Joint Action - Thirty-Eight Ifex Members Appeal to Government to Account Publicly for Missing And Imprisoned Journalists

The following is a joint action signed by 38 IFEX members:

Dear President Issaias Afeworki:

We, the undersigned member organisations of the International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX), join with PEN Canada and the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) in calling on your government to account publicly for the fate of four independent journalists whose deaths have been reported in recent months and to release, immediately and unconditionally, all remaining journalists currently behind bars.