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IFEX calls on Kyrgyz authorities to uphold their international human rights obligations by ceasing the wider use of criminal prosecution and abuse of legislation to systematically target independent media outlets, journalists, and other media professionals.

The PEN Children’s and Young Adult Books Committee is responding to recent efforts to ban books and intimidate teachers and librarians with a new conversation series called “PEN Pals.” This series of articles gives voice to the challenged creators of books for children and young adults through an exchange of nuanced conversations that illuminate today’s issues.

June 2021 in the Americas: A free expression round up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Paula Martins, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

IPI Concerned by Attempts to Remove Head of Slovakia’s Public Broadcaster Joins Calls for Greater Respect of RTVS Independence VIENNA, June 19, 2012 – The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), today expressed concern at apparent attempts by members of Slovakia’s ruling SMER-SD party to dismiss the […]

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Palestinian Journalists Reportedly Threatened for Photographing Naomi Campbell IPI Concerned at Harassment [1] A member from the Greek Orthodox clergy (L) stands in front of Palestinian police officers as they guard during scuffles between members of the Armenian and Greek Orthodox clergy in the Church of the Nativity, the site revered as the birthplace of […]

Journalists Reportedly Intimidated in Kosovo SEEMO Expresses Concern After Two Reporters Threatened VIENNA, May 22, 2012 – The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today condemned physical threats made against two Kosovo journalists on May 16 in the ethnically divided city of Mitrovica, in northern Kosovo. […]

IPI Condemns Bomb Attacks on Nigeria Newspapers Explosions at Two Newspaper Buildings [1] People stand at the entrance to the destroyed building of This Day newspaper after a bomb blast in its premises in Abuja April 26, 2012. The office of Nigeria’s This Day newspaper in the northern city of Kaduna was bombed on Thursday, […]

The Supreme Court declined to consider the district attorney’s bid to uphold Abu-Jamal’s death sentence, effectively commuting the sentence to life imprisonment.

On the occasion of World Day Against the Death Penalty, RSF notes that being a journalist, editing a website or keeping a blog can still expose a person to the possibility of the death penalty in some countries.