International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ press release: Media Release May 5th 2000 IFJ Condemns New Calgary Lock-Out and Police Assault on Media Protesters The International Federation of Journalists, the world’s largest journalists’ group, today condemned the widening of the bitter Calgary Herald dispute by newspaper mogul Conrad Black whose local management locked out […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ press release: World Press Freedom Day 2000: IFJ Calls for Media World To Unite Against Violence The International Federation of Journalists, the world’s largest organisation of journalists, has marked the first world press freedom day of the new millennium with a call for unity in the media world […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: IFJ Backs Lithuania Journalists In Row Over New Law on Media The International Federation of Journalists today called upon lawmakers in Lithuania to think again over plans for a new media law. Proposals from the ruling coalition will undermine progress towards openness and democracy, says the […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is a 26 April 2000 IFJ media release: IFJ Condemns “Confused and Dangerous” Press Law For Kosovo PLANS by the international community to impose legal controls on the press in Kosovo have been criticised by the International Federation of Journalists, the world’s largest organisation of journalists. The IFJ says proposals to […]

The following is a 14 April 2000 press release by the Prime Time for Freedom Campaign, which is supported by IFJ: Supported by Journalists, Publishers, Broadcasters and Press Freedom Groups Around the World Prime Time for Freedom: International Campaign for Defence of Independent Media and Free Journalism in Serbia 14 April 2000 In Memoriam: Slavko […]

The following is a 7 April 2000 IFJ and World Association of Newspapers letter addressed to President Slobodan Milosevic: Slobodan Milosevic President Belgrade Brussels, 7 April 2000 Dear Mr Milosevic The Prime Time for Freedom Campaign, supported by journalists, publishers, broadcasters and press freedom groups from around the world, express our serious concern about the […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is a 30 March 2000 IFJ press release: Prime Time For Freedom: International Campaign for Defence of Independent Media And Free Journalism in Serbia Journalists, publishers, broadcasters and press freedom groups from around the world today launched a campaign – Prime Time for Freedom – to defend independent media and journalists […]

Media Release March 29, 2000 IFJ Condemns Terror Attacks on Spanish Journalists The International Federation of Journalists, the world’s largest organisation of journalists, today condemned the Basque terrorist group ETA after a letter bomb was sent to Carlos Herrera, a presenter with Spanish National Radio. The bomb was defused by police and follows an earlier […]

The IFJ is deeply concerned over the mass arrests of Belarus and foreign journalists during the 25 March 2000 demonstration in Minsk. According to IFJ’s information, riot police units detained over thirty journalists during the opposition-staged festivities dedicated to the 82nd anniversary of the Belarusian National Republic in Minsk. Correspondents with Russian TV channels ORT, […]

Media Release 21 March 2000 Colombia Press War: 4 Journalists Killed In First Quarter of 2000 A fourth journalist has been killed in Colombia this year. A country where journalists routinely face the treat of assassinations, violence on missions, forced exile, and continual threats to their safety. Humberto Good Garcés was murdered by unknown men […]

The following is a statement by Kifle Mulat, President of the Ethiopian Free Press Journalists’ Association (EFJA), being distributed by the IFJ: EFJA attains government recognition after seven years! The EFJA obtained a certificate of legal recognition from the FDRE Ministry of Justice. The certificate of recognition is dated March 13/2000. EFJA, that was established […]

**For information on other legal actions against “Al Ayyam” newspaper, see IFEX alerts of 21 September, 5 August, 15 July, 18 May and 3 April 1999** (IFJ/IFEX) – The IFJ is concerned over the current legal proceedings against “Al Ayyam” newspaper. According to the IFJ’s information, “Al Ayyam” was called before the Media Prosecutor on […]

The following is a 2 March 2000 IFJ media release: Journalist Shot Dead in Chechnya THE International Federation of Journalists, the world’s largest organisation of journalists, has reacted with concern over the death of ITAR-TASS photojournalist Vladimir Yatsina. The IFJ has learned that Yatsina was kidnapped and taken to Chechnya in July 1999 while leaving […]

In a 2 March 2000 letter to President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, the IFJ expressed its alarm over the death threat directed against journalist Almir Carvalho, editor of the daily “A Palabra”, by the prefect of Alegre, Gilvan Dutra. The IFJ was informed by the Federaçao Nacional do Jornalistas (FENAJ), that the journalist was threatened because […]

9 Killed Journalists in First Weeks of 2000 After an appalling 12 months in which 87 journalists and media staff were killed, the year 2000 has already seen more brutal violence, with 9 journalists killed in the first 9 weeks of the new year. The first victim was a Sri Lankan journalist who was assassinated […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ press release: IFJ calls PRINT JOURNALISTS to seek Lorenzo Natali Prize The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is seeking entries from print journalists for the European Commission 1999 Lorenzo Natali Prize for Journalism. The prize, which honours the memory of the late vice president of the European Commission, […]