Articles by World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers
WAN launches World Press Freedom Day campaign
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN press release: Paris, 15 March 2000 For immediate release Press Freedom Day: Use It Or Lose It The World Association of Newspapers and World Editors Forum have launched a major campaign to encourage newspapers to promote World Press Freedom Day on 3 May. The Paris-based WAN and WEF […]
WAN protests takeover of independent television station
**Updates IFEX alert of 1 March 2000** (WAN/IFEX) – In a 6 March 2000 letter to President Eduard Shevardnadze, WAN and the World Editors Forum, which represent more than 17,000 publications in ninety-three countries, expressed serious concern at the disputed takeover of the independent television station Telekanal 25 in the Ajarian capital of Batumi. According […]
WAN protests publication restriction on newspaper and its Internet edition
**Updates IFEX alerts of 3 March, 21, 13, 12, 11 and 6 January 2000** (WAN/IFEX) – In a 3 March 2000 letter to Prime Minister Mahatir Mohamad, WAN and the World Editors Forum expressed their serious concern over the publication restrictions imposed on the opposition newspaper “Harakah”. According to reports, on 2 March the Home […]
Initiative to help rebuild newspaper industry
Press Aid for East Timor The World Association of Newspapers and UNESCO are launching a new initiative to help rebuild the newspaper industry in war-torn East Timor. A mission of technical experts will leave on Sunday (30 January) for East Timor to assess the needs of the local press for printing facilities and a distribution […]
WAN reports seventy journalists killed in 1999
At least 70 journalists and other media employees were killed in 19 countries in 1999 because of their work or while on duty, according to research by the World Association of Newspapers. The toll marked a dramatic increase after years of decline in deaths and was the highest since 1994, when 73 were killed, WAN […]
Television channel’s equipment stolen
In an 18 January 2000 letter to President Milan Milutinovic, WAN expressed its serious concern over an attack on a transmitter belonging to Serbia’s largest opposition television channel, Studio B. According to reports, on 16 January unknown attackers broke into a container housing the Studio B transmitter on Mount Kosmaj, around forty kilometres south of […]
Government targets twenty-seven newspapers
In a 17 January 2000 letter to President Jiang Zemin, WAN expressed its serious concern at the action taken by the government against twenty-seven newspapers. According to reports, on 12 January the government announced that it had “punished” twenty-seven newspapers, closing some down, for violating press regulations and printing fabricated or sensationalist stories. The State […]
WAN appeals for imprisoned journalists’ release
The following is a WAN letter to Kuwait’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister asking him to consider releasing two imprisoned journalists: His Royal Highness Sheikh Saad al-Abdallah al-Salem al-Sabah