PEN Canada

Since this Op-Ed was written, Meta (the parent company of Instagram and Facebook) has announced that it has begun to remove access to Canadian news — and the ability of its Canadian users to share Canadian news — from its platforms.

The investigation has revealed shocking evidence of the illegal use of surveillance tools by the military to spy on its own people.

The new section of the elections Act includes prohibitions and penalties that violate the Charter right to free expression.

Journalist Zeenat Shahzadi was recently recovered from a kidnapping. Rather than releasing her to her family, the Pakistani government is arbitrarily holding her in custody.

IFEX members join 55 NGOs in an open call to the international community to reconvene the Paris Peace Conference in light of its 26th anniversary and worsening attacks on democracy in Cambodia.

Adela Navarro is the director of the weekly news magazine Zeta, one of the only outlets in Mexico to regularly report on drug trafficking, government corruption, and organized crime. Over a 27 year career Navarro has seen colleagues killed for their reporting, and must live and work under constant threat.

A joint statement by the Association of Progressive Communications, IFEX and 64 co-signatories at the UN-HRC 36 warns of the threat to human rights posed by recent attacks on the right to use encryption technology, in Turkey and across the globe.

67 NGOs call for the immediate and unconditional release of human rights defender Tep Vanny on the one-year anniversary of her detention.