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Egypt: Call for decriminalization of press offence
Thursday, 2 March 2006, 11:46 am | IFEX
On 23 February 2004, you asked Mr. Galal Aref, secretary-general of the Egyptian Press Syndicate (EPS), to convey to the hundreds of journalist and writer members your commitment to enact legislation to end the imprisonment of journalists for press ... More >>
Azerbaijan: Investigation into Huseynov murder
Thursday, 2 March 2006, 11:43 am | IFEX
Ms Kate Peyton, 39, was entering the Hotel Sahafi when two masked men drove by in a vehicle and shot her in the back. She and BBC reporter Peter Greste had just arrived in the capital to cover a delegation of officials, led by Speaker of Transitional ... More >>
Somalia: Call for action in case of murdered journalist
Thursday, 2 March 2006, 11:39 am | IFEX
Ms Kate Peyton, 39, was entering the Hotel Sahafi when two masked men drove by in a vehicle and shot her in the back. She and BBC reporter Peter Greste had just arrived in the capital to cover a delegation of officials, led by Speaker of Transitional ... More >>
Campaign to support communication rights in Malaysia
Thursday, 2 March 2006, 11:36 am | IFEX
Participants at the International Freedom of Expression eXchange Clearing House General Meeting, held at the International Press Centre, Brussels, expressed their concern about the rapidly deteriorating media freedom situation in Malaysia. More >>
IFEX COMMUNIQUÉ VOL 15 NO 8
Wednesday, 1 March 2006, 5:33 pm | IFEX
The IFEX Communiqué is the weekly newsletter of the International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX), a global network of 72 organisations working to defend and promote the right to free expression. IFEX is managed by Canadian Journalists for Free Expression ... More >>
IFEX Communiqué Vol 15 No 7 | 21 February 2006
Thursday, 23 February 2006, 4:24 pm | IFEX
The IFEX Communiqué is the weekly newsletter of the International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX), a global network of 64 organisations working to defend and promote the right to free expression. IFEX is managed by Canadian Journalists for Free Expression ... More >>
Cartoons: Great Risks and Great Opportunities
Friday, 17 February 2006, 1:45 pm | IFEX
The Cartoonists Rights Network continues to be horrified by the events triggered by the publication of 12 cartoons by the Danish paper, Jyllands-Posten. More >>
Bangladesh: Islamic Militants Target Journalists
Thursday, 12 January 2006, 2:32 pm | IFEX
In Bangladesh, widely considered one of the most dangerous countries in the world for the press, 2005 was a year in which Islamic militants increasingly targeted journalists, say Media Watch, Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF), the ... More >>
IAPA assails FIFA rule on World Cup coverage
Thursday, 12 January 2006, 9:46 am | IFEX
MIAMI, Florida (January 11, 2006) - The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today joined the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) in demanding that organizers of the 2006 World Cup soccer championship lift restrictions on the dissemination of ... More >>
Internet companies abuse free expression
Wednesday, 11 January 2006, 1:40 pm | IFEX
INTERNATIONAL: Do Internet companies need to be regulated to ensure they respect free expression? asks RSF IFEX - News from the international freedom of _expression community _________________________________________________________________ CAPSULE ... More >>
IFEX Communique, 29 November 2005
Thursday, 1 December 2005, 9:37 am | IFEX
FREE EXPRESSION SPOTLIGHT: 1. Tunisia: Civil Society Calls for U.N. Probe on Free Expression Attacks at Internet Summit REGIONAL NEWS: 2. United Kingdom: Media Gagged over Al-Jazeera Memo 3. Yemen: Attacks on Journalists Worsening 4. Indonesia: Aceh's ... More >>
Jailed Iran journalist wins Golden Pen of Freedom
Thursday, 17 November 2005, 12:19 am | IFEX
Akbar Ganji, a leading investigative journalist who is now one of Iran's most renowned political prisoners, has been awarded the 2006 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers. More >>
RSF handbook for bloggers, cyber-dissidents
Tuesday, 27 September 2005, 10:14 am | IFEX
Reporters Without Borders today publishes a Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents (in English, French, Chinese, Arabic and Persian), in which experts and bloggers from all over the world advise Internet users, especially those in repressive countries, ... More >>
Civil rights lawyer gets new free expression award
Tuesday, 27 September 2005, 9:24 am | IFEX
TORONTO, ON - Friday, September 23, 2005 - The Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) has selected Marlys Edwardh, a prominent criminal law lawyer and civil rights activist, to be honoured at its 8th Annual International Press Freedom Awards. More >>
CJFE honours Gambia, Ukraine journalists
Wednesday, 21 September 2005, 12:02 am | IFEX
TORONTO, ON - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) has selected two outstanding journalists to be honoured at its 8th Annual International Press Freedom Awards gala for outstanding contribution to freedom of ... More >>
U.S. sends the wrong message to the world
Monday, 4 July 2005, 10:37 am | IFEX
Restrictive regimes around the world came out ahead. Many were already taking a cue from a U.S. case involving the leak of a CIA officer's name when the Supreme Court announced this week that it would not hear an appeal by two journalists. The reporters, ... More >>
IFEX Communiqué 21 June
Thursday, 23 June 2005, 11:54 am | IFEX
1. International PEN Congress Highlights Threats to Writers REGIONAL NEWS: 2. Vietnam: IFEX Members Raise Free Expression Concerns 3. Iraq: Journalists' Conference Calls for Safety Measures 4. Morocco Puts Squeeze on Western Sahara News 5. Guatemala: ... More >>
Study Finds Decline In Global Press Freedom
Monday, 2 May 2005, 2:07 pm | IFEX
NEW YORK, April 27, 2005 -- While press freedom registered important gains in some key countries in 2004, notable setbacks occurred in the United States and elsewhere in the Americas, according to a major study released today by Freedom House. Increased ... More >>
Free-Expression Network Conference In Azerbaijan
Wednesday, 9 June 2004, 8:31 am | IFEX
TORONTO - Around the world, bloody conflicts in countries like Haiti, Iraq and Sudan are placing increasing numbers of journalists and writers at risk. More were killed in the line of duty in 2003 than in any year in the last decade. Against this backdrop, ... More >>
