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IFEX Free Expression Spotlight
Thursday, 12 February 2009, 2:29 pm | IFEX
REGIONAL NEWS: 2. Madagascar: Reporter Killed Covering Anti-Government Protest 3. Republic of Congo: Journalist Dies after Mysterious Fire 4. Bahrain: 20 IFEX Members Call for End to Harassment of Rights Activists 5. Thailand: Protest against Lese ... More >>
Asia Deadlier Than Middle East For Media In 2008
Thursday, 12 February 2009, 2:28 pm | IFEX
Asia replaced the Middle East as the deadliest region for journalists last year, with 26 reporters, photographers and editors losing their lives in retaliation for their work or in civil conflicts, according to the International Press Institute ... More >>
Journalist Dies After Mysterious Fire
Thursday, 12 February 2009, 2:25 pm | IFEX
A reporter known for criticising the government and alleging high-level corruption has died of wounds sustained in a mysterious fire at his home in the Republic of Congo, reports the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). More >>
Reporter Killed Covering Anti-Government Protest
Thursday, 12 February 2009, 2:24 pm | IFEX
A reporter was shot dead while covering an anti-government protest in Madagascar, report Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). More >>
Asia is deadliest region for journalists - IFEX
Thursday, 5 February 2009, 9:31 am | IFEX
VIENNA, 4 February 2009 - Asia replaced the Middle East as the deadliest region for journalists last year, with 26 reporters, photographers and editors losing their lives in retaliation for their work or in civil conflicts, according to the International ... More >>
Journalists Killed In Gaza
Thursday, 15 January 2009, 3:52 pm | IFEX
Journalists and media houses continue to be in the firing line of Israel Defense Forces (IDF), say IFEX members ARTICLE 19, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and others, who count at least ... More >>
Women Journalists Targeted In Terai
Thursday, 15 January 2009, 3:44 pm | IFEX
The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) and other IFEX members, as well as the United Nations human rights office in Nepal, have condemned the brutal murder of a journalist and women's rights activist, as well as death threats made against another ... More >>
Outspoken Editor Predicted His Assassination
Thursday, 15 January 2009, 3:43 pm | IFEX
A Sri Lankan editor who was critical of the administration's war against Tamil guerrillas and often wrote about government corruption was killed last week - just days after predicting his murder, report the Free Media Movement (FMM) and other IFEX members. More >>
Freedom Retreats In Much Of The World In 2008
Wednesday, 14 January 2009, 11:25 am | IFEX
Freedom retreated in much of the world in 2008, the third year of global decline as measured by Freedom House's annual survey of political rights and civil liberties which was released today. Sub-Saharan Africa and the former Soviet Union saw the ... More >>
IFEX Members Slam Israel Over Media Violations
Thursday, 8 January 2009, 2:27 pm | IFEX
Israel should stop targeting Palestinian news agencies and journalists, and immediately allow foreign correspondents access to the Gaza Strip in line with a high court ruling last week, say IFEX members. More >>
Dozens Of Journalists Killed For Their Work In 08
Thursday, 8 January 2009, 2:23 pm | IFEX
Last year, fewer journalists were killed while doing their job than in recent years - but that should not be grounds for optimism, say IFEX members in their end of year reports. More >>
Junta Hands Down Ridiculous Prison Sentences
Thursday, 27 November 2008, 1:55 pm | IFEX
What do you get for helping survivors of Cyclone Nargis, which tore up Rangoon and the Irrawaddy Delta in May? Extreme jail time, apparently. A popular comedian active in Burma's democracy movement was sentenced to 45 years in jail. More >>
Bombing of Two Journalists in Croatia
Thursday, 30 October 2008, 7:03 pm | IFEX
It has been called one of the most serious attacks on press freedom in years in the entire South East European region, one that could seriously damage Croatia's bid to join the European Union: two journalists were killed in a car bombing in Croatia, ... More >>
Authorities Suppress Coverage of Protest
Saturday, 25 October 2008, 12:32 am | IFEX
At least one person was killed and more than 130 were wounded during indigenous demonstrations last week in several departments in Colombia. But with multiple press freedom violations being committed, you would be hard-pressed to find out what's going on. More >>
Only Peace Protects Freedoms in Post-9/11 World
Saturday, 25 October 2008, 12:22 am | IFEX
It is not economic prosperity but peace that guarantees press freedom. That is the main lesson to be drawn from the world press freedom index that Reporters Without Borders compiles every year and from the 2008 edition, released today. Another conclusion ... More >>
Trend of Violence against Media in Latin America
Friday, 17 October 2008, 8:57 pm | IFEX
Last week, a bullet-ridden body was found in a garbage dump on the outskirts of Lázaro Cárdenas, a city in the western state of Michoacán in Mexico. It belonged to Miguel Ángel Villagómez Valle, the editor of a Michoacán newspaper. He was last seen ... More >>
China Spies on Skype Users
Friday, 10 October 2008, 4:25 pm | IFEX
A group of Canadian researchers has discovered that a Chinese version of the communications software Skype is being used to filter and record text chats that include politically charged words, such as "democracy", "Tibet" and "Communist Party". The finding by ... More >>
Curtail Speech in The Name of 'Protecting Religion
Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 7:28 pm | IFEX
Reston, USA, Oct. 2, 2008 - The World Press Freedom Committee ( www.wpfc.org ) - an umbrella organization representing 45 press freedom groups throughout the world - issued a strongly worded statement criticizing a discussion topic that is to begin ... More >>
Chineese Authorities Ban Newspaper
Wednesday, 1 October 2008, 10:21 pm | IFEX
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned a decision by Chinese authorities to issue a three-month ban on the China Business Post over accusations that the business weekly did not attempt to get comment from a source in a story ... More >>
Press Freedom and Democracy Remain "Imprisoned"
Tuesday, 30 September 2008, 8:45 pm | IFEX
On first anniversary of the Saffron Revolution, despite U Win Tin's release, press freedom and democracy remain imprisoned in Burma The release on 24 September 2008 of journalist U Win Tin after 19 years of captivity came on the week of the first ... More >>
