29 August - 5 September 2019

 
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Earlier this year, we embarked on what we hoped would be a short break, as we launched our new website and upgraded our newsletter systems.

The break ended up taking a little longer than we had expected, but we're very pleased to now bring you our redesigned IFEX This Week and to resume our regular weekly schedule going forward.

Thank you for your patience, and we hope you like our new and more accessible design.

 
 

Africa | Access to Information

 

Threats, violence, laws, and taxes: The many approaches to stifling access to information in Uganda

 

President Yoweri Museveni uses a tiered approach of intimidation, restrictive legislation and taxation to skilfully and successfully restrict access to information as well as sharing of information.

 
 

Middle East & North Africa | Attacks

 

Solidarity with Nabeel – and guess who is the world’s biggest jailer of women journalists?

 

August in the Middle East and North Africa: A roundup of key free expression news, based on IFEX member reports.

 
 

Asia & Pacific | Access to Information

 

News blackout and rising repression in Kashmir and West Papua

 

August in Asia-Pacific: A roundup of key free expression news, based on IFEX member reports.

 
 

Honduras | Censorship

 

Defamation decriminalised in Honduras, a substantial advance for press freedom

 

Defamation will now pass to civil jurisdiction in the amendment to the Penal Code that will enter into force in November.

 
 

International | Access to Information

 

“Unanimous” G7 support for RSF’s Information and Democracy Initiative

 

Published last November, the Declaration on Information and Democracy proclaims basic principles for the global online information and communication space, with the aim of encouraging freely reported and trustworthy news and information.

 
 

Europe & Central Asia | Attacks

 

Protesters doxxed, journalists detained and violent neo-Nazis ‘defamed’

 

August in Europe and Central Asia: A roundup of key free expression news, based on IFEX member reports.