Pakistan has earned the distinction of the world's most lethal country in which to practice journalism. Secretary General of the Pakistan Press Foundation Owais Aslam Ali provided insight as to why the culture of impunity has continued to prevail.
Iran is now widely recognized as the leading jailer of journalists and media workers in the world. Read Iranian journalist Maryam Aghvami's article about the current state of free expression.
In CJFE’s Review on Free Expression 2010/2011, we wrote about the dramatic dump of more than 250,000 secret diplomatic cables by the whistleblower organization Wikileaks.
We have a long way to go before we have a clear understanding of the chain of command governing the G20 Summit and who should be held responsible for this travesty of justice.
Alice Klein, Editor and CEO of Now Magazine and CJFE Board member travelled to Beirut, Lebanon for the IFEX Strategy Conference from May 30 to June 3, 2011. Read her articles about Iraq, Egypt and the Congo.
I found CJFE's magazine at the University of King's College School of Journalism. Julie Payne's G20 article is excellent, and all the FOI material is really useful. Great work!"
Laura Landon
From protection for whistleblowers to the G20 Summit in Toronto, read CJFE's assessment of important free expression issues in Canada, and how some of our major institutions have performed.
In recent years, Mexico has become one of the deadliest countries for journalists. Exiled Mexican journalists Luis Horacio Nájera and Emilio Gutiérrez Soto write about the growing problem of Mexican journalists being forced into exile.
One year after the G20 Summit protests in Toronto, Canadians are still waiting for someone to take responsibility for the policing and governance of June 25-27, 2011.