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Internt.l Orgs Condemn Year of Repression in Nepal
Tuesday, 31 January 2006, 3:47 pm | International Federation of Journalists
International Organisations Condemn a Year of Repression of Press Freedoms and Freedom of Expression in Nepal More >>
Israel Must Review Case, Whistleblower Facing Jail
Wednesday, 25 January 2006, 3:42 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists has called for an end to official harassment of Mordechai Vanunu – the man who told the world that Israel possessed nuclear weapons – as Israeli judges moved to send him back to jail for speaking to journalists. More >>
IFJ Condemns Cover-up as Ukraine Court Bans Press
Wednesday, 25 January 2006, 3:40 pm | International Federation of Journalists
IFJ Condemns Cover-up as Ukraine Court Bans Press From Reporting Secrets of Gongadze Case More >>
Stronger Public Service Broadcaster in Hong Kong
Tuesday, 24 January 2006, 3:08 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called for the new independent committee investigating the future of public service broadcasting in Hong Kong to take a constructive approach. More >>
IFJ Slams “Culture of Indifference” Over Killings
Tuesday, 24 January 2006, 3:06 pm | International Federation of Journalists
IFJ Slams “Culture of Indifference” Over Killings of Journalists as Media Death Tolls Tops 150 More >>
IFJ Condemns Assault on Journalists in New Delhi
Tuesday, 17 January 2006, 3:05 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the global organisation representing over 500,000 journalists worldwide, today condemned the attack on two journalists by the family members and friends of a senior politician on 25 December in New Delhi. More >>
IFJ Concerned by Harassment of Journalist in India
Tuesday, 17 January 2006, 3:02 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is deeply concerned over the harassment and threat to the life of Kamlesh Paikra, a regional language journalist in the state of Chattisgarh. More >>
“Totalitarian Witch-hunt” Defamation Crisis, Asia
Monday, 16 January 2006, 3:23 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists today condemned a “totalitarian witch-hunt” by the Hun Sen government against journalists and press freedom activists, following a string of recent arrests on criminal defamation grounds in Cambodia. More >>
Baghdad a “Deathtrap for Journalism” Warns IFJ
Monday, 16 January 2006, 3:20 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists today said Iraq and its major cities had become a “deathtrap for journalism” and said its affiliates and others journalists’ groups in the country would vigorously support efforts to find a US journalist kidnapped ... More >>
Iraq: IFJ Calls US to Explain Raid on Journalist
Monday, 16 January 2006, 3:18 pm | International Federation of Journalists
IFJ Calls on United States to Explain Army Raid on Home of Investigative Journalist in Iraq More >>
IFJ Concerned, Kidnapping of Pakistani Journalist
Friday, 9 December 2005, 1:43 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has expressed deep concern over the kidnapping on Pakistani journalist Hayatullah Khan, whose status and location remain unknown. More >>
Associated Press tries to eliminate union rights
Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 3:36 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The IFJ Executive Committee, meeting in Sydney, Australia, from December 2-3rd 2005, condemns the actions of the Associated Press over its the dismissal of unionised editorial staff at its Mexico City bureau where workers have been coerced to sign ... More >>
Iraq: US Propaganda Campaign & “Stooge Journalism”
Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 3:31 pm | International Federation of Journalists
Leaders of the International Federation of Journalists, the world’s largest journalists’ group, today accused the United States of “operating a cynical campaign of double standards” in Iraq after newspaper reports that a sophisticated propaganda offensive ... More >>
Safety Dominates Journalists Working Lives in Asia
Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 3:16 pm | International Federation of Journalists
Safety Dominates Journalists’ Working Lives in Asia Following the Death of a Reporter in Pakistan More >>
2005 Media Death Toll Tops 100
Monday, 5 December 2005, 3:09 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) says 2005 is turning into another “shocking and devastating year for press freedom” with another journalist killed in the Philippines bringing the total number of reporters and media staff killed ... More >>
Two Journalists Killed in Philippines in 60 Hours
Tuesday, 22 November 2005, 7:28 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has serious concerns for journalists’ safety in the Philippines following the murders of two journalists within a sixty-hour period. More >>
Media Rights: Govts at Internet Summit Challenged
Friday, 18 November 2005, 4:10 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists today warned governments that plans for an information society based on democratic values would fail if they did not put media and free expression rights at the heart of policy-making. More >>
Chilling Impact of Ukraine Election Law on Media
Friday, 18 November 2005, 4:06 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists joined protests led today by the Independent Media Trade Union of Ukraine (IMTUU) against the current law governing the forthcoming parliamentary election campaign. More >>
Shadow over UN Summit, French Journalist Attacked
Tuesday, 15 November 2005, 7:55 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists today welcomed the action by Tunisian journalists to intervene with the Government over a brutal attack on a French journalist for the French newspaper Liberation. Journalists in Tunisia and worldwide are demanding ... More >>
Journalists Attacked in Indonesia
Tuesday, 15 November 2005, 7:53 pm | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has concerns for the safety of journalists in Indonesia following the attack on two journalists in Balikpapan by members of the Military Intelligence unit of the Indonesian Army. More >>