Campaigns and Advocacy - Asia and Pacific
23 May 2012
Pakistan
President Asif Ali Zardari should not sign the bill until it is revised to authorise investigations of the military and the intelligence agencies for human rights violations, Human Rights Watch said.
15 May 2012
Thailand
In a video, victims and their family members from both sides demand justice and tell Human Rights Watch that the failure to investigate and prosecute those responsible for abuses during the 2010 violence would lead to a cycle of violence and impunity.
15 May 2012
Indonesia
UN members states should push for the adoption of specific measures to ensure free expression and accountability for abuses, said Human Rights Watch.
11 May 2012
Asia and Pacific / Indonesia
The AMARC regional coordinator mentioned the lack of proper enabling legislation as the single principal barrier to community radio sustainability and called for a fair, open, transparent, and efficient process of awarding and regulating broadcasting licences for community radios.
8 May 2012
United Kingdom / Pakistan
CPJ data show that the country has been ranked the deadliest in the world for journalists for two consecutive years.
8 May 2012
Thailand
Amid divisive ideas and political ideologies that have led to the use of violence, the local media are now having difficulties, as several conflicting political parties have started their own media businesses including newspapers, satellite-broadcast televisions and social media.
7 May 2012
Pakistan
PFUJ and IFJ deployed four missions to assess the situation on the ground in some of the most dangerous and under-reported provinces in the country - Balochistan, Interior Sindh, the Khyber-FATA region and Punjab.
4 May 2012
Malaysia
On World Press Freedom Day 2012, the Centre for Independent Journalism renews its call to the people to reclaim their right to a media that can play its role of bearing witness and informing society.
3 May 2012
Philippines
The site calls attention to three major issues: the rampant killing of journalists which demonstrate the prevailing culture of impunity in the Philippines; the use of criminal libel to stifle dissent; and the failure to pass a freedom of information law.
3 May 2012
Asia and Pacific
SEAPA marks World Press Freedom Day with the release of 10 country reports on the situation of press freedom in the region.
3 May 2012
Indonesia
AJI stated that the commemoration of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May 2012 has to be the drive for law enforcers to end the practice of impunity that benefits journalists' killers.
3 May 2012
Asia and Pacific / Papua New Guinea
A minute of silence before a WPFD Editors Forum will honour the late Yehiura Hriehwazi, one of Papua New Guinea's leading journalists, who died suddenly on 8 January 2012.
3 May 2012
Philippines
The US recently missed a key opportunity to engage publicly with the Philippine military about the need to end impunity for serious human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch notes.
2 May 2012
Indonesia
World Press Freedom Day will be commemorated on 3 May 2012 in Indonesia with the theme "Against Impunity - Put Killers of Journalists on Trial."
2 May 2012
Philippines
When Congress re-convenes on 7 May it will be discussing a Freedom of Information (FOI) bill that, while not perfect, is generally acceptable to the media and civil society groups that have been working for the passage of an FOI act since the 1990s.
1 May 2012
Indonesia
A new trend in Indonesia is the use of criminal defamation laws targeting religious minorities, Human Rights Watch has found.
27 April 2012
Pakistan
"Instead of bowing to tyranny, I decided to stand brave and firm", said this award-winning journalist.
25 April 2012
Vietnam / Australia
Vietnam should be urged to release all political prisoners and to end restrictions on the freedoms of expression, association, peaceful assembly, belief, and religion when the two sides meet for their annual bilateral human rights dialogue, Human Rights Watch said.
9 April 2012
Nepal
The International Fact Finding and Advocacy Media Mission to Nepal has finished its review of specific provisions from the country's draft constitution that the Constituent Assembly will finalize by 28 May.
2 April 2012
Pakistan
A letter by the coalition comes as a follow up to a verbal commitment by the Secretary IT that the plan for a national URL filtering and blocking system, announced earlier this year, has been withdrawn.
30 March 2012
Burma
During a conference on media development, ARTICLE 19's executive director spoke about the place of freedom of expression / media laws and legal reforms in the country's democratisation process.
19 March 2012
Take action! - Tibet (China)

Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen was arrested in March 2008 and charged with "inciting separatism," but he was committing no crime, merely documenting the views of ordinary Tibetans in the lead up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He has been tortured whilst in detention, is in poor health and has been denied medical treatment. Join the filmmaker's wife, Lhamo Tso, in calling for his release.
Sign the petition here.
16 March 2012
Joint action - Vietnam
SEAPA joined the Media Legal Defence Initiative and other human rights organisations in calling for the release of five bloggers arbitrarily detained for more than seven months.
8 March 2012
Bangladesh
ARTICLE 19 has implemented a pilot project in Bangladesh on the issue of women's participation in the media, and has found evidence of gender-based discrimination and censorship.
1 March 2012
Bangladesh
Mission delegates urged authorities to address the impunity related to attacks on, and killings of, journalists in the past 15 years, and to improve the legal framework affecting the media.
28 February 2012
Sri Lanka
The organisation feels that an immediate reaction is needed to stem the obstruction of journalists who want to cover the activities of the Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission.
28 February 2012
Nepal
The International Fact Finding and Advocacy Mission to Nepal visited the country from 23 to 27 February 2012 to assess the media freedom situation.
10 February 2012
International / Chechnya (Russia) / Sri Lanka
The organisation will host mirror sites of the Sri Lankan online newspaper Lanka-e-News and the Chechen magazine Dosh.
8 February 2012
China
IFJ issues its February 2012 bulletin on the state of press freedom in China.
31 January 2012
Philippines
The United Nations Human Rights Committee declared that the provisions of the country’s Revised Penal Code (RPC) penalizing libel as a criminal offense is “incompatible with Article 19, paragraph three of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)” to which the Philippines is a signatory.
25 January 2012
Sri Lanka
The campaign is a response to the attacks on the media that have occurred in the month of January in the past three years, and the failure of the government of Sri Lanka to bring to account those responsible for attacks on numerous journalists.
24 January 2012
Burma
Journalists U Zeya and Sithu Zeya, and blogger Nay Phone Latt, all of whom were released from jail on 13 January, discuss their prison experiences.
12 January 2012
Vietnam / Europe and Central Asia
EU officials should use a 12 January dialogue in Hanoi to press for progress in the area of respecting freedom of speech and association and releasing dissidents detained for exercising those rights, says Human Rights Watch.
5 December 2011
Fiji
On the fifth anniversary of the coup d'etat by Commodore Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, the military government is continuing its aggressive attacks on free speech and critics of the regime.
30 November 2011
Afghanistan
Never before have Afghans had so much free access to information provided by their own compatriots. However, these gains are under daily threat, say RSF and Afghan organisations.
23 November 2011
Philippines
The glacial progress of the trial of those accused of involvement in the killing bodes ill for press freedom, human rights and the quest for justice in the country, says the organisation.
23 November 2011
Philippines
SEAPA's letter urged President Benigno Aquino III to support the global campaign and ensure the Ampatuan trial marks a first step to ending journalists' killings.
21 November 2011
Take action! - Vietnam
Nguyen Tien Trung's family announced it would campaign for his release and stressed that he never had any intention of overthrowing the government and was simply exercising his rights as a citizen.
17 November 2011
Asia and Pacific
The government should release all those imprisoned on politically motivated charges, whether they have been convicted under Burma's repressive political laws or for common criminal offenses, said Human Rights Watch.
7 November 2011
Tibet (China)
Eleven Tibetans have set themselves on fire since March, apparently to protest restrictions on basic freedoms and punitive security measures imposed on a number of monasteries.
26 October 2011
Asia and Pacific
The roundtable discussions saw widespread support for continued efforts to protect and promote press freedom in the region. Codes of ethics, freedom of information laws, the growth of citizen journalism and the current situation for journalists in Fiji were all identified as areas of interest.
20 October 2011
Burma / Japan
Japanese officials were urged to press Burma to release all political prisoners and abolish laws used to repress the rights to freedom of speech, association and assembly.
18 October 2011
Burma
Zarganar talks about the political prisoners who have not been freed, including bloggers and writers such as Zaw Thet Htwe and Nay Phone Latt.
17 October 2011
Asia and Pacific
The end result of the project will be a publication that will serve not only as a resource for journalists, academics and civil society organisations, but as a reminder to governments of the region of the importance of freedom of information.
17 October 2011
Asia and Pacific
The forum, held on 12 October 2011, was jointly organised by the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), the Thai Netizen Network and iLaw, to discuss the state of online freedom of expression in Thailand.
7 October 2011
China
Since the announcement of the 2010 Nobel prize, Beijing police have clamped down on Liu Xiaobo's family, friends, and supporters.
7 October 2011
Thailand
During the UPR, widespread concerns were expressed about a sharp increase in lèse-majesté and computer crime charges.
28 September 2011
Take action! - Thailand

Chiranuch Premchaiporn, director of independent news site "Prachatai", is calling for worldwide support as she faces jail time of up to 20 years. Premchaiporn is the latest victim of Thailand's antiquated lèse-majesté laws, which were set up to protect the monarchy from insult, and are being used in modern times to silence dissent.
28 September 2011
Asia and Pacific
In honour of International Right to Know Day, ARTICLE 19 and SEAPA urge ASEAN to demonstrate its commitment to public participation by supporting access to information among its member states.
28 September 2011
Asia and Pacific
Online news content is developing rapidly and the Southeast Asian community needs to "look at democratisation of freedom of expression as a common agenda," said the SEAPA president.
28 September 2011
North Korea
In a discussion at the IPI's World Congress, three journalists each provided different explanations of the same event, showing how information from North Korea is often tangential and unverifiable, and how difficult it is to find out what is actually going on.
27 September 2011
Singapore
While Singapore accepted 84 of the 112 recommendations made by Member States at its first UN Human Rights Council review, those regarding media freedom, and the protection and promotion of the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly and association were rejected.
26 September 2011
Vanuatu
PFF says the opinion expressed this week by the UN's Pacific Office for Human Rights regional representative Matilda Bogner is a welcome step by a key regional development partner on an issue that's usually left to journalists to handle.
19 September 2011
Nepal
In a letter to the newly-elected prime minister, CPJ expressed alarm over the planned amnesty of criminal cases pending from past political violence.
12 September 2011
Burma
Hla Hla Win was sentenced to 27 years in jail on 11 September 2009 for interviewing a monk in a monastery on the 2nd anniversary of the monk revolution.
7 September 2011
Cambodia / Awards
The award was granted to the Sithi portal in recognition of the role it has played in advocating for social change and promoting the civil and political rights of Cambodian citizens, using ICTs in innovative ways.
1 September 2011
Vietnam
The blogger Dieu Cay is believed to have suffered a serious injury in prison, while Father Nguyen Van Ly, a veteran political activist who had been given medical parole because of three strokes and another serious illness, was re-incarcerated in July.
23 August 2011
Sri Lanka
A team of activists asked Jaffna journalists and media workers about the situation they face since the end of the civil war in May 2009 and the lifting of restrictions on movement.
9 August 2011
Burma
Founded in 1993 as a monthly news magazine by exiled journalists, "Irrawaddy" has become an essential source of independent news and information about the political and human rights situation in the country.
8 August 2011
Vietnam
Pham Minh Hoang, who has been in pre-trial detention for a year, will be tried on charges of attempting to overthrow the government.
8 August 2011
China
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention determined that Liu has been arbitrarily detained on a number of counts and that his trial was a "breach of fairness."
15 July 2011
Indonesia
"Some journalists continue to engage in questionable practices, such as accepting payments from interest groups or individuals," says IFJ Asia-Pacific Director Jacqueline Park.
8 July 2011
Philippines
More than 600 participants unanimously adopted a resolution expressing deep concerns at the slow pace of the trials of suspects accused of the Ampatuan Town massacre, and urged the government to take immediate action to see justice is done.
8 July 2011
Joint action - Burma
Seventeen video journalists for the Oslo-based exiled media organisation remain imprisoned; they are among nearly 2,100 political prisoners in Burma.
7 July 2011
Joint action - Malaysia
In a letter to the prime minister, free expression advocates and media practitioners expressed alarm over recent arrests of nationals and foreigners on trumped-up charges for supporting calls for electoral reform.
5 July 2011
China
Officials must recognise that increased media freedoms will assist China to become a transparent, accountable, fair and respectful nation, goals that match the party's future vision for the country, IFJ states.
17 June 2011
Nepal
The events will begin with black-band protests all over the country and an active process of lobbying with national and international human rights bodies for their involvement in addressing the latest attack and the overall climate of impunity that prevails.
16 June 2011
Take action! - Mongolia

