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News Broadcasters’ Offices Attacked in Colombo
Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 6:35 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the mob attack on the offices of the MTV/MBC broadcast channels in Braybroke Place in Colombo on March 22. More >>
Limited Consultation on Fiji Media Decree
Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 8:04 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The Intern ational Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calls on Fiji ’s administration to reconsider its process for holding public consultations on a controversial Media Decree, and ensure all stakeholders are given the opportunity and adequate time to ... More >>
Protection for Human Rights Campaigners
Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 8:03 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The Intern ational Federation of Journalists (IFJ) wishes to draw your immediate attention and concern to the circulation of a list of journalists, human rights campaigners and other prominent individuals in Sri Lanka . There is a lack of clarity about the ... More >>
Unexplained Closure of Indonesian Radio Station
Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 8:01 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The Intern ational Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is concerned by the Indonesian Government’s order to halt broadcasts by the Batam-based Era Baru Radio station. More >>
Nepal Government Urged to Act on Killings
Thursday, 4 March 2010, 3:13 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calls on Nepal’s Government to act immediately to protect journalists facing increasing attacks and threats in Nepal’s Tarai region, following the murder of Today media group chairman Arun Singhaniya ... More >>
India: Human Rights Commission Defends Journalist
Monday, 1 March 2010, 5:19 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes an intervention by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in India to order appropriate restitution to a journalist in the state of Uttar Pradesh, for prolonged harassment and intimidation ... More >>
Sri Lankan Editor Freed, But Fears For Journalist
Thursday, 18 February 2010, 10:28 am | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes the release of Chandana Sirimalwatte, editor of the Sinhala newspaper Lanka, on February 16 after 18 days in detention without charge. More >>
IFJ Demands Release Of Liu Xiaobo In China
Friday, 12 February 2010, 9:39 am | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) denounced the Beijing High People’s Court decision today to uphold an 11-year jail sentence and two years’ deprivation of political rights against human rights writer and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Liu ... More >>
IFJ Condemns Sentencing of Sichuan Writer
Wednesday, 10 February 2010, 9:34 am | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns a decision by the Chengdu Intermediate Court in China today to sentence Sichuan-based writer Tan Zuoren to five years’ jail for his articles about the Tiananmen Square massacre and accepting ... More >>
IFJ Demands Philippines Protect Journalist
Wednesday, 10 February 2010, 9:32 am | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) in demanding the Philippines authorities respond immediately to protect Malu Cadelina Manar, the chairwoman of the NUJP’s Kidapawan City chapter ... More >>
IFJ Backs Sri Lankan Journalists’ Protests
Tuesday, 9 February 2010, 9:17 am | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) extends its solidarity to Sri Lanka’s five main organisations of journalists as they begin a campaign of protests to draw attention to the new wave of media suppression since the country’s presidential ... More >>
IFJ marks "end of deadly decade"
Tuesday, 2 February 2010, 11:28 am | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today issued its report on journalists and media workers who died in the exercise of journalism in 2009. The report provides detailed information of media killings, including 32 victims of a single massacre ... More >>
IFJ Report Lists China’s Secret Bans on Media
Monday, 1 February 2010, 11:42 am | International Federation of Journalists
A new report by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on press freedom in China highlights the battle by local censors to control media commentary on a wide range of topics throughout in 2009. More >>
Sri Lanka: Violence and Harassment of Media
Tuesday, 26 January 2010, 10:13 am | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) notes with concern that the campaign for Sri Lanka’s presidential election due to take place tomorrow has been marked by a high degree of harassment of media personnel and occasional acts of violence. More >>
Abuse of Media Ahead of Sri Lanka Elections
Monday, 25 January 2010, 9:05 am | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is greatly concerned that state-owned media in Sri Lanka has acted with extreme partisanship in the run-up to the country’s presidential election on January 26. More >>
Home of Reporter Attacked in Islamabad
Friday, 22 January 2010, 1:36 pm | International Federation of Journalists
According to reports from the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), an IFJ affiliate, the incident occurred early on the morning of January 19, when stones and bricks and were hurled at the home of Azaz Syed, a reporter with the Dawn television ... More >>
Philippines: Toll Of Media Workers Killed Rises
Wednesday, 20 January 2010, 12:31 pm | International Federation of Journalists
Another media worker has been confirmed to be among the 57 victims of the Maguindanao massacre in the Philippines on November 23, according to information received by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). More >>
China Media Ordered To Censor Google News Reports
Monday, 18 January 2010, 9:40 am | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the Central Propaganda Department’s demand that China’s media only use information from the state-owned Xinhua and China Daily outlets when reporting on Google Inc’s January 12 announcement ... More >>
Reporter Assaulted As Election Intensifies
Friday, 15 January 2010, 9:03 am | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is concerned over a recent incident in which BBC reporter Thaksila Dilrukshi Jayasena was injured and her equipment stolen after a political campaign she was covering in the central Sri Lankan town of Polonnaruwa ... More >>
IFJ Mourns Latest Media Death in Afghanistan
Tuesday, 12 January 2010, 2:53 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists said the death of a British journalist in Afghanistan, who was travelling with United States marines when he was caught in an explosion More >>
