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CJFE celebrates women journalists on Int'l Women's Day
Wednesday, 9 March 2011, 1:57 pm | IFEX
(CJFE/IFEX) - March 8, 2011, Toronto, Canada - Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) is celebrating the centenary of International Women's Day on March 8, 2011, by highlighting the work of four female journalists who have courageously worked ... More >>
International Women's Day - celebrating women's voices
Wednesday, 9 March 2011, 10:21 am | IFEX
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - 8 March 2011 - On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, ARTICLE 19 celebrates the achievements of women - past, present and future - who strive for equality and empowerment through their work as journalists, ... More >>
"Muscling in on the media": an RSF look at organised crime
Sunday, 27 February 2011, 1:07 pm | IFEX
(RSF/IFEX) - 24 February 2011 - Reporters Without Borders is today releasing a thematic report on what is now the single biggest threat to media freedom - organized crime. More >>
CPJ: Institutions lagging in defence of press freedom
Thursday, 17 February 2011, 10:18 am | IFEX
(CPJ/IFEX) - New York, February 15, 2011 - Global and regional institutions with a responsibility to guard press freedom are largely failing to fulfill their mandate as journalists worldwide continue to face threats, imprisonment, intimidation, and ... More >>
Roll call of loss and tragedy continues, says IFJ report
Wednesday, 16 February 2011, 10:33 am | IFEX
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today published the full report of journalists and media staff killed during 2010, saying that 94 media fatalities last year demonstrate the increasing risks facing journalists around the globe. The ... More >>
IFEX Communiqué Vol 20, No 06
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 12:01 pm | IFEX
Egypt: Record number of IFEX members call for Mubarak to respect free expression as attacks on media continue Middle East and North Africa / Africa: Governments stamp out Egypt solidarity protests Rwanda: Women journalists get 17, seven years in jail ... More >>
IFEX Communiqué Vol 20, No 05
Thursday, 3 February 2011, 4:42 pm | IFEX
Egypt: IFEX members denounce Mubarak's unparallelled onslaught on free expression Uganda: Gay rights activist beaten to death after receiving threats Sudan: Authorities tighten controls on press after anti-government protests, referendum India: Journalist ... More >>
IFEX Communiqué Vol 20, No 02
Thursday, 13 January 2011, 4:08 pm | IFEX
While Tunisia continues to implode with protests against unemployment and corruption, officials are doing their best to ensure the public doesn't know what's going on. They pulled the usual stunts: arrested journalists, censored opposition newspapers ... More >>
IFEX headlines Jan 5
Thursday, 6 January 2011, 2:31 pm | IFEX
International: At least 44 journalists killed for their work in 2010, say IFEX members Radio reporter and cable news presenter Henry Suazo was gunned down on 28 December in front of his home in La Masica, Honduras, for reasons not yet known, reports the ... More >>
IFEX Communiqué Vol 19, No 50
Thursday, 23 December 2010, 1:17 pm | IFEX
Tens of thousands of opposition supporters gathered in central Minsk on 19 December protesting fraud in Belarusian elections, and calling for authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko to step down after his re-election victory that day. The demonstration ... More >>
Veil bans shroud freedom of expression, says ARTICLE 19
Thursday, 23 December 2010, 12:11 pm | IFEX
17 December 2010 - In a report released today, ARTICLE 19 finds general prohibitions on wearing full face veils - such as those adopted in France and Belgium - to be incompatible with states' human rights obligations on freedom of expression, freedom ... More >>
Pakistan deadliest nation for the media in 2010
Tuesday, 21 December 2010, 10:42 am | IFEX
As suicide attacks multiplied, Pakistan became the world's deadliest country for the press in 2010 with at least eight journalists killed in connection to their work, constituting a significant portion of the worldwide death toll of 42, the Committee ... More >>
Websites censored and blocked for carrying leaked cables
Tuesday, 21 December 2010, 10:39 am | IFEX
Reporters Without Borders condemns the measures being taken by governments and government agencies to censor websites or news media that have published details of the US diplomatic cables leaked by WikiLeaks. "Knee-jerk censorship is an inappropriate and dangerous ... More >>
Seven journalists arrested in less than one week
Friday, 17 December 2010, 4:58 pm | IFEX
As Iran began a round of discussions with the international community on its nuclear programme in recent months, it has stepped up attacks on the media, living up to its reputation as the world's leading jailer of journalists. Police raided the office ... More >>
RSF Press Freedom Prize goes to Iranian Journalist
Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 3:42 pm | IFEX
In partnership with the French retail chain Fnac, Reporters Without Borders has awarded its 2010 Press Freedom Prize to two symbols of courage, the jailed Iranian journalist Abdolreza Tajik and the embattled Somali news radio station Radio Shabelle. More >>
IFEX Communiqué Vol 19, No 48 - 9th December 2010
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 1:17 pm | IFEX
Côte d'Ivoire: Officials ban news broadcasts in wake of election chaos International: WikiLeaks - Don't shoot the messenger, say IFEX members Pakistan: Three journalists die, two in twin suicide blasts Zimbabwe: Journalists' arrests raise concerns China: ... More >>
Still no justice one year later in Maguindanao massacre
Friday, 26 November 2010, 2:07 pm | IFEX
One year on, the International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX), the world's largest network of free expression organisations, is calling for justice in the Maguindanao massacre. On 23 November 2009, at least 57 people, among them 32 journalists and ... More >>
IRAQ: Fourth Journalist Killed Since September
Thursday, 25 November 2010, 2:54 pm | IFEX
A young TV reporter was shot dead at his home in the northern city of Mosul this week, the fourth journalist to be killed since the U.S. announced its military withdrawal from Iraq, report Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the International Press institute ... More >>
Pakistan: Body of journalist discovered in volatile Balochistan
Thursday, 25 November 2010, 2:50 pm | IFEX
The body of a journalist who disappeared last month in the volatile province of Balochistan was found last week, report Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Lala Hameed Baloch's bullet-ridden ... More >>
IFEX Members Want End to Violence Against Women Journalists
Wednesday, 24 November 2010, 12:59 pm | IFEX
On the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 44 IFEX members, including members of the IFEX Gender Working Group, call attention to the situation of women in the free expression community who are subject to targeted ... More >>
