Joint Statements

IFEX joins rights groups urging the UN to act on the case of the British-Egyptian activist, who remains detained despite completing his sentence.

Signatory organisations, IFEX among them, stress that the draft implementation act does not provide sufficient safeguards to protect journalists from SLAPP cases, and therefore call for stronger and more effective measures.

We stand in solidarity with the Palestinian and Lebanese journalists bravely reporting amid life-threatening risks and demand that all governments, press freedom organisations, and human rights bodies take concrete steps to ensure their protection.

On November 13, in Geneva, Switzerland, the review and adoption of the recommendations issued to the State of Nicaragua as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) will take place.

A global law firm’s problematic review of Saudi Arabia’s World Cup bid ignores a dire human rights record.

“At least 15 Azerbaijani journalists have been arrested since November 2023 and currently await trial on charges that could see them jailed for between eight and 20 years. Thirteen of them remain in pre-trial detention.”

On 29 September, when Alaa’s five-year sentence came to an end, the Egyptian authorities did not release him, refusing to consider the two years he spent in pre-trial detention as “time served”.

The three press freedom groups have investigated the case since 2020, which showed damning evidence of the former governor in the journalist’s murder.

Signatory organisations, IFEX among them, call for an end to the needlessly cruel and protracted detention of Ashraf Omar, the dismissal of the baseless criminal charges against him, and for his immediate release and safe return to family and friends.

A new SCM study highlights the need for effective mechanisms to address widespread abuses against journalists in Syria.

CPJ and rights groups support congressional calls for the Biden administration to pressure Israel for independent journalist access to Gaza.

Press freedom groups condemn the numerous judicial decisions aimed at preventing the publication of information in the public interest by four Belgian media outlets.

IFEX and other signatories stress that this is a severe blow to independent radio broadcasting in Turkey, silencing a platform known for promoting diverse, critical voices and addressing issues of profound public interest.

In recognition of the increasing efforts to restrict books, those who write them, publish them or make them available to readers, five organisations representing authors, publishers, booksellers and libraries worldwide have issued a joint statement.

Across the cases that CIHRS and Human Rights Watch documented, the Houthis had not brought charges against the people detained.

Marking the seventh anniversary of Daphne Caruana Galizia’s death, press freedom groups call on the Maltese government “to finally deliver on the recommendations of the public inquiry into her murder”.