Articles by World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers
Journalist Emad Baghi held in solitary confinement, health deteriorating
Baghi, who was arrested in December 2009, has been denied access to a lawyer.
Kidnapped journalists released
A spokeswoman for South African broadcaster M-Net/SuperSport confirmed that two journalists abducted at gunpoint on 1 March have been released.
On International Women’s Day, 24 IFEX members appeal to the UN to raise concerns about the ongoing violations of women’s rights
To mark the occasion of 8 March 2010, International Women’s Day, members of the Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG), and members of the IFEX Gender Working Group appeal to the UN to raise concerns about the ongoing violations of women’s rights in Tunisia.
Ailing journalist should be allowed specialist medical care in prison, says TMG
Campaigners for free expression voice new concern for the health of jailed journalist Taoufik Ben Brik, one of President Ben Ali’s firmest critics.
Presidential inauguration must not eclipse coup’s impact on press freedom, say five IFEX members
Five IFEX members and two other organisations have released a report on the state of press freedom since the 28 June 2009 coup d’état.
Publishing groups call on France to pressure Tunisia on press freedom
In a meeting with an advisor to the French foreign affairs minister, a delegation of publishers addressed the systematic repression of free speech in Tunisia.
TMG calls on European Parliament to help end Tunisian government’s unrelenting war on free expression
TMG members hope the public debate in the European Parliament on 20 January 2010 will send a strong message to the Tunisian government.
Imprisoned Iranian journalist awarded Golden Pen of Freedom
The award was given to Ahmad Zeid-Abadi, an Iranian journalist and political analyst who was imprisoned following Iran’s disputed presidential election in June 2009.