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Wukan: Internet Shut Down and Foreign Journalists Expelled
Tuesday, 20 December 2011, 9:53 am | International Federation of Journalists
December 19, 2011 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the shutting down of internet services by Chinese authorities and the forced expulsion of journalists covering protests in Wukan village, in Lufeng County in China’s ... More >>
South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) e-bulletin
Monday, 19 December 2011, 12:46 pm | International Federation of Journalists
Journalists in India launched a nationwide campaign on December 12 for quick implementation of the new wage scales mandated by the G.S. Majithia Wage Boards for Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees. The wage boards’ reports were submitted in December ... More >>
Fiji Refuses Entry to Australian and New Zealand Unions
Friday, 16 December 2011, 1:21 pm | International Federation of Journalists
December 15, 2011 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is deeply concerned by the Fiji military regime’s decision to deny entry or consular support to a fact-finding mission of Australian and New Zealand unionists on December 13. The delegation, led ... More >>
Govt Imposes Media Blackout on Village Protests in China
Friday, 16 December 2011, 11:00 am | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the blocking of news reports of protests over a death in police custody in Wukan Village, Lufeng in China’s southern Guangdong Province. On December 12 hundreds of police confronted thousands ... More >>
NIUSbeatPACIFIC : Pacific Media Newsletter
Thursday, 15 December 2011, 1:37 pm | International Federation of Journalists
Welcome to the monthly Pacific e-bulletin of happenings, events, information and resources for Pacific journalists and media practitioners. Follow the latest news on media and development trends, people on the move, agency and regional organisation ... More >>
IFJ Calls for Transparency in Case of Arrested Journalist
Wednesday, 14 December 2011, 5:47 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calls on the police in the western Indian city of Mumbai to reveal full details of the grounds on which senior journalist Jigna Vora was arrested on charges of conspiracy, murder and involvement in organised ... More >>
Australian Union Mourns Passing of Senior Official Mark Ryan
Wednesday, 14 December 2011, 9:58 am | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) in mourning the death on December 10 of the union’s assistant federal secretary Mark Ryan, after a two-year battle with cancer. ... More >>
IFJ Condemns Interference with Editorial Independence - HK
Wednesday, 7 December 2011, 12:26 pm | International Federation of Journalists
December 6, 2011 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the interference by senior management of Asia Television Ltd (ATV) with the editorial independence of its newsroom, as revealed in the recent findings of the Broadcasting ... More >>
Three Journalists Assaulted in China
Wednesday, 30 November 2011, 9:37 am | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is deeply concerned by reports that at least three journalists were recently harassed and assaulted. Wang Xiangqian, a journalist for Commerce Daily in Henan province, in China’s north, was kicked ... More >>
India: Journalists Attacked by Police in Kashmir
Monday, 28 November 2011, 6:22 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins partner organisations in the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) in expressing serious concern at the attacks on news photographers reporting street protests in Srinagar, capital ... More >>
Radio Anchor Wounded in Shooting in Southern Philippines
Monday, 28 November 2011, 12:13 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) in calling for an immediate investigation into the November 24 shooting of journalist Michael James Licuanan in Cagayan de ... More >>
IFJ Denounces Levels Of Violence Faced By Women Journalists
Monday, 28 November 2011, 10:27 am | International Federation of Journalists
The IFJ denounces aggression, threats, political pressure, violence, rape and abuse that women journalists have to face due either to their gender or simply for doing their job. The situation is made much worse by the prevailing culture of impunity ... More >>
Demand for Accountable Institutions in Hong Kong
Thursday, 24 November 2011, 9:50 am | International Federation of Journalists
November 23, 2011 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), and other local media organisations in calling on the Hong Kong Government to uphold the spirit of the Hong Kong Code ... More >>
New Zealand Police Demand Media Divulge Sources
Friday, 18 November 2011, 9:29 am | International Federation of Journalists
November 17, 2011 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns demands by New Zealand police for news organisations to divulge information relating to the so-called secret recording of a meeting between the New Zealand Prime Minister John ... More >>
Chinese Investigative Journalist Forced to Resign
Thursday, 17 November 2011, 10:26 am | International Federation of Journalists
November 16, 2011 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is deeply frustrated by reports that another prominent investigative journalist has been forced to resign after reporting on a failure of process in the judicial system in Shanghai. Yang ... More >>
International Day against Impunity
Wednesday, 16 November 2011, 11:47 am | International Federation of Journalists
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) to mark 2nd year of Ampatuan Massacre, 23 November International Day against Impunity More >>
SAMSN Partners Concerned by Increasing Curbs on Media
Wednesday, 16 November 2011, 9:21 am | International Federation of Journalists
November 15, 2011 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and partners in the seven-country South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) are deeply worried about what seems an accelerating trend of media control through censorship and various ... More >>
Authorities Must Clarify Motive for Media Worker’s Murder
Tuesday, 15 November 2011, 11:03 am | International Federation of Journalists
November 14, 2011 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) in condemning the murder of Brigada News Circulation Manager Alfredo “Dodong” Velarde Jr on November 11. ... More >>
China: Forced Closure Threats to Investigative Magazines
Tuesday, 15 November 2011, 9:51 am | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is concerned by reports of the threatened closure of another investigative magazine in China. Journalists from Jinghua (titled This Week in English), a magazine affiliated with Jinghua Newspaper , report ... More >>
Appeal for Suspect in Philippines Massacre Trials Rejected
Friday, 11 November 2011, 12:45 pm | International Federation of Journalists
November 10, 2011 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) in welcoming a Court of Appeals decision rejecting the exclusion from trial of one of the main suspects ... More >>