Articles by World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers
Make Tunisia accountable for rights violations, TMG urges French foreign minister
In a letter to Bernard Kouchner, the TMG expressed concern over mounting free expression violations in Tunisia following recent presidential elections.
Organisations say EU should provide more support for media freedom
The organisations called for consideration of proposals, including the institution of a peer review mechanism for media freedom.
Thirty-one IFEX members and 24 other organisations condemn harsh crackdown on press freedom
While calling on the Moroccan government to stop the current crackdown against press freedom, 31 IFEX members and others condemn the recent arrests and harassment of journalists and independent press.
Journalist sentenced to prison for libeling de facto president of Abkhazia
WAN-IFRA calls on the de facto president to ensure that the conviction of journalist Anton Kriveniuk is overturned and that libel is decriminalised.
International media and press freedom organisations demand radical reform of media
International media and press freedom organisations have issued a report entitled “For Free and Fair Media in Belarus”.
Twenty-three IFEX members and other organisations raise concerns about proposed mechanisms to combat racial intolerance
23 IFEX members and other organisations call for the defeat of proposed legal mechanisms and say that attempts to address racial or religious hatred should conform to standards of international law.
Nine IFEX members call for reforms and the removal of restrictions on the media in the Republic of Belarus
A group of international media and press freedom organisations has called upon the Belarus authorities to bring the country’s media environment into accordance with international standards.
WAN-IFRA calls for greater media freedom in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan will not be able to take its place among the world’s modern, democratic and free nations without profound change in the media landscape, says WAN-IFRA in mission report.