Articles by World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers
WAN alarmed at media harassment following attack on journalist, lawsuits against newspaper, threats against reporter and unresolved case of murdered editor
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN letter to President Filip Vujanovic: His Excellency President Filip Vujanovic Office of the President Montenegro, 24 September 2007 Your Excellency, We are writing on behalf of the World Association of Newspapers and the World Editors Forum, which represent 18,000 publications in 102 countries, to express our serious concern […]
Artist, newspaper editor receive death threats over prophet cartoon
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN press release: WAN Backs Swedish Publishers in Freedom of Expression Dispute The World Association of Newspapers has condemned death threats made against a Swedish artist and a newspaper editor following publication of a drawing portraying the Prophet Mohammed as a dog. WAN, the global association of the world’s […]
WAN calls for protection of freedom of the press in face of anti-terrorism measures, increasing surveillance
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is an abridged 5 June 2007 WAN press release: World’s Press Faces Increasing Surveillance Measures Cape Town, South Africa, 5 June 2007 – The World Association of Newspapers has called on democratic governments to take specific measures to protect freedom of the press in the face of widespread tightening of anti-terrorism […]
Golden Pen of Freedom awarded to jailed Chinese journalist Shi Tao
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a 4 June 2007 WAN press release: Golden Pen of Freedom Awarded to Jailed Chinese Journalist Cape Town, South Africa, 4 June 2007 – A Chinese journalist serving a 10-year prison sentence for revealing his government’s orders to newspapers to censor their reporting of the Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary, has […]
Police prevent “Kalima” newspaper journalists from entering premises to work
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a 6 June 2007 WAN press release: Tunisian Authorities Increase Pressure on Kalima Newspaper Cape Town, South Africa, 6 June 2007 – The World Association of Newspapers, which is currently holding its 60th World Newspaper Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, strongly condemns the continuing pressure exerted against the Tunisian […]
Lack of press freedom inhibits development, says WAN president
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a 4 June 2007 press release: Cape Town, South Africa, 4 June 2007 Lack of Press Freedom Inhibits African Development The absence of press freedom in many African nations is inhibiting development on the continent and depriving millions of Africans of their rights, the President of the World Association of […]
Advertising threatens media freedom, say WAN conference delegates
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a 3 June 2007 WAN press release: Advertising threatens media freedom in Africa: conference CAPE TOWN, June 3, 2007 (AFP) – African media’s growing reliance on private advertising poses threats to press freedom similar to state ownership, panelists told an international gathering of journalists in Cape Town Sunday. As the […]
WAN calls on governments to protect press freedom in face of anti-terrorism laws
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN press release: 3 May, World Press Freedom Day Anti-Terrorism Laws Threaten Free Press: WAN The World Association of Newspapers issued a seven-point manifesto today, World Press Freedom Day, that calls on the world’s governments to take specific measures to protect freedom of the press in the face of […]