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IFJ Urges India To Let Kashmir Journalists Speak
Friday, 9 July 2010, 4:10 pm | International Federation of Journalists
As Jammu and Kashmir state in India enters another day of curfew, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) appeals to the authorities to let local journalists speak. More >>
More Censorship Of Journalists In China
Friday, 9 July 2010, 4:08 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is alarmed by reports of an assault on Lin Feng, a journalist with the Southeast Express newspaper in a village in China’s Fujian province while reporting on a building collapse. More >>
Blaming Messenger No Solution To Kashmir Unrest
Thursday, 8 July 2010, 2:40 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is deeply disturbed at the drastic erosion of the atmosphere for journalism, following month-long civil disturbances in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. More >>
IFJ Disturbed by Attack On Magazine In Indonesia
Thursday, 8 July 2010, 1:02 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is disturbed by reports that Molotov cocktails were thrown at the Jakarta office of Tempo magazine in Indonesia. More >>
Sri Lanka: Appeal To End Media Intimidation
Thursday, 8 July 2010, 12:57 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists calls on the Government of Sri Lanka to act quickly to investigate the latest threat against a Sri Lankan media outlet after a threatening letter was sent to the Colombo office of Lanka-e-News More >>
IFJ Mourns Journalist Killed In India
Wednesday, 7 July 2010, 12:43 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The IFJ is shocked at reports that a freelance journalist, Hem Chandra Pandey, was killed in an armed encounter in which police in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh eliminated a leader of the banned Communist Party of India Cherukuri Rajkumar More >>
Nepal: IFJ Relieved By Release Of Journalist
Tuesday, 6 July 2010, 4:59 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists is relieved to learn of the release of Keshav Bohara, a journalist who was abducted in Nepal on June 30, and applauds the role of the Federation of Nepali Journalists in responding quickly to his disappearance. More >>
India: Editor’s Arrest Shows Need for Law Reform
Tuesday, 6 July 2010, 4:15 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is concerned at the arrest of T.P. Nandakumar, a magazine editor in the southern Indian state of Kerala, on charges of defamation. More >>
Philippines: Journalists’ Conditions Under Attack
Tuesday, 6 July 2010, 4:10 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists is alarmed at reports that one of the Philippines’ largest broadcasters ABS-CBN has terminated 31 employees who refused to accept retrograde working conditions. More >>
IFJ Denounces Punishment Of Journalist In China
Tuesday, 6 July 2010, 4:02 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is disappointed to learn that a journalist has been punished by his employer for disclosing a restrictive order issued by China’s authorities. More >>
Fiji Media Decree Entrenches Regime’s Control
Wednesday, 30 June 2010, 12:47 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the new media decree imposed by the military regime of Commodore Frank Bainimarama in Fiji as erasing the right of journalists to report freely and fairly. More >>
Unwarranted Investigation of Journalists in China
Wednesday, 30 June 2010, 12:39 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is deeply concerned about two separate incidents perpetrated against journalists in China in recent days, one which left a journalist seriously injured. More >>
IFJ Condemns Killing of Journalist in Pakistan
Tuesday, 29 June 2010, 1:20 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is shocked and saddened to learn of the gruesome killing of journalist Faiz Mohammad Khan Sasoli in Pakistan’s Balochistan province yesterday. More >>
Arrest and Mistreatment of Publisher in Bangladesh
Monday, 28 June 2010, 6:18 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is deeply concerned over the arrest, mistreatment and possible torture of Mahmudur Rahman publisher and editor of the daily Amar Desh by authorities in Bangladesh. More >>
Nepal: Authorities Must Explain Newsprint Delay
Saturday, 26 June 2010, 12:57 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The IFJ joins its affiliates – the All-India Newspaper Employees’ Federation and the National Union of Journalists – in expressing concern over the reported measure by Indian customs authorities to delay a 1000-tonne newsprint shipment bound ... More >>
Second Media Killing in Philippines Within a Day
Thursday, 17 June 2010, 2:01 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The Intern ational Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is today horrified to learn of the killing of a radio broadcaster in the northern Philippines , the second media killing within two days. More >>
IFJ Condemns Sentence of Sichuan Writer
Thursday, 10 June 2010, 2:16 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the Chengdu Intermediate Court in China after it upheld a sentence of five years’ imprisonment for writer Tan Zuoren More >>
Army Officer’s Assault of Journalist
Thursday, 10 June 2010, 2:15 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI), today called for an urgent review of laws that apply to military personnel in Indonesia following an incident where a military officer ... More >>
IFJ Press Freedom in China Campaign Bulletin
Thursday, 10 June 2010, 2:13 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 July 8, 2010 , and contributions are most welcome. More >>
Philippines Congress Stumbles on Freedoms
Tuesday, 8 June 2010, 4:16 pm | International Federation of Journalists
Freedom of information in the Philippines was dealt a blow on Friday June 4, when its Congress failed to ratify a long-awaited bill to improve access to government and public information. More >>