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| IFEX CAMPAIGNING FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION HANDBOOK |
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| Written by Administrator |
| Tuesday, 20 July 2010 02:00 |
 Through the power of the Internet, the International Freedom of Expression eXchange's (IFEX) Action Alert Network serves as a vital early warning system for the global community about free expression violations. The IFEX Campaign for Freedom Of Expression handbook is good guide to developing advocacy campaigns address the environment in which the abuses are enabled. It introduces proven campaigning techniques that enable free expression advocates to effect change in a greater number of ways. It gives us vivid examples of how these techniques have been used to force governments to act in less repressive ways. Through the presentation of case studies, we learn that by doing skillful, tactical and strategic campaigning – of the kind described in this handbook – free expression advocates can maximise their resources to become even more powerful agents of change.
The International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX) Clearing House's "Campaigning for Free Expression: A Handbook for Advocates" is a 120-page manual that provides a toolbox of tips, best practice case studies and resources for campaigning.
The handbook showcases a variety of campaign tools, including investigative missions, coalition-building, legal advocacy and Internet-based actions, such as blogging, e-mail protest letters and SMS text messaging. Case studies include organisations that campaign on other issues such as the environment, landmines and other human rights.
The handbook also gives activists important tools for mounting campaign strategies and doing power analyses of their local situations.
"This handbook gives us vivid examples of how a variety of campaign techniques have been used to persuade governments to act in less repressive ways," says Luckson Chipare, IFEX Convenor and Regional Director of the Media Institute of Southern Africa.
"By doing skillful, tactical and strategic campaigning, free expression advocates can maximise their resources to become even more powerful agents of change," he adds.
With threats to journalists, writers, Internet users and human rights activists on the rise in many countries, the need for more concerted campaigning on free expression issues is increasingly urgent. "Governments and other forces are employing more sophisticated methods to restrict freedom of expression," says Chipare.
Criminal defamation laws are being used to hinder proper scrutiny of the activities of public officials, business leaders and others. Internet censorship is spreading worldwide as governments find new ways of limiting citizens' expression and access to information on the World Wide Web. And since September 11, 2001, many countries have passed sweeping anti-terrorism laws that infringe on human rights.
The handbook was produced with the generous support of the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway.
UNESCO is also supporting the publication, including featuring it at World Press Freedom Day celebrations in Dakar, Senegal, from 1 to 3 May 2005.
Other supporters include HIVOS, Ford Foundation, SIDA and the Open Society Foundation.
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