October 26th, 2011
Two more foreign banks halt cooperation with Belarus after German Chancellor Angela Merkel tells Index on Censorship and Free Belarus Now that she would intervene to stop Deutsche Bank from selling government bonds to Europe’s last dictatorship. 
Tags: Tags: advocacy, Belarus, campaigns, Deutsche Bank, Lukashenko,
May 20th, 2009
The World Association of Newspapers groups 76 national newspaper associations, individual newspaper executives in 102 nations, 10 news agencies, and 10 regional press organisations. The organisation represents more than 18,000 publications on the five continents.
Tags: Tags: advocacy, democracy, ethics, media freedom,
May 20th, 2009
Wikileaks seeks to develop an uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis. It aims to expose oppressive regimes in Asia, the former Soviet bloc, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, but also offers assistance to all people of nations exhibiting unethical behaviour in their governments and corporations.
Tags: Tags: advocacy, human rights, information services, internet, media freedom, right to information,
May 20th, 2009
The Thai Journalists Association was formed to respond to challenges brought about by Thailand’s political reform and growing demand for a higher standard of media.
Tags: Tags: advocacy, journalism, journalists, media freedom, Thailand, training,
May 20th, 2009
The PEN American Center is part of International PEN. It is an association of writers working to advance literature, defend free expression, and foster international literary fellowship.
Tags: Tags: advocacy, Canada, freedom of expression, literature,
May 20th, 2009
The OpenNet Initiative aims to investigate, expose and analyze Internet filtering and surveillance practices in a credible and non-partisan fashion. It intends to uncover the potential pitfalls and unintended consequences of these practices, and thus help to inform better public policy and advocacy work in this area.
Tags: Tags: advocacy, filtering, internet, policy, surveillance,
May 20th, 2009
The National Union of Somali Journalists is an association that promotes and protects freedom of the press and the interests of journalists in Somalia. NUSOJ systematically monitors and conducts investigations into violations of press freedom and human rights of journalists. It generates and rallies a national and global community of press freedom defenders to take effective action against press freedom violations.
Tags: Tags: advocacy, journalists, media freedom, omalia,
May 20th, 2009
Journaliste en Danger is an organisation dedicated to the defence and promotion of press freedom, initially in the DRC and since May 2003 also in Burundi, Cameroon, Coorganisation Brazzaville, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, Rwanda and Thad.