Renowned author and "Ulaanbaatar Times" editor Chuluunbaatar Dolgor has been denied bail nine times since his arrest in March 2011. There is serious concern for his health and well-being in prison. Add your voice in support of his release on bail
via this online form or on Facebook and Twitter. Click
here for more.
13 June 2011
Indonesia
Indonesia should use its election to the UN Human Rights Council to implement rights reforms at home, says Human Rights Watch in a letter to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
10 June 2011
Sri Lanka
Prageeth Eknelygoda has not been seen by his wife or the couple's two teenage sons since he left for work on the morning of 24 January 2010.
10 June 2011
China
IFJ issues its June 2011 bulletin on the state of media freedom in China.
6 June 2011
China
The government's refusal to take responsibility for the massacre of unarmed civilians in June 1989 laid the foundation for the state impunity behind the current crackdown on dissent, Human Rights Watch said.
6 June 2011
Fiji
The media monitoring group was responding to a statement by the information secretary urging journalists to "Think Fiji first" and report in a"fair and balanced way."
3 June 2011
Pakistan
The president of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) said journalists from throughout the country would assemble in Islamabad and stage a sit-in at the Parliament if the commission was not set up by this date.
3 June 2011
China
The company's possible entry into China coincides with an aggressive effort by the government to silence dissent.
1 June 2011
Joint action - Philippines
Thirty-six IFEX members, along with Centre for Law and Democracy and the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, expressed concern about the 12 April resolution of the Court of Appeals, Manila Special Division of Five, requiring Monette Salaysay and Rowena Paraan to explain why they should not be held in contempt for comments attributed to them in a "Philippine Daily Inquirer" article regarding the Ampatuan Town Massacre trials.
1 June 2011
Joint action - Pakistan
Representatives from the international community of journalists' organisations and press freedom defenders gathered in Lebanon for IFEX's bi-annual conference and urged the Pakistani government and its law-enforcement and security agencies to take immediate action to implement all appropriate measures to protect media personnel and to prosecute murderers of journalists.
1 June 2011
Joint action - Sri Lanka
The groups urged President Rajapaksa to invite the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue, to Sri Lanka, while expressing deep concern for journalists who continue to be subjected to threats, harassment and assaults with alarming regularity.
1 June 2011
Joint action - China
IFEX members note with alarm the efforts of China's authorities to restrict freedom of expression in regard to debate on political reform in China, following reform movements in the Middle East and North Africa since late 2010.
31 May 2011
Joint action - Burma
Even though a new government has been formed in Burma after the elections in November 2010, there is still no guarantee of improvements in the country's media environment.
31 May 2011
Fiji
The restrictive regulations prevent journalists from reporting the news without prior approval by the authorities.
26 May 2011
Pakistan
IFJ called on the minister and his provincial counterparts to conduct an urgent appraisal of investigations by local authorities into the murders of journalists and to make public his findings.
25 May 2011
Take action! - Burma
Human Rights Watch is urging you to sign a
petition calling for the release of more than 2,100 political prisoners in Burma, including the famous comedian Zarganar.
24 May 2011
Burma
The honours spotlight continued political repression in the country, where sham elections in November 2010 entrenched military rule under the facade of civilian government.
24 May 2011
Thailand
SEAPA, TJA, ISRA Institute and the Thai Broadcast Journalists Association hosted a forum to reflect on the year that has passed and what lessons could be drawn from covering the clashes.
18 May 2011
Take action! - China

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei disappeared into police custody on 2 April. He has not been charged and the state has not disclosed where he is being held. Avaaz is urging you to sign a
petition that calls on international galleries and artists to stop exhibiting art in China until Ai Weiwei is freed.
11 May 2011
Take action! - France / Afghanistan

Reporters Without Borders wants you to remember that French journalists Stéphane Taponier and Hervé Ghesquière were kidnapped in Afghanistan nearly 500 days ago. Click
here to contribute your Facebook profile picture that will help build a virtual mosaic of their faces.
11 May 2011
China
IFJ issues its April 2011 bulletin on the state of media freedom in China.
6 May 2011
Indonesia
According to AJI, impunity of perpetrators from legal accountability is the root of the escalating cases of violence, signifying the government's poor protection for journalists.
6 May 2011
Philippines
IFJ sponsored a World Press Freedom Day roundtable discussion which brought together media practitioners, government representatives, civil society organisations and academics to assess the many challenges faced by journalists and the media.
6 May 2011
Asia and Pacific
"We have developed a framework to deal with the realities emerging on the ground from our different communities and resolved to engage with our island governments to address the issues dear to those communities," said Moses Stevens.
6 May 2011
Singapore
United Nations member states should denounce the severe restrictions on freedom of expression, association, and assembly during the country's first-ever Universal Periodic Review (UPR), Human Rights Watch said.
6 May 2011
Pakistan
The president's commitment, made on World Press Freedom Day, will be monitored by CPJ and national press freedom groups.
6 May 2011
Burma
Burma is widely recognised as having one of the world's most repressive media environments, and consistently ranks at the tail end of global press freedom indexes.
4 May 2011
Burma
Under the new government of President Thein Sein, the Press Scrutiny and Registration Division under the Information Ministry recently lifted censorship of some journals and eased their tight control over media coverage of certain subjects.
3 May 2011
Malaysia
The Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984 (PPPA) is one law that has been so effective in muzzling the traditional media that the federal government is reportedly considering expanding its scope to include new media.
3 May 2011
Philippines
The Philippine media situation has resisted change despite the change of administration in July, CMFR noted, adding that World Press Freedom Day is being commemorated after a year of global and national turmoil.
2 May 2011
Asia and Pacific
"Killing the messenger of bad tidings does not solve the problem of those in power. These heinous acts only further put a democratic society in danger," says SEAPA.
27 April 2011
Australia / China
"Prime Minister Gillard has spoken up about Australia's concerns from Canberra; now the test is whether she will do so publicly in Beijing," said Human Rights Watch.
27 April 2011
Thailand
A series of activities aimed at raising public awareness of press freedom, freedom of expression and journalists' code of ethics will be held on 3 May 2011.
20 April 2011
Philippines
In an open letter to the president, media groups and journalism professors and students asked Aquino "to show political will to put an end to impunity and to launch the presidential initiatives needed to begin the process of change."
12 April 2011
China
IFJ issues its April 2010 bulletin on the state of media freedom in China.
8 April 2011
Joint action - Philippines
Marking 500 days since the November 2009 massacre of 58 people, including 32 journalists and media workers in Mindanao, the organisations expressed their outrage at the continuing delays in prosecuting key suspects.
31 March 2011
Sri Lanka
Three media freedom and human rights groups appeal to international organisations for help in finding the means to guarantee the physical safety of LankaeNews' journalists.
16 March 2011
Thailand
ARTICLE 19 emphasizes the government's restriction of the right to freedom of expression including emergency powers, the Computer Crime Act, defamation and lèse-majesté laws.
11 March 2011
Sri Lanka
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has responded positively to a letter requesting the UN's support in the case of missing Lanka-e-News columnist and cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda.
10 March 2011
China
IFJ issues its March 2010 bulletin on the state of media freedom in China.
10 March 2011
Take action! - Philippines

