Articles by World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers
WAN concerned that attack on journalist may be linked to his work
(WAN/IFEX) – In a 24 February 2005 letter to President Vladimir Putin, WAN and the World Editors Forum (WEF) expressed serious concern at an assault on journalist Sergei Lyubimov. According to reports, Lyubimov, a reporter with the economic daily “Bogatei”, was attacked on the evening of 19 February at the entrance to his apartment in […]
WAN concerned over way in which investigation into journalist’s murder is being conducted
(WAN/IFEX) – In a 7 February 2005 letter to President Alexander Lukashenko, WAN and the World Editors Forum (WEF) expressed serious concern at the way the investigation into the murder of journalist Veronika Cherkasova is being conducted. Cherkasova, a journalist with the newspaper “Solidarnost”, was found stabbed to death in her apartment in Minsk on […]
Islamist group issues ultimatum for release of Italian journalist
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN press release: Paris, 7 February 2005 Outrage Over Abduction of Italian Journalist The World Association of Newspapers is outraged by the abduction in Iraq of Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena, a reporter for the Il Manifesto daily, who was kidnapped by armed men as she conducted interviews on 4 […]
Seventy-one journalists and media workers killed in 2004, twenty-three of them in Iraq, says WAN
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN press release: Paris, 25 January 2005 For immediate release 71 Journalists Killed in 2004; 23 Died in Iraq Seventy-one journalists and other media workers were killed because of their professional activities in 2004, with 23 of them killed in Iraq, the most dangerous place for journalists on the […]
Press freedom key to media growth, says WAN
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN press release: Press Freedom Key to Middle East Media Growth Press freedom is essential to the development of media in the Middle East, where widespread restrictions on freedom of expression are inhibiting the growth of the publishing business, the Director General of the World Association of Newspapers said […]
Photographer killed in Sinaloa state
(WAN/IFEX) – In a 30 November 2004 letter to President Vicente Fox, WAN and the World Editors Forum (WEF) expressed their outrage at the murder of photographer Gregorio Rodriguez. According to reports, Rodriguez, a photographer with “El Debate” newspaper, which has editions in Culiacan and Mazatlan, was murdered on 27 November in Escuinapa, in the […]
Sudanese editor wins Golden Pen of Freedom award
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN press release: London, 23 November 2004 Sudan Editor Wins Golden Pen of Freedom Award Mahjoub Mohamed Salah, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Sudan’s oldest independent newspaper, has been awarded the 2005 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers. Mr Salah, […]
Press freedom under siege worldwide, says WAN’s half-year review
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN press release: London, 22 November 2004 Press Freedom Under Siege World-Wide Journalists are being murdered and their publications attacked at an alarming rate. New government restrictions on freedom of expression have also contributed to the deterioration of press freedom in 2004, according to the World Association of Newspapers’ […]