Freedom of Expression Links

IFEX One of the central components of IFEX is the Action Alert Network (AAN).
Member organizations report free expression abuses in their geographic region or area of expertise to the Clearing House which, in turn, circulates this information to other members and interested organizations all over the world.

NANCA The North American Network of Cities of Asylum (NANCA) was born out of the International Parliament of Writers, in Paris, and out of a growing need to expand cities available to persecuted writers. Our President, Russell Banks, was the immediate past-President of the European network, and he, along with other past-Presidents, Wole Soyinka and Salman Rushdie, formally organized NANCA in late 2003.

International PEN, the worldwide association of writers with 144 Centres in 101 Countries, exists to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere, to fight for freedom of expression and represent the conscience of world literature. Although ICORN is grateful for the cooperation and support of many PEN Centres worldwide, at the moment ICORN is working especially closely with Norwegian PEN , PEN Canada and English PEN.

 
Amnesty International is a movement of ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights. Their purpose is to protect individuals wherever justice, fairness, freedom and truth are denied.

 
Article 19 is a human rights organisation with a specific mandate and focus on the defence and promotion of freedom of expression and freedom of information worldwide.

The Exiled Journalists’ Network is an organisation set up to help journalists who have fled to the UK to escape persecution because of their media work.