Articles by World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC)
IFEX-TMG salutes work of INRIC as media freedom body shuts down over obstruction
IFEX-TMG is deeply concerned by the prevailing uncertainty and obstruction that have led the independent media body, INRIC, to close its doors; in addition to a smear campaign against INRIC and its President.
IFEX-TMG alarmed by recent attacks on artistic expression
IFEX-TMG alarmed by the recent attacks on freedom of expression, in particular against artistic expression, in the name of religion, including seizure of paintings.
Amarc-info-en AMARC and Rio+20 Summit: the right to communicate is a necessary condition for sustainable development
*AMARC and Rio+20 Summit: the right to communicate is a necessary condition for sustainable development * We, community radio representatives, wish to highlight that 20 years after the international meeting during which the post-industrial model was challenged for the first time, are facing new conflicts that must be resolved by the fulfilment of the right […]
Mission reminds Nepal: No excuse for deferring press freedom
A new report on the risks to Nepal’s media should remind political parties that peace and stability are not prerequisites to media freedom but rather that a strong, independent press operating without fear is a requirement for a healthy civil society.
IFEX-TMG calls for seven-year sentences to be overturned
Ahead of a court of appeal hearing on 28 May, IFEX-TMG urges judiciary to quash the seven-year prison terms handed down to Ghazi Ben Mohamed Beji and Jaber Ben Abdallah Majri for online publishing.
One hundred organisations call to end assault on freedom of speech, and to free all detained human rights defenders and netizens
UPDATE: The president of IFEX member Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Nabeel Rajab, was re-arrested and sentenced to three years in prison on 16 August. Many other human rights defenders remain in prison, including BCHR’s founder Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, and his daughter, Zainab Al-Khawaja.
Radio station closed
Radio Bangu’s office in Bandundu City was closed following its failure to pay a US$5,571 licence tax.
AMARC urges spectrum fee roll back
As a result of a recent spectrum fee hike, “genuine and grassroots communities will be excluded . . . and community radio will be a mockery of the stated policy objectives of the government of India, ” said AMARC.