(IFEX-TMG) - 25 May 2012 - Ahead of a court of appeal hearing on 28 May, the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG), a coalition of 21 IFEX members, urges the Tunisian judiciary to quash the...

Washington, DC, EE.UU., 21 de Mayo, 2012 — El Comité Mundial de Libertad de Prensa —una organización que aúna a 45 grupos de libertad de prensa de todo el mundo— lamenta profundamente el fallecimiento del legendario periodista José Luis Gutiérrez,...

(IFEX-TMG) - 3 May 2012 - Members of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG) gathered in Tunis for World Press Freedom Day to mark the launch of four new initiatives to support Tunisian rights to freedom...

(IFEX-TMG), April 10, 2012 — The International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG), a coalition of 21 IFEX members, including the World Press Freedom Committee, is alarmed by ongoing attacks targeting journalists, artists, performers and women for...

Statement prepared for delivery by Ronald Koven, European Representative, World Press Freedom Committee, during UNESCO executive board deliberations, 8 March 2012 As the European Representative of the World Press Freedom Committee, I’d like to focus on the implications for the...

February 29, 2012 Members of the Executive Board The United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO) UNESCO Headquarters 7, Place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP France Cc: Director-General Irina Bokova RE: UNESCO-Obiang Nguema Mbasogo International Prize for Research...

Feb. 16, 2012 Ms. Catherine Ashton High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Council of the European Union Rue de la Loi 175 B-1048 Brussels Belgium Dear Ms. Ashton: The World Press Freedom Committee urgently calls...

Paris, 10 February 2012 – News professionals and executives from some of the world’s leading media, academics, media law experts and representatives of press freedom organizations will explore the future of professional journalism in the digital environment at a conference...

Feb. 8, 2012 Washington, DC, USA TO: The High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union The Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe The Human Rights Subcommittee of the European Parliament The Ambassadors to...

Washington, DC, USA January 24, 2012 Your Excellencies: The World Press Freedom Committee —an organization bringing together 45 press freedom groups from throughout the world— urges you to reject the three recommendations made by the government of Ecuador, which would...

(IFEX-TMG) - 16 January 2012 - On the anniversary of the revolution, the International Freedom of Expression Exchange Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG), a coalition of 21 IFEX members, including the World Press Freedom Committee, urges the Tunisian government to revoke...

(IFEX-TMG) - 11 January 2012 - Despite promises by Tunisia's new government to uphold free expression, the International Freedom of Expression Exchange Tunisia Monitoring Group, a coalition of 21 IFEX members including the World Press Freedom Committee, is concerned that...

Washington, USA, Dec. 23, 2011 — The World Press Freedom Committee of Freedom House (www.wpfc.org) —an organization bringing together 43 press freedom groups from throughout the world— protests adoption yesterday by the Argentine Congress of a law to regulate the...

Diario Clarín of Buenos Aires, the world's second largest Spanish-language newspaper and one of the most influential in Latin America, has published an op-ed article by WPFC-FH's Javier Sierra about the state of press freedom in Argentina. Because of President...

Washington, USA, Nov. 14, 2011 — The World Press Freedom Committee of Freedom House —an organization bringing together 43 press freedom groups from throughout the world— has submitted an amicus curiae brief to Ecuador's Constitutional Court in support of a...