Journalists back defiant reporters who refuse to disclose sources
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: May 3rd 2002 Journalists Back Defiant Reporters Who Refuse to Disclose Sources Over Ulster Massacre The International Federation of Journalists says two British journalists, facing jail for refusing to identify former soldiers featured in their reports on a mass killing in Northern Ireland, are being asked […]
CPJ condemns investigative reporter’s murder
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 1 October 2001 CPJ press release: INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER SHOT DEAD IN NORTHERN IRELAND New York, October 1, 2001-Martin O’Hagan, a 51-year-old investigative journalist with the Dublin newspaper Sunday World, was shot dead outside his home in the Northern Irish town of Lurgan late Friday, CPJ has confirmed. O’Hagan was […]
Journalist killed
(IPI/IFEX) – In a 1 October 2001 letter to Secretary of State for Northern Ireland John Reid, IPI strongly condemned the killing of a prominent investigative journalist in Northern Ireland. Martin O’Hagan, who worked in Northern Ireland for the Dublin-based “Sunday World”, was shot dead in the town of Lurgan, County Armagh, on 28 September, […]
Northern Irish journalist wins appeal
(CPJ/IFEX) – A Northern Irish journalist does not have to hand over his notes on the 1989 murder of a Belfast lawyer, the province’s senior judge ruled on 27 October 1999. **Updates IFEX alerts of 10 September and 3 September 1999** Ed Moloney, the Northern Ireland editor of the Dublin-based “Sunday Tribune”, had faced up […]
Continuing threat by British court to jail editor
(IPI/IFEX) – IPI is deeply concerned over the threat by a British court to jail Dublin-based editor Ed Moloney unless he breaks rules of professional secrecy. **Updates IFEX alert of 3 September 1999** Moloney, Northern Ireland editor of the “Sunday Tribune” in Dublin, faces jail under the UK Prevention of Terrorism Act if he does […]