In the coming weeks, the Philippines Court of Appeals will be deciding whether Zaldy Ampatuan, the suspected mastermind behind the November 2009 Ampatuan massacre, should be dropped from the list of suspects. Media groups in the Philippines, including IFEX member CMFR, are appealing to all concerned individuals and organisations to send a letter to the Court of Appeal ahead of the upcoming decision.
9 March 2011
Sri Lanka
Five prominent media rights organisations sent a letter to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, calling on the U.N. to intervene in the case of Eknelygoda, who disappeared on 24 January 2010.
8 March 2011
China
With 77 cyber-dissidents and 30 journalists in prison, the government must rise to the challenge of what is a fundamental demand for its people - free speech, RSF said.
8 March 2011
Cambodia

Despite having been imprisoned for a year because of his reporting, Hang Chakra told journalists gathered for a training that he will continue to practice critical journalism.
8 March 2011
China
As attention is riveted on North Africa and the Middle East, the Chinese government has moved aggressively to restrict the ability of its citizens to communicate.
24 February 2011
Philippines
CMFR has expressed concern over the slowness of the process and its consequent failure to prevent further killings of journalists.
23 February 2011
Asia and Pacific
Internet experts from Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia participated in a forum entitled, "Internet freedom in Southeast Asia: New Frontier, New Barriers".
16 February 2011
Cambodia
On the occasion of an official visit by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, ARTICLE 19 and CCHR call for an investigation into the systematic use of criminal legislation to silence voices critical of the government.
9 February 2011
China
IFJ issues its February 2011 bulletin on the state of media freedom in China.
2 February 2011
Malaysia
The groups are alarmed by the government's intention to censor online free expression and the expansion of the Printing Presses and Publications Act to encompass online media.
31 January 2011
Burma
UPR working group delegations raised concerns about the systematic violation of a number of basic human rights, including freedom of expression, freedom of information and freedom of assembly and association.
31 January 2011
India

At an IPI event, the minister said, "We are considering a proposal to decriminalise defamation to the extent it applies to journalists."
27 January 2011
Nepal
At the tenth session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group, impunity was by far the most repeated issue by the delegates, with reference to the continuous attacks against media workers and human rights defenders in Nepal.
26 January 2011
Sri Lanka
On the first anniversary of his disappearance, FMM and other media organisations called for updated information on the UN's efforts to locate Prageeth Ekneligoda.
26 January 2011
Bangladesh
Journalists and media experts called for stronger legal protection for press freedom and internal statutes to ensure editorial independence.
13 January 2011
China / United States
CPJ wrote to President Obama in advance of the Chinese president's visit to the United States.
12 January 2011
Joint action - Cambodia
The groups say the draft law could have a negative impact on civil liberties and freedom of expression and would obstruct the work of non-profit organisations.
15 December 2010
Tibet (China)
In March 2008, the Chinese government sentenced Tibetan documentary filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen to six years in prison.
9 December 2010
China
IFJ issues its December 2010 bulletin on the state of media freedom in China.
24 November 2010
Joint action - Philippines
Twenty-eight organisations meeting to discuss international partnerships joined colleagues in the Philippines in remembering victims of the Ampatuan Town Massacre.
24 November 2010
Philippines
RSF has published the accounts of some of the families of the journalists killed one year ago.
24 November 2010
Philippines
The 2009 Ampatuan massacre of 58 men and women, including 32 journalists, was a reminder and a warning to both the Philippine press and the entire country, CMFR notes.
22 November 2010
Philippines

IFEX stands with its members in remembering the 32 journalists and media workers who were brutally murdered in a massacre of more than 50 people in the southern Philippines on 23 November 2009.
19 November 2010
Philippines
"Too little is being done by authorities and power-holders to achieve justice for those murdered on 23 November 2009," says IFJ.
10 November 2010
Take action! - International / China

This year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, Liu Xiaobo, is serving an 11-year sentence in a jail in the remote province of Liaoning for defending human rights and press freedom. Join Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) in calling for the release of Liu - one of China's most famous dissidents - in time for him to attend the Nobel prize ceremony in Oslo on 10 December. Sign the petition here: http://en.rsf.org/petition-liu-xiaobo,38708.html
9 November 2010
China
IFJ Asia-Pacific's monthly Press Freedom in China Campaign e-bulletin.
8 November 2010
Indonesia / United States
US President Barack Obama should encourage Indonesia to take concrete measures to protect free expression and religious freedom, and to require accountability by the armed forces, Human Rights Watch said.
8 November 2010
China / France
Several RSF representatives were arrested near the Arc de Triomphe after opening umbrellas bearing the words "Free Liu Xiaobo" as the Chinese president passed by in a motorcade.
8 November 2010
Joint action - Singapore
The public is invited to join IFEX members in signing a petition to Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong regarding the case of British writer and journalist Alan Shadrake who is at risk of being sent to prison in Singapore for his book, "Once a Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Dock" about the death penalty.
5 November 2010
Take action! - Philippines

