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Freedom House report: Growing challenges to internet freedom
Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 10:37 am | IFEX
Next week, government, business, and civil society representatives will gather at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Nairobi, Kenya to discuss the future of the global digital space. This gathering takes place against the backdrop of growing ... More >>
IFEX Communiqué Vol 20, No 37 | 21 September 2011
Friday, 23 September 2011, 12:03 pm | IFEX
Free Expression Spotlight 1. Mexico: Drug cartels target social media users as international community addresses journalists' safety at UN anti-impunity conference More >>
Human Rights Watch Honours Commitment to Free Expression
Friday, 16 September 2011, 3:48 pm | IFEX
(Human Rights Watch/IFEX) - New York, September 14, 2011 - Forty-eight writers from 24 countries have received 2011 Hellman/Hammett grants for their commitment to free expression and their courage in the face of persecution, Human Rights Watch said ... More >>
IFEX Communiqué Vol 20, No 35 | 7 September 2011
Thursday, 8 September 2011, 3:42 pm | IFEX
IFEX member Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has temporarily suspended its WikiLeaks mirror site following WikiLeaks's decision to publish its full archive of 251,000 U.S. diplomatic cables without redactions, citing concerns for the safety of confidential ... More >>
IFEX Communiqué Vol 20, No 34 | 31 August 2011
Thursday, 1 September 2011, 2:33 pm | IFEX
Four Italian journalists who were kidnapped in Libya were released last week, but the fate of both foreign and local journalists - including six Libyan reporters missing since the uprising started in February - remains up in the air as fighting rages ... More >>
Universal Protection from Enforced Disappearance - RSF
Wednesday, 31 August 2011, 1:58 pm | IFEX
RSF calls for universal ratification of International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. (RSF/IFEX) - 30 August 2011 - As the world marks the International Day of the Disappeared today, Reporters Without Borders ... More >>
IFEX Communiqué Vol 20, No 33 | 24 August 2011
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 3:21 pm | IFEX
Headlines Free Expression Spotlight 1. India: Another right to information activist shot dead Regional News 2. Cambodia: Crackdown on critical groups confirms civil society fears of forthcoming NGO law 3. Bahrain / Egypt / Kuwait: Governments attack ... More >>
Campaigns and Advocacy - Peter Mackler Award
Wednesday, 24 August 2011, 5:22 pm | IFEX
IFEX - News from the international freedom of expression community. Campaigns and Advocacy - Awards / International: Honduran journalist Karla Rivas named 2011 winner of Peter Mackler Award. More >>
IFEX Communiqué Vol 20, No 32 | 17 August 2011
Friday, 19 August 2011, 12:57 pm | IFEX
HEADLINES Free Expression Spotlight 1. Syria: Arab League breaks its silence and condemns Assad's massacre of protesters; journalists disappear Regional News 2. United Kingdom: Prime Minister considers banning social media, interferes with journalists' ... More >>
IFEX Communiqué Vol 20, No 29 | 20 July 2011
Friday, 22 July 2011, 5:40 pm | IFEX
Israel has violated the right to free expression by approving a law that penalises individuals and organisations that call for boycotting Israel, say IFEX members the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) and Human Rights Watch. More >>
Press freedom concerns worldwide in first 6 months of 2011
Thursday, 7 July 2011, 4:36 pm | IFEX
Six months into the year, there has been very little improvement in media freedom around the world, and in many parts, the losses far outweighed the gains, according to the Vienna-based International Press Institute. More >>
Forced to flee but not silenced, exiled media fight on
Tuesday, 21 June 2011, 4:06 pm | IFEX
To mark World Refugee Day on 20 June, Reporters Without Borders is paying tribute to those journalists who manage to continue working as journalists after being forced to flee their country. By doing so, they defy those who try to silence them. More >>
States Must Establish Greater Internet Access
Thursday, 9 June 2011, 3:02 pm | IFEX
Four international bodies that have special mandates on free expression have issued a declaration calling for international organisations and nation states to respect freedom of expression on the Internet, report ARTICLE 19 and the Center for Law and ... More >>
Egypt: Military Cracks Down on Critics
Thursday, 9 June 2011, 3:00 pm | IFEX
Journalists, bloggers and judges have been taken to court under Egypt's military regime for criticising the army's human rights violations during the uprising, its links to the Muslim Brotherhood and its lack of judicial reform, report the Arab ... More >>
Georgia: Tear Gas and Rubber Bullets Fired At Protesters
Thursday, 9 June 2011, 2:57 pm | IFEX
Ten thousand Georgians hit the streets on 21 May in the capital, Tbilisi, demanding that President Mikheil Saakashvili step down. But with protests showing no signs of abating, security forces dispersed hundreds of opposition demonstrators using ... More >>
23 November Announced as International Day To End Impunity
Thursday, 9 June 2011, 2:56 pm | IFEX
Impunity has always been ranked as a top priority for IFEX members. So it comes as no surprise that at the 2011 IFEX Strategy Conference in Beirut, Lebanon, last week, IFEX members announced they are joining forces to launch the first ever International ... More >>
Declaration on the Internet dismisses freedom of expression
Tuesday, 31 May 2011, 3:53 pm | IFEX
The Declaration on the Internet, developed by the G8 leaders at the Deauville Summit, fails to properly recognize states' international human rights obligations on freedom of expression and the right to information. More >>
Women Face Human Cost of Arab Spring Uprisings
Friday, 27 May 2011, 2:37 pm | IFEX
Last week IFEX members celebrated the release of two women journalists in the Middle East and North Africa. Al Jazeera journalist, Dorothy Parvaz, who was held incommunicado upon her arrival in Syria on 29 April to cover anti-government protests, was released ... More >>
Burma:Sign a Petition for the Release of Political Prisoners
Friday, 27 May 2011, 2:32 pm | IFEX
Human Rights Watch is urging you to sign a petition calling for the release of more than 2,100 political prisoners in Burma. They include members of the political opposition, human rights defenders, labour activists, artists, journalists, internet bloggers, ... More >>
Libya: Government Silent About Fifth Journalist Killed
Friday, 27 May 2011, 2:25 pm | IFEX
UK-based South African photojournalist Anton Hammerl, 41, was shot dead by Libyan troops on 5 April near Brega in eastern Libya. He had been working with three other foreign journalists when they were fired upon by pro-Gaddafi forces. More >>
