Articles by Canadian Journalists for Free Expression
Government appeals court decision quashing search warrant to uncover whistleblower; tribunal refuses to force journalist to reveal sources
(CJFE/IFEX) – The following is a 20 June 2007 CJFE press release: CJFE Celebrates Quebec Decision in Favour of Protection Sources (Toronto, June 20, 2007) Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) commends the Quebec Labour Relations Board’s decision to refuse to force Quebec journalist Karine Gagnon to reveal confidential sources in a hearing yesterday. Last […]
Journalist’s legal battle to protect sources continues; independence of journalists at stake, says CJFE
(CJFE/IFEX) – The following is a 28 May 2007 CJFE press release: Crown’s Bid for Finkle’s Notes Threatens Journalists’ Independence says CJFE (Toronto, May 28, 2007) Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) believes that the independence of journalists is at stake as Derek Finkle’s fight to quash a subpoena against him goes back to court […]
CJFE protests charges against journalist as new hearing date set
(CJFE/IFEX) – The following is a 25 May 2007 CJFE letter to the Acting High Commissioner for Bangladesh in Canada: Syed Masud Mahmood Khundoker, Acting High Commissioner High Commission for Bangladesh 275 Bank Street, Suite 302 Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2L6 May 25, 2007 Excellency, I am writing on behalf of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression […]
Killers of journalists “getting away with murder”, says CJFE
(CJFE/IFEX) – The following is a CJFE press release: Killers of Journalists Getting Away with Murder, says CJFE Toronto, April 30, 2007 – The 1998 murder of journalist Tara Singh Hayer did not take place in a remote village in the Punjab. Hayer was killed in his Surrey, British Columbia garage. More than eight years […]
Journalist attacked, injured, following threats over reporting on religious organisation and its leader
(CJFE/IFEX) – The following is a CJFE press release: Canadian Journalists for Free Expression appalled at attack on journalist in Mississauga, Canada (Toronto, April 19, 2007) CJFE is appalled and shocked by the news that journalist Jawaad Faizi was attacked in Mississauga, Ontario on the evening of April 17. Faizi works for the Mississauga-based newspaper, […]
Twenty-two journalists detained, three still in prison, as authorities attempt to silence women’s voices in Tehran
(CJFE/IFEX) – CJFE calls upon the government of Iran to immediately release three journalists detained after a 4 March 2007 demonstration. The three women – Shadi Sadr, Mahbubeh Abbasgholizadeh, and Jila Baniyaghoub – are still being held in Evin Prison, after the remainder of the original 33 detainees were released yesterday. It appears that these […]
Three Mogadishu radio stations, two television stations ordered closed by national security agency
(CJFE/IFEX) -The following is a 15 January 2007 CJFE press release: Canadian Journalists for Free Expression alarmed by closing of Mogadishu radio stations (Toronto, January 15, 2007) CJFE is concerned about reports it received today from journalist Mohammed Elmi that the independent radio station HornAfrik, of which he is a founder, has been closed down […]
Government suspends broadcasts of all eight independent television news stations; all articles on “Daily Star” newspaper’s website replaced with list of restrictions
(CJFE/IFEX) – The following is an 11 January 2007 CJFE media release: Canadian Journalists for Free Expression concerned about media restrictions in Bangladesh (Toronto, January 11, 2007) – President Iajuddin Ahmed of Bangladesh declared a nationwide state of emergency on Thursday evening, suspending fundamental rights including the right to free expression. He then stepped down […]