Get ready to be inspired!
IFEX’s 2023 Annual Report is packed with stories of creativity, compassion, and collaboration from our amazing/unique network.
This past year IFEX faced numerous challenges, but we continued to adapt, strengthening our dedication to defending freedom of expression and information.
The challenges aren’t going away anytime soon – but neither is IFEX!
Throughout 2023, IFEX provided crucial support to members under pressure, contributed to tackling gendered disinformation, and helped members empower youth participation at the global climate conference COP28. We also supported member initiatives documenting attacks on journalists, defending cartoonists’ rights, and addressing online platform abuse and disinformation.
Learn how IFEX is making a difference worldwide. Read our 2023 annual report here:
Featured Articles
EU must take action against Israel’s unprecedented attacks on journalists and media freedom
IFEX joins calls on the EU to act decisively to protect press freedom and ensure accountability amid record journalist deaths in Gaza and severe media crackdowns in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Australia: Queensland shield laws will enhance right to know
Shield laws allow journalists to claim legal privilege in order to protect a confidential source.
Russia: Life for queer people after ban on LGBTQI+ “movement”
“Ayan believes the ban on LGBTQI+ people is intended to ‘remove people from the information field, to make them completely invisible.’ And you can do whatever you want to the invisible.”
Bahrain must restore rights in Jau prison amid prisoner protests
“Various restrictions imposed on prisoners’ movements and, most recently, the interruption of communications with families must end,” said UN experts.
Israeli tank targets group of reporters in Gaza, killing one and wounding another
Videos and eyewitness accounts indicate that the group of reporters were isolated and identifiable when an Israeli tank opened fire.
At least 55 governments have used mobility controls against dissidents in the last decade
Authoritarians use a variety of travel restrictions to make life harder for dissidents at home and in exile. Democratic countries that host exiles can do more to defend their freedom of movement and ensure their safety.