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IFEX Member Campaigns 2007

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Joint action - The Gambia

Twenty-one IFEX members call for investigation into murder of journalist Deyda Hydara, release of reporter Chief Ebrima Manneh

(MFWA/IFEX) - The following is a joint action by 21 IFEX members:

Joint action - Mexico

Five IFEX members condemn Supreme Court decision on Lydia Cacho case

(CENCOS/IFEX) - The following is a 29 November 2007 joint statement by five IFEX members and other organizations and individuals:

Joint action - Tunisia

In letter to UN secretary general, IFEX-TMG raises concerns about continuous attacks on freedom of expression

(IFEX-TMG) - The following is an IFEX-TMG joint letter to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon:

Joint action - Sri Lanka

IPI and IFJ issue report on press freedom situation in Eastern Provinces

(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a 12 November 2007 joint IFJ and IPI press release:

Joint action - Bahrain

Twenty-six IFEX members and others call on Bahraini government to stop clamping down on freedom of expression

(BCHR/IFEX) - The following is a joint action by 26 IFEX members and 21 other organisations:

Joint action - United Kingdom

ARTICLE 19 and Index on Censorship applaud prime minister's promise to implement proposals respecting free expression

(ARTICLE 19/Index on Censorship/IFEX) - The following is a 26 October 2007 joint statement by ARTICLE 19, Index on Censorship and English PEN:

Joint action - Burma

Fifteen IFEX members urge UN to generate status report on missing, killed or jailed journalists, aid exiled reporters

(SEAPA/IFEX) - The following is a 25 October 2007 joint letter from 15 IFEX members and several other international organisations to United Nations officials:

Joint action - International

Thirty-two IFEX members urge action to address threat to free expression by "parallel powers"

(CENCOS/IFEX) - The following is a joint statement of 32 IFEX members and three other organisations:

Joint action - Sri Lanka

Thirty-two IFEX members appeal for action to strengthen media freedom and freedom of expression

(FMM/IFEX) - The following is a joint statement by 32 IFEX members:

Joint action - International

Twenty-four IFEX members call for release of jailed journalists, reform of oppressive media laws, respect for free expression

(JED/NUSOJ/IFEX) - The following is a joint statement by 24 IFEX members and one other organisation:

Joint action - Indonesia

Twenty-two IFEX members condemn Supreme Court ruling against "Time Magazine"

(AJI/IFEX) - The following is a joint statement by 22 IFEX members and one other organization:

Joint action - International

Twenty-five IFEX members express grave concern over media situation

(Mizzima/IFEX) - The following is a joint statement by 25 IFEX members:

Joint action - International

Twenty-two IFEX members call for end of persecution of human rights activist, journalist

(EOHR/IFEX) - The following is a joint statement by 22 IFEX members and one other organisation:

Joint action - International

ARTICLE 19-Mexico, IPYS-Mexico and CENCOS demand adequate protection for journalists

(CENCOS/IFEX) ? The following is a joint press release of ARTICLE 19-Mexico, CENCOS and IPYS-Mexico:

Joint action - International

Thirty-four IFEX members, other organisations call for an end to imprisonment of journalists

(EOHR/HRinfo/IFEX) - The following is a joint action by 34 IFEX members and seven other organisations:

Joint action - International

Two IFEX members condemn sentencing of editors, publisher and cartoonist for alleged contempt

(WPFC/IFEX) - The following is a joint WPFC-IPI letter to the Secretary General of the Supreme Court of India:

Joint action - International

TMG condemns attempts by authorities to silence dissenting voices

(IFEX-TMG) - The following is an IFEX-TMG press release:

Joint action - International

Four IFEX members call for day of action to show solidarity and condemn human rights violations

(AJI, ARTICLE 19/RSF/SEAPA/IFEX) - The following is a joint statement by four IFEX members and the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights:

Joint action - International

International PEN, ARTICLE 19 and IPA call for abolition of Article 301

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - The following is a joint International PEN, ARTICLE 19 and IPA press release:

Joint action - International

Twenty-three IFEX members and other organisations call for release of prisoners of opinion

(EOHR/IFEX) - The following is a joint action by 23 IFEX members and other organisations:

International

Summary of General Meeting and post-GM activities

Campaigns sessions at the IFEX General Meeting were well attended and helped to establish directions for campaigning and advocacy activities at the local, regional and international levels. Organisations from across the IFEX network were involved in designing, facilitating and participating in the following sessions that will continue developing with support from the IFEX Campaigns Programme.

Joint action - International

International press freedom mission calls for end to attacks on press

(ARTICLE 19/RSF/IFEX) - The following is a statement issued on behalf of the "International Press Freedom and Freedom of Expression Mission to Nepal" of which ARTICLE 19 is a member:

Joint action - International

IFEX-TMG members call for charges to be dropped against journalist Omar Mestiri

(IFEX-TMG) - The following is a joint declaration by members of the IFEX-TMG:

Joint action - International

Ahead of African Union summit, three IFEX members and other organisations launch campaign to get journalists out of jail

(IFJ/MFWA/WAJA/IFEX) - The following is a 29 June 2007 joint press release from IFJ, MFWA, WAJA and other organisations:

Africa

Campaigning momentum builds as IFEX members intensify advocacy efforts for free expression

Momentum is building around various campaigns across Africa as IFEX members step up the pressure against repressive governments. Their courageous work is aimed at ending the criminalisation of publication offenses that see editors and journalists receive threats to their safety, the closure of media outlets, legal battles and imprisonment.

