Albanian Media Institute

Articles by Albanian Media Institute

Klaus Johannis, President of Romania

Civil society calls for investigation into surveillance of journalist Cătălin Tolontan

IFEX members call for an immediate investigation into spying operations in Romania incompatible with free and democratic society.

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban talks to journalists after casting his vote during Hungary's municipal elections in Budapest, October 12, 2014, REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

Protect Hungarians’ right to criticise public officials, say IFEX members

IFEX members support the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union’s draft law to decriminalise libel and defamation of public officials

AP Photo/Elena Becatoros, File

International community calls for the release of VICE fixer Mohammed Ismael Rasool

Members of the IFEX network and other concerned organisations demand justice for wrongful imprisonment of Mohammed Ismael Rasaool

Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev in a photo taken on 5 June 2011, photo outside Makhachkala, Dagestan regional capital., AP Photo/NewsTeam

Perpetrators still at large, two years after murder of Russian journalist

Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev was shot dead on 9 July 2013 as he left for work in Makhachkala, Dagestan. He had actively reported on human rights violations against Muslims by the police and Russian army.

The aftermath of an airstrike by the Saudi-led Coalition near Yemeni television station Al-Masirah, REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

UN Security Council must press for an end to attacks against media in Yemen

IFEX members urge the UN Security Council to ensure the protection of journalists in Yemen in light of historic resolution.

Slain Journalist Ibrahim Foday

An open letter calling for justice for slain journalist Ibrahim Foday

Four years after Sierra Leone Journalist Ibrahim Foday’s death, members of IFEX join the Media Foundation for West Africa in calling for more rapid progress.

Zulkiflee ‘Zunar’ Anwar Haque

Ahead of cartoonist’s trial, NGOs call on Malaysian government to drop charges

Charged under the Sedition Act in Malaysia, internationally known political cartoonist Zunar could face 43 years in jail for a tweet.

REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

Not in our name: World Press Freedom Day 116 days after Charlie Hebdo

On World Press Freedom Day, organisations from around the globe commit to defending the right to freedom of expression, even when that right is being used to express views that may be offensive.