At the IFEX General Meeting in Montevideo, Uruguay in early October, over 20 participants set up a Burma Action Group to support Burmese protesters and journalists in their struggle against the recent military crackdown in the country. The group, led by the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), plans to focus on ensuring an investigation into the death of Japanese photojournalist Kenji Nagai, the reporters in jail and the plight of Burmese journalists in exile. (Photo: Nagai tries to take pictures after being shot by soldiers who charged at protesters in Rangoon on 28 September. Photo courtesy of Reuters)

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The Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG) is a coalition of 18 IFEX member organisations that campaigns to improve free expression conditions in Tunisia. The TMG has its own dedicated website in English and French at campaigns.ifex.org/tmg, and in Arabic at hrinfo.net/ifex/wsis.

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The Colombia-based Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP), in collaboration with the Institute for Press and Society (IPYS), developed a short-term letter writing and publicity campaign between October and December 2006, the first part of an emerging effort in the region. With IFEX support, the groups demanded that the Colombian President address the problem of attacks and threats by paramilitary groups, that have led to self-censorship, displacement, and loss of physical integrity among journalists and media support organisations.

For more details, contact FLIP: campaigns@flip.org.co

Various IFEX members have taken part in the International Press Freedom and Free Expression Mission to Nepal, which has been working to promote free expression in the country prior to and following the restoration of democracy in 2006. Currently, efforts are underway to support journalists and media organisations during the democratic transition.

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