IFJ is calling on the public to prepare for a Global Day of Action on 23 November to mark the one-year anniversary of the world's single biggest atrocity perpetrated against journalists. Find out what you can do here (in English only).
1 November 2010
Singapore
Just days ahead of the verdict in his trial, British journalist Alan Shadrake defends his book, insists on his innocence and explains his motives.
29 October 2010
Vietnam
RSF has written to Hillary Clinton urging the United States to press the authorities to release imprisoned journalists and cyber-dissidents and suggesting that it should raise the cases of Le Cong Dinh, Nguyen Tien Trung and Pham Minh Hoang in particular.
29 October 2010
China
In the three weeks since the Nobel committee announced that is awarding this year's peace prize to Liu Xiaobo, around 100 people have been placed under house arrest or subjected to increased police surveillance, or have disappeared.
29 October 2010
Asia and Pacific
The meeting brings together journalists, editors, media freedom advocates, journalism educators and students to discuss the status of media freedom across the Pacific.
25 October 2010
Joint action - Burma
IFEX members called on the Burmese government and the governments of the ASEAN to ensure freedom of expression, access to information, democratic values and human rights are respected during this critical moment in the electoral history of Burma.
22 October 2010
Joint action - China / United States
In a letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, three IFEX members and other groups urge her to take a series of steps prior to the upcoming US-China summit.
20 October 2010
China
Regulations clearly state that when seeking to interview individuals in China, journalists and media workers are required only to obtain the prior consent of the interviewee.
13 October 2010
Pakistan
The mission to flood-hit communities in Pakistan focused on the role of community radio stations in providing key information to residents about reconstruction efforts.
12 October 2010
China
IFJ Asia-Pacific's monthly Press Freedom in China Campaign e-bulletin.
5 October 2010
Thailand
The recent arrest of Chiranuch Premchaiporn, executive director of an independent news website, is the latest in a string of unreasonable acts in relation to the cybercrime law.
5 October 2010
Joint action - South Korea
Five IFEX members and numerous other organisations are gravely concerned for journalists who have been fired and subjected to punitive disciplinary measures due to their courageous struggle for media independence.
1 October 2010
Malaysia
Government must enact FOI law to realise people's right to information, says CIJ
29 September 2010
Bangladesh
ARTICLE 19 Bangladesh in collaboration with the Information Commission have conducted the first ever training for public officials responsible for providing information under the 2009 Right to Information Act.
16 September 2010
China
A Chinese journalist now living abroad testifies about her experiences as a radio host and producer in China.
10 September 2010
China
IFJ Asia-Pacific's monthly Press Freedom in China Campaign e-bulletin.
9 September 2010
Pakistan
RSF has provided financial support to three independent newspapers in the Swat valley where there is no electricity.
2 September 2010
Philippines
RSF interviewed Prima Jesusa Quinsayas, a lawyer who has been hired by the FFFJ to represent the families of journalists murdered in Maguindanao.
27 August 2010
Joint action - Pakistan
There is a need to bridge the gaps of information at the very local levels and among displaced peoples, said AMARC and PPF.
25 August 2010
Philippines
We see the response to these killings in Maguindanao as a way to raise the level of the criminal justice system for all people in the Philippines, not just journalists," CPJ said.
24 August 2010
Tibet (China)
In a letter to Chinese President Hu Jintao, IPA expressed deep concern over the fate of Tragyal and called for his release from prison.
13 August 2010
Burma
In a report to the UN Human Rights Council ARTICLE 19 outlines concerns around the elections, and other gross violations of the right to freedom of expression in the country.
12 August 2010
Sri Lanka
A coalition of Sri Lankan press freedom groups staged a satyagraha, or silent protest, to mark 200 days since Eknaligoda mysteriously disappeared.
10 August 2010
Joint action - Sri Lanka
Two hundred days after Prageeth Eknaligoda's disappearance, IFEX members expressed concern about the lack of transparency surrounding the investigation.
9 August 2010
China
IFJ Asia-Pacific's monthly Press Freedom in China Campaign e-bulletin.
6 August 2010
Sri Lanka
Prageeth Ekneligoda, a political reporter for the Sri Lankan news site Lanka eNews, has been missing since 24 January 2010.
5 August 2010
Malaysia
"Anyone can be detained without trial for two years on the basis of a ministerial order, and the detention order can be renewed indefinitely," according to RSF.
26 July 2010
Vietnam
The organisation urged Hillary Clinton to encourage Vietnam to end its efforts to censor and control the media and the Internet.
23 July 2010
Sri Lanka
"We call on the government and the police authorities to inform the public about the current status of the investigation into the disappearance of Ekneligoda," said FMM.
19 July 2010
Asia and Pacific
The new project is designed to strengthen the role of media workers and press freedom advocates in defending and promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms in the region.
12 July 2010
Nepal
The organisations outlined their concerns about the government's failure to protect the right to free expression.
9 July 2010
China
IFJ Asia-Pacific's monthly Press Freedom in China Campaign e-bulletin.
2 July 2010
Philippines
IFJ has called on the president to use his authority to act on concerns for the welfare of journalists in the country.
29 June 2010
Indonesia
Government urged to improve freedom of expression, religious freedom and the rights of domestic workers.
24 June 2010
Sri Lanka
An unconditional pardon for the journalist has been a key step demanded by the IFJ as an indicator of the government's commitment to press freedom.
23 June 2010
Take action! - Burma
In the lead up to Burma's first elections in 20 years, not everyone has access to critical independent information that will inform them of their rights. In response, Amnesty International has launched an online campaign called "Break the silence" to get 4,000 radios, 60 walkie-talkie kits and 6 satellite kits into Burma by mid-July. Each radio costs US $18.50, and that includes batteries and the cost of getting it into the country. These radios can play a powerful role in empowering Burmese citizens, and connect them to the international solidarity that Burma's junta tries to silence.
16 June 2010
Take action! - Burma

