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Processing of Tissainayagam’s Pardon
Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 3:34 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) urges Sri Lanka’s Government to speed up its processing of a full and unconditional presidential pardon for senior Tamil journalist J.S. Tissainayagam. More >>
Broadcaster Escapes Murder Attempt in Philippines
Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 3:33 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) demands a full police investigation into the attempted murder of radio broadcaster Jerome Tabanganay in the northern Philippines on May 14. More >>
China Censors Human Rights Dialogue with US
Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 3:33 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) notes with concern that authorities in China censored online reporting about human rights discussions between the United States and China last week. More >>
Journalists Targeted in Philippines Election
Tuesday, 11 May 2010, 3:42 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is greatly concerned by reports of early violence against media personnel as the Philippines national elections begin today. More >>
Detention of Hong Kong Journalists in China
Tuesday, 11 May 2010, 3:37 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has been notified of another incident in which provincial authorities in China have ignored the promises of the Central Government to allow local and foreign journalists more freedom in their reporting. More >>
No Interference in Maguindanao Massacre Trials
Friday, 7 May 2010, 1:02 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) remains deeply worried about the risks of continuing political interference in the trials of those accused of involvement in the Maguindanao massacre in the southern Philippines last November, even as the ... More >>
China: Police Detain Foreign Media
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 5:03 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is concerned to learn that several foreign journalists reporting on a visit to China by North Korean leader Kim Jong-il were detained by police without explanation on May 3. More >>
Iran on World Press Freedom Day
Tuesday, 4 May 2010, 4:01 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has marked this year's World Press Freedom Day with a special focus on the situation of journalists in Iran where dozens of journalists remain behind bars, newspapers closed and where the IFJ affiliate, ... More >>
Philippines: Reporter Threatened
Friday, 30 April 2010, 12:51 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists demands the Philippines Government urgently investigate a threatening message sent to Philippines Daily Inquirer and GMA7 News TV correspondent Williamor Magbanua in the southern Philippines yesterday. More >>
IFJ Urges Release Of Detained Tibetan Writer
Friday, 30 April 2010, 12:48 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today learned of the unexplained police detention of a Tibetan writer in Qinghai Province, in China’s remote north-west on April 23. More >>
IFJ Denounces Suspension of Editor in China
Wednesday, 21 April 2010, 4:17 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is concerned that China’s Southern Metropolitan newspaper suspended an editor from work due to pressure by the Guangdong Provincial Propaganda Department. More >>
Pakistan: Media Managers Must Act to Protect
Tuesday, 20 April 2010, 12:52 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today reiterated an urgent call to Pakistan’s media managers to take concrete steps to protect their personnel, after two suicide attacks within 24 hours left a reporter and a cameraman dead, and ... More >>
Philippines: Candidates Must Defend Journalists
Tuesday, 20 April 2010, 12:49 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calls on all candidates running for President in the Philippines to make a public commitment to overturn the country’s culture of impunity for the killings of journalists and to observe and respect the ... More >>
China Issues New Wave of Censorship Orders
Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 3:54 pm | International Federation of Journalists
A new series of bans and orders forbidding independent coverage of events in China has been issued by China’s Central Propaganda Department. More >>
Journalists Demand US Explain Killings in Iraq
Thursday, 8 April 2010, 8:04 pm | International Federation of Journalists
Journalists and media workers from media organisations across the Asia-Pacific region join the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in commemorating the seven-year anniversary of two attacks by the United States in Iraq which resulted in the deaths ... More >>
Fiji Media Decree Must be Opposed, Says IFJ
Thursday, 8 April 2010, 7:59 pm | International Federation of Journalists
A new media decree proposed for Fiji by the military regime of Commodore Frank Bainimarama is nothing more than reinforcement of the sweeping censorship that has been in force in Fiji since “temporary” emergency regulations were imposed in April 2009, the ... More >>
China and Yahoo: Investigate Email Infiltration
Wednesday, 7 April 2010, 1:55 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is concerned to learn that the Yahoo email accounts of 10 Beijing-based foreign journalists and the IFJ’s Hong Kong-based China coordinator were infiltrated during March. More >>
Foreign Journalist Feared Abducted in Afghanistan
Wednesday, 7 April 2010, 1:54 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) holds grave concerns for the welfare of Japanese freelance journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka, 40, who has not been seen since April 1 while travelling in a Taliban-controlled region of northern Afghanistan. More >>
IFJ Welcomes Entry of Media on Fiji Consultation
Sunday, 4 April 2010, 2:10 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes reports that Fiji’s interim government has said it will permit the Fiji Times and Fiji Television to participate in consultations on a government-devised Media Decree, after initially ... More >>
Philippines Editor Receives Death Threats
Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 6:36 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calls on the Philippines government to urgently investigate a series of threatening messages sent to Newsbreak editor-in-chief Marites Danguilan Vitug in the national capital region of Manila in the past week. More >>
