WAN-IFRA speaks out in defence of press freedom and in support of colleagues from around the globe. During the past two years, our advocacy campaigns in Botswana, Brazil, China, the EU, India, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Northern Ireland, the Philippines, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Turkey, the UK and Venezuela were supported by members, local Media Freedom Committees, professional colleagues and peers from the global human rights and freedom of expression community
Our advocacy actions include large scale lobbying campaigns, coordinated press freedom missions, awareness raising activities and events to strengthen legal and regulatory frameworks, reduce censorship and confront other challenges to editorial and economic independence of media. WAN-IFRA’s network of influential publishers and editors provides it with access to the highest levels of government and other institutions.
Recent protest campaigns
July 2020 – WAN-IFRA and the World Editors Forum urged Duterte to ‘drop all charges’ against Maria Ressa.
France, 23 November 2020
United States, 16 November 2020
Philippines, 21 July 2020
Malaysia, 7 July 2020
Ukraine, 8 April 2020
Pakistan, 2 April 2020
China, 26 March 2020
India, 11 March 2020
Brazil, 12 August 2019
China, 15 July 2019
Northern Ireland, 24 April 2019
Philippines, 13 February 2019
Montenegro, 30 January 2019
Puntland, 12 December 2018
India, 15 June 2018
Montenegro, 9 May 2018
Montenegro, 9 May 2018
Philippines, 18 January 2018
Read more about our recent campaigns in our Press Corner and in our Press Freedom news blog
Contact
Andrew Heslop
Executive Director Press Freedom WAN-IFRA
Paris, France