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In our latest Faces of Free Expression feature, meet Sulemana Braimah, executive director of the Media Foundation for West Africa(MFWA). 🌍 As he begins his 10th year as executive director of MFWA, Braimah stands at the forefront of free speech advocacy in #WestAfrica, confronting oppression and advocating for the silenced with relentless determination. Amid coups and crackdowns, Braimah's unwavering commitment to media freedom serves as a beacon of courage against silence. His dedication to justice resonates powerfully, driving forward the fight for a more transparent and accountable media landscape in West Africa. Explore his story and others in IFEX’s Faces of Free Expression series. 🔗 Sulemana Braimah – Holding power to account: https://lnkd.in/gyh8J48n ▶ More Faces of Free Expression: https://ifex.org/faces/

 🌍 On World Press Freedom Day 2024, IFEX is hosting an in-person workshop at the UNESCO Global Conference in Santiago, Chile. The session will focus on collaboration for a sustainable environment and information ecosystem, offering a space to exchange ideas and share examples on collective action in the fight for #environmental justice. Join us as we unpack the complexities of collaboration in the face of the climate crisis and explore the urgent need for collective efforts. 📅 Date and Time: 3 May 2024 | 15:55 - 16:50 CLT 📍 Location: Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile.  Room - Library 🔎 Read more about the workshop: https://lnkd.in/dk7RZVVi ℹ️ For more information on the World Press Freedom Day Conference, including the event program and side-events, visit: https://lnkd.in/dAdzf3jm 🔍 Can't attend? Read more about the IFEX network’s focus on this topic: https://lnkd.in/gZrwVyK7  #WPFD2024

IFEX's latest #FreedomOfExpression newsletter is out! In our regional round-ups: 📰 #UK protest restrictions, and insights on reporting about #Gaza. 🗳 #India's elections-related censorship persists. 🇨🇩 #DRC witnesses a travesty of justice, while civic space shrinks in #Mali and #BurkinaFaso. 🇲🇽 #Mexico's protection mechanism fails journalists, plus #Haiti's endangered media. ALSO: After months of persecution, "Al Jazeera" to be banned soon in #Israel in unprecedented #censorship move. 📬 Read More & Subscribe: https://lnkd.in/gHJADM5A

🌍 #ICYMI: Catching up on global #FreeExpression news? IFEX's latest newsletter is out! #Mexico: New legislative threats to digital rights and free expression #Malawi journalist Gregory Gondwe goes into hiding after threats #India: #Internet blocked amid farmers’ protests #Lebanon: 80% of women reportedly face #digital #violence #Turkey: Why Big Tech must protect online expression ahead of municipal elections 🔍 READ #IFEXThisWeek: https://lnkd.in/gzC637_X 📨 SUBSCRIBE: https://ifex.org/#signup

On International Women's Day, IFEX launches a new profile honoring Brazilian journalist Patricia Campos Mello, who fought back against online violence and #disinformation by Bolsonaro supporters aiming to undermine her work. 🔎 In 2018, she exposed an illicitly funded disinformation campaign by Bolsonaro backers, facing abuse both online and offline. During a 2020 parliamentary inquiry into 'fake news,' Campos Mello faced false accusations of trading sex for information from those involved in the #disinformation campaign she exposed. President Bolsonaro's public promotion of this lie intensified threats against her. ⚖️ But Campos Mello fought back. She took the president, his son, and other high-profile individuals to court, suing them for their misogynistic smears —and won. With a staggering 73% of women journalists facing online violence because of their work, Campos Mello remains an unwavering advocate, shining a light on the online abuse faced by women journalists.   Read her inspiring journey in our latest Faces of Free Expression profile: 🔗 Patricia Campos Mello: Confronting the hate machine https://lnkd.in/gM5dwiMR #IWD2024

📢 How do attacks on #FreedomOfExpression, arrests and #censorship limit the knowledge of those outside #Palestine about the situation on the ground? How to ensure the #safety of those bravely seeking to document and report? IFEX, 7amleh, the Palestine Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) and APC are co-organising a #webinar this week to discuss #JournalismPalestine. The webinar’s objective is to highlight local voices and stories to inform the work and positions of our networks in relation to the conflict in #Gaza and the human rights situation in Palestine, with a focus on freedom of expression. 🗣️ Speakers will include Shireen Al-Khatib from the Palestine Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA), Kholod Masalha from the Arab Center for Media Freedom Development Development and Research (I'lam), Shuruq Asad from the Palestinian Journalist Syndicate (PJS), and independent journalist Riham Abu Aita. 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/dnxMN843

🌍 Our latest #FreeExpression newsletter is out! #Pakistan: Navigating Internet restrictions & #misinformation amid election #Palestine: Online platforms pressed on #ICJ ruling #Guatemala: Publisher José Rubén Zamora back in court #Niger’s Maison de la Presse suspended 👉 Read More & Subscribe: https://lnkd.in/gGa22KUd

What lies ahead in 2024? 🌍 🔍 In their latest Regional Briefs, IFEX Regional Editors Cathal Sheerin, Laura Vidal, Mong Palatino, Naseem Tarawnah and Reyhana Masters look ahead to some of the key freedom of expression issues they’re monitoring this year. Together, they draw our attention to threats to #press freedom, suppression of the right to protest, obstacles to access to information, the impact of the shrinking of civic space on #elections, and international judicial efforts to bring about accountability and end #impunity.  Read on! 👉 https://lnkd.in/g_iKhkSR

For nearly three years, UN Member States have been negotiating a new international treaty to combat cybercrime. In that time, many IFEX members and allies have voiced serious concerns with the treaty as it risks sanctioning the abuse of free expression, assembly and association, and privacy rights and could lead to the excessive criminalisation of security researchers, whistleblowers, activists and journalists. The next Ad Hoc Committee session from 29 January to 9 February 2024 will be the final opportunity for States to ensure the inclusion of human rights safeguards in line with international human rights law. Absent any meaningful efforts and changes, States are urged to refrain from signing on. Read the full joint statement here: https://ow.ly/OJw250QtAq4 cc. Irene Khan, Clement N. Voule, Mary Lawlor, Ana Brian Nougrères, António Guterres, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Catch up on the latest #FreeExpression news! 📢 📌 #Venezuela: Civic space at risk of disappearing 📌 #Yemen: New human rights coalition formed 📌 #Kyrgyzstan independent media persecuted 📌 #Indonesia: Court acquits activists in defamation case 👉 READ #IFEXThisWeek: https://ow.ly/GlcE50QsppU 📬 SUBSCRIBE: https://ifex.org/#signup