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Campaigns and Advocacy
Find information on IFEX members' campaigning initiatives, including a spotlight on a creative campaign and opportunities to take action on issues of global urgency. To access the full library of campaigning tools and resources browse the top right-hand menu.
Campaigns and Advocacy Spotlight
24 January 2012
Bahrain
International Mission to Bahrain Report says promises for reform unfulfilled, while situation deteriorates
A report from a six-member mission of international organisations to Bahrain last November called out Bahraini authorities for failing to deliver on promises of reform, with rights violations continuing on a daily basis and rights activists jailed for life.
IFEX Member Campaigns
7 February 2012
Joint action - Kazakhstan
Twenty-nine IFEX members call for release of independent newspaper editor
Twenty-nine IFEX members have signed a letter to the Prosecutor General about the detention of editor Igor Vinyavsky, whose detention is believed to be politically motivated, calling for him to be released and for the evidence leading to his arrest to be made public.
8 February 2012
China
IFJ Press Freedom in China Campaign Bulletin - February 2012
IFJ issues its February 2012 bulletin on the state of press freedom in China.
8 February 2012
Tunisia
Confirmation of court order could lead to return of Internet censorship
As the Tunisian Internet Agency has neither the financial resources nor technical capacity to establish a filtering system, it did not comply with the August 2011 court decision and referred the case to the country’s highest appeal court.
6 February 2012
Americas
Civil society organisations call for careful evaluation of OAS Working Group recommendations
The IFEX-ALC and the Regional Alliance for Freedom of Expression and Information call for a careful evaluation of certain recommendations that could impact the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression.See all IFEX member campaigns
Tools and Resources
Campaigning through Facebook
Facebook recently announced that there are over half a billion users on the site – a large community by any means, and a great place for communication and debate. Over half of all users log into their accounts every day, giving any organisation an excellent reason to occupy Facebook real estate. By creating a Facebook Page, organisations can raise their profile and their information has the potential to be accessed by millions of users, without much effort.
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Take Action!
Send flowers to the people of Bahrain
On 14 February, post a virtual flower for peace in solidarity with the people of Bahrain as they mark the one-year anniversary of their uprising.
8 February 2012
Add your signature to IPI petition to free journalist Nedim Sener
Turkish journalist Nedim Sener has spent nearly 300 days in jail for being part of the "Ergenekon" plot, in which an alleged ultra-nationalist organisation with ties to security forces is said to have planned to use terrorism to overthrow the government. Join more than 3,000 people in an International Press Institute (IPI) petition calling for a fair trial or his immediate release.
11 January 2012
RSF calls for support for blogger imprisoned for more than two years 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.
21 November 2011
Demand freedom for Dawit Isaak
Twenty-third September marks 10 years since the Swedish-Eritrean journalist and writer Dawit Isaak was imprisoned in Eritrea. His crime? He worked for an independent newspaper that reported on demands for democratic reforms. There has never been a trial, a charge or a sentence against him. IFEX members and supporters are asking that you take part in a week of action to demand his freedom.
14 September 2011
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