International Federation of Journalists - Latest News [Page 27]
Pacific Media Freedom Defenders Join IFJ Meeting
Friday, 29 October 2010, 3:44 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) opened a Media for Democracy and Human Rights in the Pacific regional meeting and training workshop in Apia, Samoa, on Wednesday. More >>
Broadcaster Threatened In Southern Philippines
Tuesday, 26 October 2010, 3:32 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calls on authorities in the southern Philippines to take immediate action to investigate death threats against Manny Agustero, of dxIF-Bombo Radyo, in Cagayan de Oro. More >>
Journalists Barred From Reporting China Protests
Tuesday, 26 October 2010, 3:30 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Asia-Pacific is disturbed to learn of the detention and interrogation of a group of journalists seeking to report on an anti-Japan protest in Deyang, Sichuan province, in China. More >>
Journalists Threats, Media Lockout In Philippines
Friday, 22 October 2010, 3:19 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is disturbed by repeated threats made against journalists by a local government official and the exclusion of media from a public hearing in the northern Philippines. More >>
Attack On Journalists Sparks Outcry In Sri Lanka
Tuesday, 19 October 2010, 3:03 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists has called for immediate disciplinary action to be taken after a group of police officers allegedly assaulted a group of journalists covering a student protest. More >>
Open Letter Re: Restrictions on Journalists
Tuesday, 19 October 2010, 2:36 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists writes to you to express our deep concerns about the serious restrictions placed on journalists and media workers operating in China whose activities are bound by the regulations for Foreign Correspondents. More >>
IFJ Welcomes Call for Media Reform In China
Friday, 15 October 2010, 3:31 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists welcomes a call by elders of China’s Communist Party to overturn media censorship and guarantee protection of freedom of the press and freedom of expression which are enshrined in China’s Constitution. More >>
China Blocks Reporting On Liu Xiaobo Peace Prize
Tuesday, 12 October 2010, 3:55 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes the awarding of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to writer and Charter 08 initiator Liu Xiaobo, currently jailed in north-eastern China. More >>
Editor’s Departure Highlights Concerns In Fiji
Friday, 8 October 2010, 4:30 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists joins Pacific Freedom Forum in voicing concerns for the future of a critical and independent media in Fiji following this week’s sudden resignation of Netani Rika as editor-in-chief of the Fiji Times. More >>
Strings Attached To Release Of Detained Writer
Tuesday, 21 September 2010, 5:12 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists welcomes the release of an unlawfully detained journalist who exposed alleged government wrongdoing around the construction of a dam more than 50 years ago. More >>
IFJ Calls For Inquiry Into Murder In Pakistan
Tuesday, 21 September 2010, 5:11 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists today called on Pakistani authorities to launch an immediate inquiry in the murder of Mujeebur Rehman Saddiqui, senior correspondent of 'Daily Pakistan' newspaper who was shot dead by gunmen yesterday. More >>
IFJ Condemns Confiscation Of Newspaper Computer
Friday, 17 September 2010, 5:23 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins journalists in Mongolia to condemn the confiscation by the country’s authorities of a newspaper’s main computer, which contained details of confidential sources. More >>
IFJ Supports Workers’ Rally For Sacked Colleague
Tuesday, 14 September 2010, 5:52 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), in expressing solidarity with workers taking industrial action at Radio Mindanao Network-dxDC Davao in the southern Philippines. More >>
IFJ Condemns Arrest of Printing Staff in Sri Lanka
Tuesday, 14 September 2010, 5:37 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is outraged at the arrest of the owner and staff of a print-shop in Sri Lanka on the eve of an important constitutional amendment debate in the national parliament. More >>
IFJ Urges Release Of Detained Writer In China
Tuesday, 14 September 2010, 5:34 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has grave concerns about China’s unlawful detention of a journalist who exposed alleged government wrongdoing around the construction of a dam more than 50 years ago. More >>
Threats Against Journalist’s Family Must Cease
Friday, 10 September 2010, 3:16 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists is outraged at continuing threats against the wife of journalist Gamini Pushpakumara, in exile from Sri Lanka since April after being dismissed as a producer with state-owned Rupavahini Corporation in January. More >>
Newspaper Office Attacked in Nepal
Thursday, 9 September 2010, 5:05 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is disturbed to learn of an attack at the office of the Gatisheel daily and Image weekly in the district of Nuwakot in the Bagmati zone in north-central Nepal. More >>
Alarming Increase In Hostile Actions Against Media
Tuesday, 7 September 2010, 4:12 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is alarmed by a spike in hostile words and actions against journalists and media organisations in the Maldives. More >>
Media Staff Among Balochistan Blast Victims
Tuesday, 7 September 2010, 3:55 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists is concerned for the safety of media personnel in Pakistan in the wake of a devastating suicide blast in Quetta on September 3, in which one media worker was killed and at least eight others were injured. More >>
Cameraman Dies From Injuries From Pakistan Attack
Tuesday, 7 September 2010, 3:36 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) mourns the death of news cameraman Ejaz Ahmed Raisani on September 6 as a result of injuries he suffered in an attack on a rally in Quetta, Pakistan, on September 3. More >>