Obstacles to the expansion of freedom of expression in post-revolutionary Tunisia, and why the promise of the Arab Spring has remained unfulfilled in the country.
José Peralta, 2013/2014 Scotiabank / CJFE Journalism Fellow at Massey College, recently took a trip to Cuba. He used this opportunity to speak to Cubans about free expression in their country, and whether economic opening has led to consummate gains in human rights.
A huge thanks to everyone who joined us for our 16th annual CJFE Gala. The evening highlighted the critical importance of defending and promoting free expression and press freedom around the world.
CJFE honours Bob Thomson with its second-ever Integrity Award, which recognizes Canadians who act in the public interest when they speak out against dangerous, unethical or illegal practices they uncovered or experienced in the course of doing their jobs.
In light of our upcoming 2013 CJFE Gala: A Night to Honour Courageous Reporting, and our Turkish 2013 International Press Freedom Award winner Ahmet Şık, Sara Jaffri has written an article detailing the challenges faced by the independent press in Turkey.
Heidi Fortes profiles three Eritrean journalists being honoured with a 2013 CJFE International Press Freedom Award, Dessale Berekhet Abraham, Mebrahtu Teclesion Berhe and Ruth Zecarias Ghebre.
Couldn't make it to the 16th annual CJFE Gala: A Night to Honour Courageous Reporting? No problem! CJFE captured all of the evening’s highlights here throughout the night, with photos, videos and tweets from throughout the night.
IFEX welcomes the news that the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly has passed by consensus a resolution on the safety of journalists and the issue of impunity. The resolution includes a call to make the International Day to End Impunity an official UN day, to be commemorated each year on 2 November.
To mark the International Day to End Impunity on November 23, a look at the challenges that impunity poses to press freedom and free expression in Latin America.
