Articles by World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers
Open letter on the financial crisis facing the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
On 23 May, the IACHR reported that severe financial problems have forced it to cancel its July and October sessions and all trips planned for this year and, if new funding cannot be secured by mid-June, will lead to the non-renewal of the contracts of 40 per cent of its staff
Bahrain has failed massively in implementing human rights recommendations
According to rights groups, Bahraini government’s claims of having implemented all BICI recommendations is mere lip service.
Malaysian MPs should reject restrictive amendments to internet and communications law
IFEX members and regional partners urge Malaysian MPs to ensure media laws are in line with international standards on online freedom of expression and access to information.
Free expression groups call on UN to appoint Special Representative for the Safety of Journalists
34 IFEX members are supporting RSF’s initiative to create the position of a Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for the Safety of Journalists.
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.
Rights groups and cartoonists ask Iranian President Rouhani to help free artist Atena Farghadani
Over 40 human rights groups and more than 75 international cartoonists are calling for leniency for Atena Farghadani, an Iranian cartoonist currently wrongfully jailed.
UN counter-extremism initiatives must not infringe on free expression rights
Civil society groups express concern over the potential for overbroad anti-extremism practices to limit free expression
Turkey must allow supporters to meet with imprisoned journalists
International free expression groups condemn the government’s refusal to allow supporters to visit journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, who are behind bars for reports claiming that Turkey’s intelligence agency secretly armed Islamist rebel groups in Syria.