Articles by World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers
State-owned news agency seeks to close news market and monopolise information distribution
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a 1 December 2006 letter by WAN and others to South Korean minister of culture and tourism Myung-Gon Kim: H.E. Myung-Gon Kim Minister of Culture and Tourism 82-1 Sejongno, Jongno-gu Seoul 110-703 Korea Email: [email protected] 1 December 2006 Dear Minister, We are writing on behalf of the World Association of […]
Journalist imprisoned with Yahoo complicity wins WAN’s Golden Pen of Freedom award
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a 28 November 2006 WAN press release: Kiev, Ukraine, 28 November 2006 Jailed Chinese Journalist Wins WAN Golden Pen of Freedom Shi Tao, the Chinese journalist who was imprisoned after the American search engine company Yahoo provided information to the Chinese authorities that led to his arrest, has been awarded […]
President meets with WAN, reaffirms commitment to press freedom
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a 27 November 2006 WAN press release: Paris, 27 November 2006 Ukraine President Reaffirms Support for Press Freedom The President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko, reaffirmed his commitment to a free press and democratic values in a meeting with the World Association of Newspapers today. “We don’t think any kind of […]
WAN releases half-year review of press freedom
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a 27 November 2006 WAN press release: Kiev, Ukraine, 27 November 2006 One hundred and five journalists were killed in 2006, the deadliest year on record, according to the half-year review of press freedom by the World Association of Newspapers. The report, presented Monday to the Board of the Paris-based […]
Cyber-dissident Guo Qizhen sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for “subversion”
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN letter to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao: Premier Wen Jiabao State Council of the People’s Republic of China Beijing, People’s Republic of China Email: [email protected] 17 October 2006 Dear Premier Wen, We are writing on behalf of the World Association of Newspapers and the World Editors Forum, which represent […]
Seventy-five journalists killed in 2006: the deadliest year on record for journalists, reports WAN
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN press release: Paris, 5 October 2006 Record Number of Journalists Killed in 2006 Seventy-five journalists have been killed so far this year, making 2006 the deadliest year for journalists on record, the World Association of Newspapers said Thursday. Twenty-six of the deaths occurred in Iraq, where journalists continue […]
WAN asks president to veto proposed legislation that threatens press freedom
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a 4 July 2006 WAN letter to President Nursultan Nazarbayev: His Excellency Nursultan Nazarbayev President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Office of the President 11 Mira Street 473000 Astana Kazakhstan Via facsimile: +7 3172 326-182 4 July 2006 Your Excellency, We are writing on behalf of the World Association of […]
Weekly newspaper banned by government for article on president
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN letter to Prime Minister Hama Amadou: The Right Honourable Hama Amadou Prime Minister of Niger c/o HE Ousmane Moutari Permanent Representative to UN Email: [email protected] 5 July 2006 Dear Prime Minister, We are writing on behalf of the World Association of Newspapers and the World Editors Forum, which […]