Help raise a million plus voices in honour of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's pro-democracy opposition leader, on her 65th birthday this week on 19 June. The US Campaign for Burma says hundreds of people all over the world have pledged to "arrest themselves" in solidarity with Aung San Suu Kyi and the Burmese people who, in the words of the Lady, are "living in prison without bars."
10 June 2010
Philippines
"It is our particular hope that you will translate your strong electoral mandate into a firm commitment to end the culture of impunity that has resulted in the extraordinarily high number of media killings in the Philippines," CPJ said.
9 June 2010
Afghanistan
Afghan leaders called for the release of journalists held hostage during RSF's recent mission to the country.
7 June 2010
China
One of the jailed journalists, Shi Tao was convicted of "illegally divulging state secrets abroad" and sentenced 10 years in prison.
26 May 2010
Take action! - Philippines
CMFR calls on the future president to commit to shifting government policy from the neglect and indifference that has allowed so many journalist killings to go unpunished.
25 May 2010
China
In the longest-ever case of government censorship of its kind, the Xinjiang Autonomous Region had no Internet access for near 10 months following the July 2009 unrest.
21 May 2010
Joint action - Philippines
IFEX members have joined SEAPA in urging the president to sign the FOI Act into law before the current administration leaves office.
20 May 2010
Sri Lanka
In preparing the special report, CPJ spoke with journalists, diplomats, government officials, and international media support workers in Colombo and Jaffna.
14 May 2010
Philippines
Aquino was urged to demonstrate the political will to protect media workers and to bring the perpetrators and masterminds behind the killing of journalists to account.
11 May 2010
China / United States
Benchmarks are essential for an effective dialogue with the Chinese government, Human Rights Watch noted.
7 May 2010
Thailand
During the past five years of unprecedented political polarization, the media has become an unwitting party to the conflict as each side sought to use it as a political weapon, participants at a World Press Freedom Day event said.
5 May 2010
Joint action - Pakistan
The organisations appeal to the leaders of the Taliban, to the jihadist movements and to Al-Qaeda in Pakistan to put a stop to all further suicide bombings in public gatherings.
4 May 2010
Thailand
The TJA and its partners also reminded the media of its duty to uphold the principles of social responsibility and professional ethics.
3 May 2010
India
In 2004, Maqbool Sahil was arrested, beaten and tortured for two weeks after covering the rape of an Australian tourist.
3 May 2010
Nepal
CEHURDES provides a recap of the state of press freedom and calls for the promulgation of the constitution.
3 May 2010
Asia and Pacific / International
"Not only journalists and writers, but even their defenders are being arrested and harassed, from Vietnam, Burma, and Cambodia to Singapore and the Philippines," deplores SEAPA.
29 April 2010
Burma

Zarganar was arrested in 2008 for his criticism of the government's response to the humanitarian crisis that emerged in the wake of Cyclone Nargis.
28 April 2010
Joint action - Indonesia
The legal provisions seriously threaten the rights to freedom of expression and freedom of thought, conscience and religion, especially in relation to minority groups.
27 April 2010
China
"City under surveillance - Lives under surveillance" would be a better slogan for the World Expo in China, according to RSF.
9 April 2010
China
IFJ Asia-Pacific's monthly Press Freedom in China Campaign e-bulletin.
7 April 2010
Asia and Pacific
The workshop aims to encourage and support the development of a pool of journalists who can cover, monitor and scrutinize the work of the AICHR.
31 March 2010
Sri Lanka
CRNI also supports the peaceful demonstrations in Colombo calling for political accountability and relief from the growing harassment of journalists.
26 March 2010
Joint action - Indonesia
The 1965 law prohibits "interpretation and activities that are in deviation of the basic religious teachings" in the country.
26 March 2010
Joint action - Philippines
It took over two years for Esperat's killers to be convicted, but the masterminds who ordered her death have not been tried or even apprehended.
15 March 2010
Sri Lanka
In a meeting with CPJ, the attorney general promised the government would guarantee the safety of journalists returning from exile.
12 March 2010
China
More than 100 leading China scholars, writers and human rights advocates from around the world have released a letter to China's National People's Congress that calls for the immediate release of imprisoned dissident Liu Xiaobo.
9 March 2010
China
The revised draft law fails to address the wide and ambiguous criteria for classification of state secrets, says the organisation.
5 March 2010
Philippines
As we enter the fourth month since the atrocity, media and journalists' organizations renew their pledge never to forget.
2 March 2010
United Kingdom / Afghanistan
CPJ pointed out that many questions about the death of Afghan journalist Sultan Munadi remain unanswered.
25 February 2010
Asia and Pacific
Representatives from 20 countries in the Asia Pacific region participated in a regional assembly of community radio broadcasters, held in Bangalore, India.
24 February 2010
International / Sri Lanka

Six decades after IPI's founding, the murdered Sri Lankan editor will be one of 60 heroes honoured at the IPI World Congress in September 2010.
11 February 2010
Fiji
Fiji will undergo its first Universal Periodic Review before the UN's Human Rights Council in Geneva on 11 February 2010.
10 February 2010
Sri Lanka
Local journalists are beginning a campaign to draw attention to media suppression following the presidential elections.
8 February 2010
China
IFJ Asia-Pacific's monthly Press Freedom in China Campaign e-bulletin.
3 February 2010
Pakistan
After months of curfew, journalists are once again carrying out investigative reporting and newspapers that were closed for months are being published.
29 January 2010
Sri Lanka
FMM and four other media organisations issued a joint statement highlighting a number of incidents targeting the media.
29 January 2010
Take action! - South Korea
AMARC is concerned over the Korean Film Council's decision to dismantle the Mediact media center and force its staff to resign as of 1 February 2010.
28 January 2010
Burma
His sister-in-law has released a video about him to mark the occasion.
26 January 2010
Philippines
The mission team is concerned for the safety of journalists as the prosecution of those accused in the Maguindanao massacre takes place in a tense environment ahead of the May elections.
21 January 2010
Tibet (China)
Despite jamming by China, Voice of Tibet functions as a voice for Tibetans who cannot express themselves.
18 January 2010
Take action! - China
Access Now is seeking worldwide support for its petition to help "Google Stay Strong." Google announced on 12 January that it will be withdrawing from China unless it is able to operate in an unrestricted cyber environment. But there is pressure on Google to back down.
13 January 2010
China
IFJ Asia-Pacific's monthly Press Freedom in China Campaign e-bulletin.
11 January 2010
Afghanistan
More than 30 journalists in the provinces of Kapisa, Panshir and Parwan issued a statement on 6 January 2010 calling for the release of their French colleagues.
7 January 2010
Sri Lanka
Eight organisations, including FMM, presented an agenda of reform for media freedom to the candidates participating in the 2010 presidential election.
6 January 2010
China
Dozens of PEN American Center member's staged a New Year's Eve rally on the steps of the New York Public Library to protest the imprisonment of writer Liu Xiaobo.
23 December 2009
Sri Lanka
IFJ has released the report of a press freedom mission to Sri Lanka, identifying key challenges for the country's journalists and media.
18 December 2009
Afghanistan
The news of the release of Afghan journalist Sayed Pervez Kambakhsh was made public in early September 2009.
15 December 2009
Philippines
The mission report raises concerns over the commitment and capacity of authorities to guarantee a full and independent prosecution of the killers.
10 December 2009
Awards / Philippines
SEAPA's Roby Alampay accepted the award while in Manila as part of a mission looking into the massacre that resulted in the deaths of 30 journalists.
10 December 2009
China
IFJ Asia-Pacific's monthly Press Freedom in China Campaign e-bulletin.
9 December 2009
Bangladesh
IPI's latest mission offered an opportunity to undertake a first assessment of the sitting, elected government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
9 December 2009
Joint action - Philippines
The November 23 Movement has called for justice for fellow journalists and other civilians who were abducted and slaughtered in Ampatuan, Maguindanao.
2 December 2009
Awards / International / Pakistan
Najam Sethi, the former editor-in-chief of the "Daily Times", was honoured for his defence and promotion of press freedom under difficult circumstances and constant personal danger.
2 December 2009
Take action! - Philippines

