Articles by Institute of Mass Information (IMI)
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Twenty-three IFEX members call on authorities to investigate disappearance of journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda
Two hundred days after Prageeth Eknaligoda’s disappearance, IFEX members expressed concern about the lack of transparency surrounding the investigation.
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New law will prevent journalists from publishing personal information
Journalists will be able to collect personal information but will not be allowed to publish it until the person in question gives consent.
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Thirty IFEX members and 38 other organisations call on government to stop politically-motivated prosecutions of journalists
Independent journalists, including Taoufik Bouachrine and Ali Amar, are increasingly being targeted by the authorities.
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Presidential security officer assaults journalist
The state guard administration has apologised to Serhiy Andrushko for having used force against him at an agricultural exposition in Kyiv.
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Reporters detained by private company security guards
Reporters Oleksiy Synylo and Volodymyr Kryzhanivskiy went to Odessa port to follow up on an alleged raid at a commercial company.
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Thirty-one IFEX members call on Philippine leadership to champion Freedom of Information Act
IFEX members have joined SEAPA in urging the president to sign the FOI Act into law before the current administration leaves office.
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Twenty-three IFEX members denounce censorship and escalating threats to free expression in Ukraine
Research conducted by IMI shows a drastic decline in the state of freedom of expression in Ukraine since President Victor Yanukovych came to power in February 2010.
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Four television reporters attacked in two separate incidents
Two journalists with Channel 9 in Dniepropetrovsk and two others from the national television station 1+1 were attacked in separate incidents on 30 April.