elections in Cambodia and call on the government to cease their unlawful attacks on human rights defenders.

Detained on Manus Island (from left): Behrouz Boochani, Eaten Fish and Mehdi Savari, Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance

Australia: Free expression detained?

25 IFEX members question Australia’s detention of dissident journalists, cartoonists and actors at Manus Island.

AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa

Egypt’s Draft NGO Law Dismantles Civil Society

We, the undersigned civil society organisations unequivocally condemn the law on civic associations (non-governmental organisations) adopted by Egypt’s Parliament on 15 November 2016. The Parliament has debated and approved the bill in its entirety in record time, and referred it to the State Council for legal review (non-binding on the Parliament in this case). If […]

The Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Wikimedia

Parliament must defend health of Turkish democracy

Over 40 organisations call for Turkey’s national assembly to end the national state of emergency, extended for three months on October 19th.

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (R) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during a meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, September 22, 2016., REUTERS/Chris Watte

Canada must prioritise free expression rights in relationship with China

IFEX members call on Prime Minister Trudeau to put human rights, especially free expression and press freedom, at the heart of the Canada-China relationship.

Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines., Wikimedia

New cybercrime law is fundamentally flawed

IFEX members protest the impact on free expression of the overly broad bill, adopted on 12 August.