IFJ calls for support in condemning the massacre of at least 30 journalists in Mindanao Province, southern Philippines.
1 December 2009
Cambodia
United Nations member states should express concerns about the dramatic deterioration of freedom of expression in Cambodia, Human Rights Watch said today.
27 November 2009
Joint action - Philippines
Condemning the problem of impunity in the Philippines, 52 IFEX members appeal for justice in the horrible massacre of a reported 28 journalists.
20 November 2009
Awards / India
"These are the kind of stories that help shore up public sentiment in support of free speech," said the IPI India National Committee chairperson.
13 November 2009
Asia and Pacific / United States
Human Rights Watch called on Obama to raise the lack of democratic change in Burma, restraints on freedom of expression across the region, widespread impunity for rights violations, and a weak regional human rights institution.
12 November 2009
Tibet (China)

"My trial has started. There is no good news I can share with you," wrote filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen in a letter addressed to his family.
10 November 2009
China / United States
On the eve of Barack Obama's first state visit to China, PEN American Center has sent a letter urging the president to intervene on behalf of the more than 40 writers imprisoned in that country because of their work.
10 November 2009
China
IFJ Asia-Pacific's monthly Press Freedom in China Campaign e-bulletin.
10 November 2009
North Korea
The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy said Kim Seong-Min was being awarded the prize for his "courageous defiance" of the North Korean regime.
5 November 2009
Afghanistan / United Kingdom
In a letter to Prime Minister Gordon Brown, CPJ called for a comprehensive investigation into the September 2009 military operation to rescue two journalists kidnapped by Taliban forces in Afghanistan.
4 November 2009
Take action! - Singapore

Amnesty International is asking for your support to help prominent Singaporean opposition critic and human rights defender Dr. Chee Soon Juan who is facing a prison term or heavy fine. In recent years, Dr. Chee has lost his university post, served seven prison terms and has been banned from contesting parliamentary elections.
13 October 2009
China
IFJ Asia-Pacific's monthly Press Freedom in China Campaign e-bulletin.
1 October 2009
China
HKJA and the FCC collected 1,350 signatures in a campaign to encourage the Sichuan and Xinjiang governments to investigate attacks on journalists and respect press freedom.
25 September 2009
Joint action - Burma

The Burma Action Group welcomed the recent prisoners' release while urging caution in considering this an indicator of an improved human rights situation.
23 September 2009
Sri Lanka
(FMM/IFEX) - The publication of two articles by J.S. Tissanayagam in Sri Lanka's monthly magazine "The North Eastern" came at a price: 20 years' hard labour. The Editors' Guild of Sri Lanka, the Sri Lanka Working Journalists' Association, the Free Media Movement, the Newspaper Society of Sri Lanka, the Sri Lanka Muslim Media Forum, the Sri Lanka Tamil Media Alliance, the Federation of Media Employees' Trade Union and the South Asia Free Media Association (Sri Lanka Chapter) view this punishment as a near fatal blow to freedom of expression in Sri Lanka. The handing of such a punishment to Tissanayagam is symbolic of the intention of the state to stifle and terrorize the media as a whole while further entrenching fear in the people.
18 September 2009
Joint action - Asia and Pacific
The Principles are founded on the understanding that freedom of expression and equality are mutually supporting and foundational human rights.
10 September 2009
China
IFJ Asia-Pacific launches a monthly e-bulletin about its Press Freedom in China Campaign.
13 August 2009
Joint action - Burma
(SEAPA/IFEX) - The Burma Action Group, comprising 21 organisations that are members and partners of the International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX), condemns the guilty verdict and 18-month extended house arrest meted out to Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on 11 August 2009. We join the international community in rejecting this judgment, and in demanding the immediate release of Suu Kyi, a democracy icon in Burma and the rest of the world.
5 August 2009
Sri Lanka
Several media groups wrote a letter to the Minister of Media and Information, questioning the re-activation of the controversial Press Council Law.
22 July 2009
Joint action - Cambodia
SEAPA and its members and allies issued an open letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen, denouncing a "rapidly and palpably deteriorating environment for free expression in Cambodia."
20 July 2009
China
RSF is relaying the petition launched by Chinese writers and intellectuals calling for the release of Ilham Tohti.
20 July 2009
Joint action - Sri Lanka
The members of the Press Freedom Mission, including seven IFEX members, wrote an open letter to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, expressing grave concern over the deterioration of press freedom despite the recent military victory in the country.
15 July 2009
Take action! - China
As the Chinese government attempts to quell the recent violence in Xinjiang province with droves of police and mass arrests, political protestors and journalists are especially vulnerable to excessive force, arbitrary detention, surveillance and censorship.
9 July 2009
Take action! - Fiji
Sign PFF's electronic petition, calling for an end to the so-called "Public Emergency Regulations", which severely restrict media rights and freedom of expression.
26 June 2009
Take action! - Tibet (China)

RSF launches petition for the release of Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen
17 June 2009
Take action! - Vietnam

Le Cong Dinh, a prominent lawyer, writer, blogger, and human rights defender in Vietnam, has represented other writers and right advocates in Vietnamese courts over the past years, courageously taking on cases despite a repressive media environment in the country. Now he needs your help.
3 June 2009
Joint action - Sri Lanka

