World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC)

IFEX members and partners from around the world urge the UN to include access to information in the Agenda for the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.

More than 100 groups and individuals worldwide call on Egyptian President el-Sisi to remove the unjust sentencing of three Al Jazeera journalists.

This week, a resolution on the importance of protecting human rights online was discussed at the 26th UN Human Rights Council Session in Geneva. Read the oral statement on this resolution led by ARTICLE 19 and supported by several IFEX members.

The President of AMARC Asia-Pacific has called upon the Thai junta to take into account the invaluable contributions that community radios can offer towards inclusive dialogue and peace-building.

Community Radios in Australia face the danger of being forced off air should the recommendations made by the Australian Commission of Audit be accepted by the government.

AMARC has learnt of the release of Alma Delia Olivares, a reporter of the community radio station La Cabina on 4 March after five days of detention. Olivares is, however, still being prosecuted for “misuse use of a public resource”.

On the occasion of the third World Radio Day, on 13 February 2014, AMARC is working to increase access to the airwaves for local and community radios.

195 civil society organisations from around the world have called on the UN to put government accountability and independent media at the centre of a new framework for global development.