Articles by World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers
Independent Newspapers Get Distribution Network in Yugoslavia
(WAN/IFEX) – The first completely independent distribution network for newspapers in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has begun operations in an effort to free the press from government domination of distribution, the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) announced on 16 July 1998. “Independent newspapers cannot be viable unless adequate business conditions are created, including a […]
UN Intervenes in Doan Viet Hoat Case
(WAN/IFEX) – The Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Kofi Annan, has personally taken up the case of imprisoned Vietnamese journalist Doan Viet Hoat. **For background to case, see IFEX alerts of 29 June 1998; 4 November and 29 January 1997; 4 March 1996; and others** The UN has informed the World Association of […]
WAN calls for release of imprisoned journalist and academic Doan Viet Hoat
(WAN/IFEX) – The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) has appealed to Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong to release imprisoned journalist and academic Doan Viet Hoat when he grants amnesty to selected prisoners on Vietnam’s National Day. **For further background to case, see IFEX alerts of 4 November and 29 January 1997; 4 March 1996; and […]
WAN calls for release of journalist Ragip Duran
(WAN/IFEX) – The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) has urged Turkish Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz to change Turkey’s restrictive press laws and free journalist Ragip Duran, who was jailed last week for 10 months for an interview he conducted with the leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). **For further background to case, see […]
Jailed journalist Pius Njawé suffering from eye ailment
(WAN/IFEX) – Pius Njawé, editor-in-chief of the privately-owned weekly “Le Messager”, is suffering an eye ailment for which prison authorities refuse to allow him to receive proper medical treatment. The ailment has apparently been brought on by the conditions of his imprisonment in Douala and exacerbated by lack of specialist treatment. **Updates IFEX alerts dated […]
World Association of Newspapers wants jailed journalists on U.S. President Bill Clinton’s China agenda
(WAN/IFEX) – U.S. President Bill Clinton was urged by the World Association of Newspapers to call for the unconditional release of journalists jailed in China when he visits Beijing later this week. In a letter to Mr Clinton, WAN President Bengt Braun specifically asked the president to raise the case of Gao Yu with Chinese […]
WAN calls for abolition of press restrictions in Europe, elsewhere
(WAN/IFEX) – On 3 June 1998, the World Association of Newspapers called for the abolition of free press restrictions in the European Convention on Human Rights and in similar texts. In a resolution passed at its 51st World Newspaper Congress, WAN said that an article in the convention undermined the Universal Declaration of Human Rights […]
The WAN Golden Pen of Freedom
(WAN/IFEX) – The following statement was released by WAN on 1 June 1998, from Kobe, Japan: The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) on Monday, 1 June 1998, awarded the 1998 Golden Pen of Freedom to imprisoned Vietnamese journalist Doan Viet Hoat, in recognition of his outstanding services to the cause of press freedom (for background […]