But the Federation also pledged to continue to support SLAJ’s advocacy for further action to promote media freedom , especially with respect to Section 44 (2) of the Cyber Security and Crime Act which threatens freedom of expression and media rights. The IFJ also joined calls for the inclusion of a standalone chapter in the…
Since 1990 and the launch of its annual Killed list, the IFJ has recorded 3,156 deaths worldwide, an average of 91 deaths per year, and 859 in the last ten years The Federation has also released the list of 533 journalists in jail: the Republic of China stands out as the world’s biggest jailer. For…
Journalist Hugues Comlan Sossoukpe, who has refugee status and is a vocal critic of the Beninese government, has been in exile in Togo since 2019. According to local media reports, he was invited by the Ivorian Ministry of Digital Transition and Digitalisation to attend a forum on new technologies in Abidjan,Ivory Coast, from 9 to…
One thing concerns us in particular: the growing trust placed by some of the public in “influencers”, such as the podcaster Joe Rogan in the United States. These influencers now position themselves as the new voices of authority, with no legitimacy other than their audience size. We must acknowledge a reality: our readers, listeners and…
