Impunity

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Spotlight: Impunity Chechnya (Russia) Attacks Gender

New anti-LGBTQI+ crackdown in Chechnya

12 May 2019
Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Police in Chechnya have carried out a new round of unlawful detentions, beatings, and humiliation of men they presume to be gay or bisexual.

Central African Republic Impunity

RSF urges authorities to conclude investigations into murder of Lepage 5 years ago

RSF calls on the authorities in the CAR to complete all necessary investigations into French photojournalist Camille Lepage's murder, including a reenactment of the crime, in order to establish the facts of the case before it comes to trial.

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)‎10 May 2019

Access to Information Impunity Australia Asia & Pacific

How the public's right to know is being undermined in Australia

The foreword to the MEAA report into the state of press freedom in Australia in 2019.

‎ Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance‎ 7 May 2019

Americas Impunity Attacks

The Americas in April: An historic mission to Geneva, and two nations on the brink of collapse

The Americas vacillated between episodes of darkness and light in the month of April. Despite instances of repression and attacks on freedom of expression across Venezuela, Nicaragua and Honduras, other countries moved towards fostering greater transparency - encouraged, in part, by organisations dedicated to the defense of human rights.

‎ José Peralta for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports ‎ 5 May 2019

Latest from Impunity

High levels of impunity on the continent for crimes against journalists

‎ African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX)

Impunity Africa Attacks 24 April 2019
AFEX condemns impunity for crimes against journalists

‎ African Freedom of Expression Exchange

Impunity Africa Attacks 21 April 2019
Violence against journalists and impunity a constant in Haiti

‎ Inter American Press Association

Impunity Attacks Haiti 15 April 2019
Serbia: Four sentenced to 100 years in jail for 1999 murder of journalist Slavko Curuvija

‎ South East Europe Media Organisation

Impunity Serbia 9 April 2019
Unprecedented arrest of Somali soldiers for mistreating journalists

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Impunity Attacks Somalia 1 April 2019
IFEX-ALC, AMARC-ALC, and IAPA to present recommendations for addressing Nicaragua's deteriorating free expression climate ahead of UN review

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Nicaragua Impunity Attacks Censorship 1 April 2019
EU Parliament passes resolution on journalists' safety

‎ European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) - INTERIM MEMBER

Europe & Central Asia Impunity Attacks 29 March 2019
Afghanistan: 20 journalists killed in the past year

‎ Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC)

Impunity Afghanistan Attacks Censorship 27 March 2019
Family members of murdered journalist to be addressed in "public act of recognition"

‎ Inter American Press Association

Colombia Impunity 26 March 2019
Press groups call on UN to adopt Convention on journalists' safety

‎ International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)

International Impunity Censorship 20 March 2019
Maldives commission renews hope of justice for bloggers Rilwan and Rasheed

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Impunity Maldives Free Expression & the Law 19 March 2019
Slovakia: Suspected mastermind behind Ján Kuciak murder charged

‎ International Press Institute (IPI)

Slovakia Impunity 17 March 2019
Daphne Caruana Galizia: The voice they couldn't silence

‎ IFEX

Malta Impunity Attacks 16 March 2019
CPJ releases 'The Last Column' to highlight the human cost of journalism

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

International Impunity Attacks 15 March 2019
Civil society stands firm against abuses and injustice

‎ José Peralta for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports

Americas Impunity Digital Rights 9 March 2019
Ingushetia: 3 years after attack on journalists will impunity prevail?

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Impunity Russia Chechnya (Russia) Attacks 9 March 2019
Journalists face growing persecution, an impunity win in Indonesia, and much more...

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports

Impunity Digital Rights Asia & Pacific 4 March 2019
Journalists failed by Turkish justice, a Nobel nomination, and France's "anti-thug" law

‎ Cathal Sheerin for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports

Europe & Central Asia Impunity Freedom of Assembly Gender 28 February 2019
IFEX-ALC: The murder of journalist Hugo Bustíos must not remain unpunished

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Impunity Peru 25 February 2019
Human Rights Council's 40th Session: Priorities to protect free expression

‎ ARTICLE 19

International Impunity Attacks 22 February 2019
Slovak officials urged to expedite Ján Kuciak murder investigation

‎ International Press Institute (IPI) , Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Slovakia Impunity 21 February 2019
Commitment, perseverance, and ingenuity: Changing The Gambia's climate of impunity

‎ Reyhana Masters for IFEX

Impunity The Gambia 21 February 2019
Tackling Impunity in Paraguay: Resistance, Persistence, and the Power of a Network

‎ IFEX América Latina y el Caribe, Sindicato de Periodistas del Paraguay

Paraguay Impunity 20 February 2019
Concerns over political interference in the Ján Kuciak murder investigation

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Slovakia Impunity Censorship 19 February 2019
Report: Threats against journalists in CoE states on the rise

‎ ARTICLE 19, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) - INTERIM MEMBER, Index on Censorship, International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), International Press Institute (IPI) , PEN International, Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Europe & Central Asia Impunity Free Expression & the Law 13 February 2019
In Bahrain, the two-faced nature of impunity: Oppressors rewarded, activists suffer

‎ Joey Ayoub for IFEX

Impunity Free Expression & the Law Bahrain 12 February 2019

At a glance

Impunity:

When intimidation, threats, attacks and murders go unpunished, resulting in a climate of injustice and insecurity for those exercising their right to free expression.