Articles by Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA)
Lese majeste complaint filed against Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand
SEAPA stresses that complaint filed against Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand underscores threat that lese majeste provisions pose to free expression.
Journalist gets jail term for exposing corruption in government
A court sentenced the publisher and editor-in-chief of a local newspaper to a year of imprisonment over charges of disinformation and “dishonoring” public officials.
Thirty IFEX members sign on to appeal to Parliament deploring proposed changes to NGO law
Thirty IFEX members have signed on to a joint letter to the parliamentary chair deploring the proposed changes to the Azerbaijan Republic Law on Non-governmental Organisations.
Media advocate arrested for “spreading propaganda against government”
Vietnamese lawyer and media advocate Le Cong Dinh was arrested by the police at his home in Ho Chi Minh City on 13 June 2009, SEAPA sources said.
Civil society groups slam government’s harsh suppression of freedom of expression
Several civil society groups in Cambodia expressed concern at what they claim is “the perilous state of freedom of expression” in the country.
Forty-five IFEX members call for release of journalist Chief Ebrimah Manneh
Free expression advocates from around the world gathered this week in Oslo, Norway, at the IFEX General Meeting. Forty-five IFEX members signed on to the following statement, calling on The Gambian government to enforce an ECOWAS court judgement of the journalist’s case.
Thirty IFEX members call on government to protect journalists and end impunity
Free expression advocates from around the world gathered this week in Oslo, Norway, at the IFEX General Meeting. Thirty IFEX members signed on to a letter to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, calling on him to “stop the war on journalists”.
Forty IFEX members protest attacks on free expression
Free expression advocates from around the world gathered this week in Oslo, Norway, at the IFEX General Meeting. Forty IFEX members signed the following statement, calling on the Bahraini authorities to address recent attacks on free expression in that country.