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IFJ Press Freedom in China Campaign Bulletin: August 2011
Tuesday, 9 August 2011, 12:28 pm | International Federation of Journalists
Welcome to IFJ Asia-Pacific’s monthly Press Freedom in China Campaign e-bulletin. The next bulletin will be sent on September 8, 2011, and contributions are most welcome. More >>
Bangladesh Must Prove Absence of Malice in Editor's Arrest
Thursday, 4 August 2011, 1:04 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is deeply concerned over the arrest of Mohammad Ekramul Haq, editor of the Sheersha News web portal and the associated weekly newspaper Sheersha Kagoj in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 31. More >>
IFJ Demands Reinstatement of Journalist in China
Thursday, 4 August 2011, 12:57 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) demands the immediate reinstatement of a China Central Television producer who was suspended from his job over coverage of a high-speed rail disaster in China’s east. More >>
IFJ Outraged by Brutal Attack on Senior Journalist in Jaffna
Thursday, 4 August 2011, 12:53 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its Sri Lankan affiliates in expressing outrage at a brutal attack on Gnanasundaram Kuhanathan, news editor of the Tamil daily Uthayan , in the northern city of Jaffna on July 29. More >>
IFJ Condemns Killing of Afghan Reporter
Tuesday, 2 August 2011, 5:40 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association (AIJA) in condemning the killing of journalist Ahmad Omaid Khpalwak in an armed attack in Uruzgan province in southern Afghanistan ... More >>
Email Account of China Investigative Journalist Infiltrated
Thursday, 28 July 2011, 3:55 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is deeply concerned to learn that the email of a journalist conducting sensitive investigative work in mainland China has been hacked. More >>
Propaganda Department Blocks News on China Rail Disaster
Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 5:09 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is deeply concerned that the Guangdong Propaganda Department tried to interfere with local media coverage of a high-speed rail disaster on July 23 in Wenzhou, in China’s east, which killed at least 35 ... More >>
IFJ Fears Further Delay in Ampatuan Massacre Trials
Friday, 22 July 2011, 2:52 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) in voicing concerns over further potential delays to the Ampatuan Town Massacre trials in the Philippines. More >>
IFJConcerned at Spike in Criminal Prosecution of Journalists
Monday, 18 July 2011, 5:46 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today releases a paper on the criminalisation of free speech and expression in India, drawing attention to a recent spike in legal prosecution of journalists and media organisations. More >>
IFJ Press Freedom in China Campaign Bulletin
Monday, 11 July 2011, 1:08 pm | International Federation of Journalists
Welcome to IFJ Asia-Pacific’s monthly Press Freedom in China Campaign e-bulletin. The next bulletin will be sent on August 8, 2011 , and contributions are most welcome. More >>
Concern at Investigation into Maldives Journalist's Sources
Monday, 11 July 2011, 1:07 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Maldives Journalists’ Association (MJA) in calling for restraint by Maldives police in questioning journalists about sources and the authenticity of news reports. More >>
IFJ Joins Calls to Free Video Journalists in Burma
Friday, 8 July 2011, 4:17 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined 11 other media organisations fighting for freedom of expression and freedom of the press in signing the following joint statement. It calls on the Burmese government to put a stop to its harassment ... More >>
95 Trade Unions Call for End to Impunity in the Philippines
Friday, 8 July 2011, 3:47 pm | International Federation of Journalists
Trade unions representing two million workers across the Asia-Pacific region, meeting in Manila , Philippines , have called on the Government of the Philippines to end impunity for the killings of media workers and to defend the rights of workers in ... More >>
IFJ and Pakistan Union Release Safety Guidelines
Thursday, 7 July 2011, 4:54 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), in launching a set of newsroom posters and brochures which alert journalists and media personnel in Pakistan to basic steps for protecting ... More >>
Minimal Penalty for Perpetrators of Vanuatu Assault
Thursday, 7 July 2011, 4:14 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins with the Pacific Freedom Forum in expressing disappointment that a Vanuatu cabinet minister received only a small fine after pleading guilty for his part in a brutal assault on Vanuatu Daily ... More >>
China: Anniversary of ethnic unrest in Xinjiang
Wednesday, 6 July 2011, 1:11 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today calls on you to demonstrate your commitment to these sentiments by releasing all journalists, writers and bloggers who have acted in the public interest and simply exercised their right to freedom ... More >>
IFJ Urges Hong Kong Police to Explain Arrest of Journalists
Tuesday, 5 July 2011, 1:02 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) demands the Police Department of Hong Kong explains the detention of two journalists after they took photos of police escorting protestors from a demonstration in Hong Kong on July 1. More >>
International Federation of Journalists Bulletin: July 2011
Monday, 4 July 2011, 4:56 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The IFJ was deeply saddened to learn that a trainee journalist who was badly injured in a double-blast in Peshawar, Pakistan, on June 11 has died. Shafiullah Khan, 28, died on the night of June 16 in a hospital at Wah Cantonment, near Rawalpindi, where ... More >>
Five Members of Media Crew in Afghanistan Finally Safe
Monday, 4 July 2011, 4:06 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association (AIJA) welcomes the release of two French journalists and their Afghan interpreter, 18 months after they were taken hostage in the north-eastern Afghan province of Kapisa. More >>
China:Release writers on 90th anniversary of Communist Party
Friday, 1 July 2011, 4:27 pm | International Federation of Journalists
Dear President Hu, The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) writes to you to respectfully urge the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of Communist Party in China, on the eve of the party’s 90-year anniversary on July 1, to demonstrate ... More >>