Free expression advocates from around the world gathered this week in Oslo, Norway, at the IFEX General Meeting. Thirty IFEX members signed on to a letter to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, calling on him to "stop the war on journalists".
3 June 2009
Joint action - North Korea
Free expression advocates from around the world gathered this week in Oslo, Norway, at the IFEX General Meeting. Forty IFEX members signed on to a letter calling on the international community to press for the release of journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling.
27 May 2009
Joint action - Pakistan
On 26 May 2009, IFJ and RSF wrote a joint letter to President Asif Ali Zardari asking him to intervene in the case of three journalists in Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) who are wanted by the Taliban.
21 May 2009
Pakistan
More than 30 journalists and their families have had to seek refuge in Peshawar and other cities since the army launched its offensive against Islamist militants in the Swat valley.
20 May 2009
Take action! - Pakistan
The Kyber Union of Journalists and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) are appealing to fellow media and press freedom organisations to raise emergency funds for Pakistan's journalists who have fled Swat Valley.
6 May 2009
Joint action - Thailand
(SEAPA/TJA/IFEX) - SEAPA and its founding member in Thailand, the Thai Journalists Association (TJA), and other Thai media groups issued a joint statement on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day.
28 April 2009
Joint action - Thailand
Reporters Without Borders joined by 31 other organisations in a call for moratorium on prosecutions for criticising the King, dialogue on Internet freedom
25 April 2009
East Timor
On 16 to 18 April 2009, SEAPA, joined by media and free expression organisations from the region, led a mission to Timor-Leste to offer expertise and raise concerns about proposed media laws.
20 April 2009
Bangladesh
ARTICLE 19, Sushashoner Jonno Pracharavijan (SUPRO) and its network organisations have launched a major mass awareness campaign on the right to information
15 April 2009
Take action! - Vietnam
Two of the seven writers still in prison as a result of the Vietnamese government's severe crackdown on peaceful dissidents last August and September are being denied visitation rights and are prone to ill treatment, warns International PEN's Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC). WiPC is asking you to write a letter to the authorities to demand their release.
6 April 2009
Joint action - Thailand
(ARTICLE 19/Index on Censorship/IFEX) - The following is a press release by ARTICLE 19, Index on Censorship and English PEN:
1 April 2009
Joint action - Nepal
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - The following is a 31 March 2009 joint statement by ARTICLE 19, FNJ and Freedom Forum:
24 March 2009
Joint action - Philippines
(SEAPA/IFEX) - The following is a joint action by members of the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) Mission to Fight Impunity Against Filipino Journalists:
13 March 2009
Joint action - Sri Lanka
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - The following is a joint submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), ARTICLE 19, World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and the International Press Institute (IPI):
6 March 2009
Joint action - Sri Lanka
(International Press Freedom Mission to Sri Lanka /IFEX) - The following is statement by the International Press Freedom Mission to Sri Lanka, a group comprising six IFEX members and three other organisations:
18 February 2009
Joint action - China / United States
(RSF/IFEX) - The following is a 12 February 2009 joint letter by Human Rights Watch, Freedom House, Reporters Without Borders and four other organisations:
9 February 2009
Joint action - Nepal
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - The following is a joint action by five IFEX members and other organizations that make up the International Press Freedom and Freedom of Expression Mission:
21 January 2009
Joint action - Sri Lanka
(IFJ/IPI/RSF/IFEX) - The following is a joint action by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), International Press Institute (IPI), Reporters sans frontières (RSF) and two other organisations:
7 November 2008
Joint action - Sri Lanka
(IFJ/IPI/IFEX) - The following is a joint IFJ and IPI media release:
28 August 2008
Joint action - Burma
(SEAPA/IFEX) - The following is a joint appeal by 15 IFEX members and other organisations that make up the Burma Action Group:
26 August 2008
Joint action - Thailand
(SEAPA/TJA/IFEX) - The following is a joint SEAPA/TJA press release:
1 August 2008
Hong Kong (China)
CPJ’s Bob Dietz was on the ground in Hong Kong when John Ray, a reporter for ITV in England was hauled off by Chinese police while covering a peaceful protest in Beijing. He posted on the CPJ Blog about China’s “tough talk” the next day, as officials denounced the arrest of Ray and admitted he was working within the rules afforded him as a journalist. Though positive, Dietz wrote that it was “too little too late” and kept the pressure on Chinese and Olympic officials to respect media freedom.
20 June 2008
Joint action - Sri Lanka
(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a joint action by 29 IFEX members and other organisations:
8 May 2008
Joint action - China / International
(ARTICLE 19/RSF/IFEX) - The following is a 7 May 2008 joint press release by ARTICLE 19 and RSF:
2 May 2008
Joint action - Burma
(SEAPA/IFEX) - The following is a 1 May 2008 joint statement by 15 IFEX members and other organisations:
1 May 2008
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has long been considered one of the most dangerous countries in the world for practising journalists. In early 2008 this already perilous situation escalated, with the media suffering increasing cases of intimidation from the government. In May, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and more than 45 international organisations responded to the situation by launching the campaign, "Stop the War on Journalists in Sri Lanka". The campaign calls for the government to honour the constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom of expression by protecting and supporting its journalists.
23 April 2008
Joint action - China
(HKJA/IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an HKJA and IFJ joint press release:
14 April 2008
Joint action - Nepal
(FNJ/IFEX) -The following is a joint statement by FNJ and the International Press Freedom and Freedom of Expression Mission to Nepal:
27 March 2008
Joint action - Sri Lanka
(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a joint letter to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa by 20 IFEX members and other organisations:
1 March 2008
Nepal
As Nepal headed into constituent assembly elections on 10 April, press freedom violations continued unabated across the country, despite a government promise earlier this year to "take seriously" the safety of media workers.
5 February 2008
Joint action - Sri Lanka
(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a joint statement by six IFEX members and other organisations:
14 November 2007
Joint action - Sri Lanka
(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a 12 November 2007 joint IFJ and IPI press release:
26 October 2007
Joint action - Burma
(SEAPA/IFEX) - The following is a 25 October 2007 joint letter from 15 IFEX members and several other international organisations to United Nations officials:
15 October 2007
Joint action - Sri Lanka
(FMM/IFEX) - The following is a joint statement by 32 IFEX members:
12 October 2007
Joint action - Indonesia
(AJI/IFEX) - The following is a joint statement by 22 IFEX members and one other organization:
1 March 2007
Sri Lanka
The conflict in Sri Lanka has been escalating since the failure of the 2002 peace talks. As tension and violence rises between government, paramilitary groups and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, journalists and media outlets are facing increased dangers as they try to cover the political and economic situation in the country.
1 January 2007
China
In the lead-up to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, several IFEX members have launched campaigns to monitor, mobilise and advocate for free expression in China, where authorities have jailed and restricted journalists, political essayists and bloggers.
1 September 2006
Philippines

The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) in the Philippines has been working tirelessly to address the unsolved attacks and murders of Philippine journalists and is currently campaigning for justice in the murder case of journalist Marlene Esperat. Nathan Lee, CMFR's Press Alerts Officer, was interviewed by Sheila Gruner, IFEX Campaigns Programme Coordinator, in early September 2006.