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Solidarity with Human Rights Defenders in the Middle East and North Africa

Jul 04, 2017
CJFE joins our international allies to declare full solidarity with human rights defenders and prisoners of conscience in various countries of the MENA region detained for their peaceful and legitimate activities defending and promoting freedom of expression, and to call for their immediate release. Read more

Global coalition demands “Five Eyes” protect encryption

Jul 04, 2017
CJFE joins 83 organizations and individuals from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States demanding that our governments defend strong encryption. The letter comes on the heels of a meeting in Ottawa of the ministers responsible for the “Five Eyes” intelligence agencies. Read more

150 years on, Canadians need to take an honest look at their country

Jun 29, 2017
We’re a nation known for our freedom and rule of law, but one where respect for human rights has been increasingly eroded in the name of national security. Canada, that bastion of the free press, where anyone can speak their mind, is a country where our freedom of expression is much weaker now than in the recent past. Read more

Time is ripe for return of anti-SLAPP legislation in British Columbia

Jun 28, 2017
As B.C.’s Green and New Democrat politicians prepare to vote down the Liberal government after the May provincial election, we might soon have an opportunity to bring back legal protection for British Columbians targeted with anti-free expression litigation. Read more

Broken Promises Cripple Trudeau’s Access to Information Reform Bill

Jun 26, 2017
The federal government’s proposed changes to the Access to Information Act are being criticized by most of the people who use the system to ferret out information from Ottawa’s bureaucracy. Read more

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
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