Articles by World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers
Navigating hate speech and freedom of expression
When white supremacists take to the streets over “free speech” and political leaders increasingly resort to social media troll armies, how can media differentiate between legitimate free expression and hate speech?
Information is for everyone: Why literacy is a gender equality issue
Literacy is not just about reading and writing. It is often the catalyst that allows women to have input into social and economic decisions that affect their lives.
A newspaper in the dock on Turkey’s Press Freedom Day
Can Dündar, Cumhuriyet’s exiled former editor-in-chief, and the 2017 Golden Pen of Freedom laureate, looks back on the night 13 journalists were arrested and placed in solitary cells after police raided their homes.
Pressure mounts on Cambodia a year after Kem Ley’s killing
On the one-year anniversary of the death of popular Cambodian activist Kem Ley, civil society organisations from around the world reiterated their call for an independent inquiry.
Is the internet a “safe place” for women journalists?
Though great strides have been made to raise awareness, online gender-based harassment continues to be an increasingly pervasive problem for women journalists.
Is Dawit Isaak alive?
That’s the question 33 NGOs are asking Eritrea this World Press Freedom Day, after the Cano prize-winning journalist remains unheard from since 2005.
Spike in journalist killings in Mexico spurs international calls for justice
IFEX members around the world denounce the alarming rate of journalist murders in Mexico and demand a thorough evaluation of existing protection mechanisms.
Press’s ability to hold power to account in the U.S. is in jeopardy
International media leaders have signalled their deep concern with the U.S. administration’s persistent attacks on the press in a letter addressed to President Donald Trump.