Albanian Media Institute

Articles by Albanian Media Institute

A woman picks vegetables near a residential compound under construction in Zhejiang province, China, 17 January 2014, REUTERS/William Hong

Transparency, independent media are vital for global development plan

195 civil society organisations from around the world have called on the UN to put government accountability and independent media at the centre of a new framework for global development.

Romania’s Parliament, led by Prime Minister Victor Ponta (left), voted to recriminalise insult and libel, a move that President Traian Basescu (right) promised to veto., http://www.victorponta.ro/

In an attack on free expression, libel may be recriminalised in Romania

IFEX members are calling on the president of Romania to veto proposed changes to the penal code passed by Parliament that would recriminalise insult and libel.

Several dozen journalists suffered serious injuries following a brutal attack by soldiers on 1 December 2013 in Kyiv. , Efrem Lukatskiy

Worldwide condemnation for brutal attacks on over 50 journalists in Ukraine

IFEX members strongly condemn recent attacks on journalists during public demonstrations in Kyiv and call for those responsible to be held accountable.

Moroccan editor Ali Anouzla was arrested on 17 September 2013, lakome.com

60 human rights groups call for release of Moroccan journalist

In a second joint appeal, over 60 IFEX members and partners again call for the release of Moroccan journalist Ali Anouzla, after terrorism-related charges were laid against him.

A protester carries portraits of Edward Snowden during a demonstration against secret monitoring programmes and showing solidarity with whistleblowers Edward Snowden and others in Berlin on 27 July 2013, REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski

Over 150 groups urge President Obama to protect whistleblowers and journalists

Over 150 IFEX members and partners of ARTICLE 19 appealed to US President Obama to drop charges against whistleblower Edward Snowden, update the Whistleblower Protection Act and pass a media shield law.

Somalia's Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid (L) and President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (R) at an event in Mogadishu July 2013., REUTERS/Feisal Omar

35 IFEX members call for amendments to Somalia’s draft media law

IFEX members issued a joint call for amendments to a deeply-flawed draft media law in Somalia before it goes to parliament for approval in August.

Link to: Media network demands release of Macedonian journalist

Media network demands release of Macedonian journalist

The South East European Network for Professionalization of Media requests the immediate release of Tmislav Kezarovski. The journalist began a hunger strike on 22 July after having been in custody since 28 May.