World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers

The Committee members are calling on President Chávez to withdraw all proceedings that could cause the courts to take action against Zuloaga.

Journalists in many countries face violence and persecution, WAN-IFRA said in its half-year review of global press freedom.

Dozens of publishers, editors, journalists and press freedom advocates from 25 countries attended the conference organised by WAN-IFRA.

At its meeting in Düsseldorf, Germany, WAN-IFRA called on several governments to uphold international standards of freedom of expression and freedom of the press.

Following a recent mission, members of the TMG concluded in their new report that Tunisia needs a truly independent judiciary to reverse its worsening record on human rights and treatment of prisoners of opinion.

Members of the TMG invite the Washington Media Group to take the opportunity of its new relationship with Tunisia to point out to the government that the best way to improve its image abroad is to bring its practices up to international standards of basic human rights.

Recalling UNESCO’s stated commitment to free expression on World Press Freedom Day, 30 IFEX members call for the organisation not to accept a $3 million donation from President Teodoro Obiang for the administration of an international prize in life sciences.

The TMG supports the NGO forum resolution urging the ACHPR to “conduct a fact-finding mission to Tunisia for an objective and documented assessment of the situation of a pluralistic and independent media.”