Meet some of the risk-takers and change-makers defending your right to information
Read Annie Game’s remarks at the launch of a unique WPFD exhibit, and listen to a special Africa Brief podcast marking 30 years since the landmark Windhoek Declaration.
On press freedom, human rights and democracy
Frankly, it has become far too easy to interfere with the media’s key role in supporting fair elections and healthy democracies. As the Executive Director of the IFEX network writes, each World Press Freedom Day is an opportunity to renew our vow to make it difficult for those who try to do so.
It’s World Press Freedom Day. What’s wrong with this picture?
We need to support a free and independent media; efforts to undermine them are on the rise, and we need to hear a diversity of voices and opinions more than ever. Our 2018 campaign images underscore the fact that one side of the story is never enough.
Papua remains restricted under Widodo; 72 cases of violence against journalists
Two recent cases of violence against journalists in Papua highlight the empty promise of Press Law protections in Indonesia’s easternmost province, as well as the false hopes of President Joko Widodo, who more than two years ago promised to open foreign press access to the area.
Legal, political and policy environment for Pakistani media has deteriorated significantly
A PPF report covering the period January 2016 to April 2017 points to indications that all branches of state are determined to control the media, rather than promoting a safe and secure environment for the growth of pluralistic democratic media institutions.
The devastating decline of free expression and press freedom in Southeast Asia
On World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) 2017, the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) shares a number of stories that demonstrate the devastating decline of free expression and press freedom in the region.
Eskinder Nega named press freedom hero ahead of WPFD
Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega, imprisoned since 2011, has been named IPI’s 69th World Press Freedom Hero.
Free press: Still worth defending?
As IFEX enters its 25th year, Executive Director Annie Game asks: Is freedom of the press still worth defending? More than ever.
Let Journalism Thrive: On courage, resilience, and finding a way
We honour the bravery of journalists who face obstacles head on, and the ingenuity they show in getting around them. But journalists themselves cannot – and should not – be press freedom’s only line of defense.
Press freedom stories from around the world: The good, the bad, and the ugly
To mark World Press Freedom Day, take a tour of some events that are chilling – or warming – the climate for free media in countries around the globe.
Tell Syria the world needs Mazen Darwish’s voice
On 3 May, join the worldwide call to #FreeMazen.
Access to information: Key to development
Access to information is the lifeblood of a free media and democratic society, a fact worth remembering as we mark World Press Freedom Day.
“100 information heroes” profiled for World Press Freedom Day
Through their courageous work or activism, the “100 information heroes” profiled by RWB help to promote the freedom to “seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”
US raises concern over journalists’ arrests in Burma
Recent arrests of journalists have raised doubts about Burma’s commitment to freedom of the press, says a senior US State Department official. A Mizzima freelance reporter was recently arrested, a day after helping to organise a protest calling for greater media freedom and the release of six imprisoned journalists.
Watch IFEX-ALC’S video commemorating World Press Freedom Day
What do democracy and press freedom have in common? Why is impunity such an important issue in Latin America and the Caribbean? Watch this video commemorating World Press Freedom Day to find out.
Ten emblematic cases of jailed journalists highlighted on World Press Freedom Day
On World Press Freedom Day, CPJ is calling on authorities to release 10 journalists silenced by authorities, as well as all others being held in relation to their work.