Joint action - International

Three free expression groups pressure incoming prime minister to defend threatened rights

(ARTICLE 19/Index on Censorship/IFEX) - The following is a joint press release by IFEX members ARTICLE 19 and Index on Censorship, along with English PEN:

Joint action - International

CENCOS, AMARC and ARTICLE 19 call on Congress to amend media law, facilitate emergence and survival of community media

(CENCOS/IFEX) - The following is a 21 June 2007 CENCOS press release:

Joint action - International

International mission finds freedom of expression environment deteriorating, increasingly dangerous for journalists

(IFJ/IPI/RSF/IFEX) - The following is a 23 June 2007 statement of the International Press Freedom and Freedom of Expression Mission to Sri Lanka:

Joint action - International

Ten IFEX members urge President Musharraf to address deteriorating free expression situation

(PPF/IFEX) - The following is a PPF-led joint letter to Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf from IFEX members:

Joint action - International

Two IFEX members and others appeal to president over alarming lack of free expression

(IPA/WiPC/IFEX) - The following is an 8 June 2007 joint letter by IPA, WiPC and other organisations and individuals:

Joint action - International

RSF and Human Rights Watch call for end to harassment of dual-nationals

(RSF/IFEX) - The following is a 31 May 2007 joint statement by RSF, Human Rights Watch and two other organisations:

Joint action - International

Twenty-three IFEX members call for full acquittal of journalist and human rights activist Umida Niyazova, request EU Council to consider case under sanction review

(Adil Soz/IFEX) - The following is an Adil Soz-led joint letter to Uzbek President Islam Karimov from 23 IFEX members:

Joint action - Nigeria / World Press Freedom Day

Two IFEX members and others condemn presidential veto of freedom of information bill, attacks on journalists and media outlets

(IJC/MRA/IFEX) - The following is a joint statement by IJC, MTA and other organisations:

Joint action - International

Three IFEX members and other organisations protest government's failure to improve free expression situation

(ARTICLE 19/IFJ/RSF/IFEX) - The following is a joint statement by ARTICLE 19, IFJ, RSF and other organisations:

Egypt

Human rights advocate confronts fear and intimidation in Egypt

As Executive Director of the Cairo-based Arabic Network for Human Rights Information and lawyer, Gamal Eid often finds himself campaigning for justice for imprisoned bloggers and journalists, including Al Jazeera reporter Huwaida Taha, who is appealing a six months jail sentence incurred as a result of a documentary on torture she filmed in Egypt. Then in May, Eid himself was threatened with five years in prison after a Judge filed a bogus lawsuit against him, citing "extortion". HRinfo's website, which houses information from 141 members in 18 countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as well as IFEX's Arabic site, looked doomed for closure. Eid talked to Kristina Stockwood, IFEX Outreach Coordinator, about his case, free expression in the region in general, and why HRinfo will never give up the fight.

Joint action - International

Thirty-eight IFEX members appeal to government to account publicly for missing and imprisoned journalists

(MFWA/PEN Canada/IFEX) - The following is a joint action signed by 38 IFEX members:

Joint action - International

Fourteen IFEX members call to end criminal prosecution of journalists and to release imprisoned journalist Umida Niyazova

(Adil Soz/CJES/IFEX) - The following is a joint action statement, signed by 14 IFEX members:

Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan journalists face danger and repression as media situation deteriorates

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.

Joint action - International

Twenty-one IFEX members appeal for support in campaign to repeal Article 301

(IPA/WiPC/IFEX) - The following is a joint action statement signed by 21 IFEX members and other organisations:

Joint action - International

Two IFEX members urge Press Council not to obstruct licencing, publication of new newspaper

(HRinfo/IFEX) - The following is a joint statement by HRinfo, CIHRS, and several other organisations:

Joint action - International

Seven IFEX members urge authorities to address newsprint and ink shortage in Jaffna

(WAN/IFEX) - The following is a 26 January 2007 letter to the Sri Lankan prime minister, signed by seven IFEX members and other organisations:

Joint action - International

IFEX-TMG members express concern over banning, censorship of publications

(IFEX-TMG) - The following is a 24 January 2007 IFEX-TMG letter to Tunisian president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali:

Joint action - International

Human rights organisations ask president to reduce ailing critic's prison term and set him free

(EOHR/IFEX) - The following is a 24 January 2007 joint action signed by EOHR, HRinfo and other orgnanisations:

Joint action - International

CORRECTION: IFEX-TMG members write to UN secretary-general about government's obligations to cease harassment of human rights defenders and journalists

(IFEX-TMG) - Please note an error in the TMG joint action dated 19 January 2007. In paragraph 6, it was mistakenly noted that civilian demonstrators were involved. The correct version, which follows, should state: "TMG members also highlighted concerns about the Tunisian government's censorship of deadly clashes between security forces and armed groups in the end of December 2006 and in early January 2007 in the Southern suburbs of Tunis."

Joint action - International

IFEX-TMG members write to UN secretary-general about government's obligations to cease harassment of human rights defenders and journalists

(IFEX-TMG) - The following is a joint declaration by members of the IFEX-TMG:

Joint action - International

Two IFEX members request an end to the persecution of journalist Howeida Taha

(CIHRS/IFEX) - The following is a 16 January 2007 joint action signed by CIHRS, EOHR and other organisations:

Joint action - International

CPJ, IPYS cite "lack of transparency" in government's decision regarding renewal of RCTV, call for greater commitment to freedom of expression

(CPJ/IPYS/IFEX) - The following is a 12 January 2007 CPJ and IPYS press release:

Joint action - International

Twenty-two IFEX members urge president to abolish imprisonment of journalists in publication cases

(CIHRS/EOHR/HRinfo/IFEX) - The following is a joint action signed by 24 IFEX members and other organisations:

China

International PEN calls for collaboration: China, the Olympics and free expression advocacy

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.