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Press Defenceless: House Fails to Pass Shield Bill

Jun 21, 2017
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) is disappointed that the House of Commons failed to pass Bill S-231, the Journalistic Source Protection Act, before rising for summer recess. By failing to pass the bill now the House has missed a crucial chance to taken a stand for press freedom, and to extend badly-needed protections to confidential sources. Its swift passage needs to be a priority when MPs return in the fall. Read more

National security acts—like pop acts—require all the right notes

Jun 21, 2017
On Tuesday, June 20, 2017, the Government of Canada tabled Bill C-59, An Act respecting national security matters. The proposed act constitutes 150 pages of long-awaited national security legislation. Over the past two years, CJFE has advocated and organized toward this moment.  Here's our hot take on the draft Bill. Read more

CJFE Challenges The Rebel With Free Speech Ad Campaign

Jun 19, 2017
On June 17, 2017, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) attended a rally by far-right media group The Rebel. At the event, dubbed ‘The Rebel Live’, CJFE contracted a video billboard truck owned by outdoor marketing company Wild On Media and displayed a video advertisement in support of CJFE’s latest campaign. This campaign seeks to challenge public assumptions about human rights in Canada.  Read more

CJFE condemns charges against Turkish journalists

Jun 19, 2017
On June 19, fifteen Turkish journalists go to trial for charges related to last year's coup attempt. The charges against these journalists are baseless, yet fit with the Turkish government's ongoing media and civil society crackdown.  Read more

Reconciling Practice with Principle in the “Free Marketplace of Ideas” of 2017

Jun 14, 2017
At CJFE's June 7 panel discussion, our panelists considered whether "the free marketplace of ideas" is now broken to the point that the best ideas no longer rise to the top–or, for that matter, whether it has ever worked the way it's supposed to. Here are some of the top quotes and takeaways.  Read more

Shields up! Liberals set to pass Canada's first press shield law

Jun 09, 2017
CJFE applauds the Liberal government for formally endorsing the Journalistic Sources Protection Act, or Bill S-231. With the Liberals’ support, it should pass through the House of Commons to become the country’s first journalistic shield law–a massive step forward for press freedom in Canada.  Read more

Georgia must act on illegal abduction of Afgan Mukhtarli

Jun 07, 2017
The abduction of Afgan Mukhtarli's is a black stain on Georgia's reputation as a leader in upholding human rights standards in the Caucasus region. Read more

CJFE applauds legislation to repeal Canada’s Blasphemy Law

Jun 06, 2017
CJFE applauds legislation introduced by the Liberal government to repeal the Criminal Code offence of ‘publishing blasphemous libel’. Canada’s blasphemy law is a dangerous anachronism and threat to free expression with no place in a modern secular society. Its repeal is long overdue. Read more

Is the marketplace of ideas broken? CJFE to host panel discussion on June 7

Jun 05, 2017
Join CJFE on June 7 for a panel discussion on the declining state of the marketplace of ideas, followed by our annual member's meeting. Read more

Help Us Send the TPP Back to the Grave

May 31, 2017
Bad for free expression, privacy, and the future of the internet: the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) should stay dead, and you can help us kill it. Read more
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