World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers

(WAN/IFEX) – The following is the full text of a press release issued by WAN on 27 March 1998: **Updates IFEX press release of 17 March 1998** Algerian journalist Omar Belhouchet and Iranian writer Abbas Mourafi are the latest personalities to join the No Freedom…No Culture freedom of expression conference to be held in Stockholm […]

(WAN/IFEX) – WAN reports that it has received assurances from the Algerian government that press censorship and the suspension of publications, together with the arrest, detention and prosecution of journalists for their reporting, have come to a “definitive” end in the country. **See IFEX alert dated 12 March 1998** In a four-hour meeting with WAN […]

(WAN/IFEX) – The following is the full text of a press release issued by WAN on 17 March 1998: Writers, artists and musicians who have been banned, beaten and imprisoned will emphasize that culture is impossible without freedom of expression when the world’s culture ministers gather in Stockholm later this month. Among more than a […]

(WAN/IFEX) – WAN has been given the green light by the Algerian authorities to send a delegation to Algiers next week for discussions with senior government officials about the country’s information policies. The five-man delegation will give its views on the reform of Algerian press laws and express its concerns about limitations on press freedom. […]

(WAN/IFEX) – According to WAN, on 12 February 1998, the N’Djamena correctional tribunal sentenced Yaldet Begoto Oulatar and Dieudonne Djonabaye, director and chief editor respectively of the newspaper “N’Dajmena Hebdo.” The two journalists received two-year suspended prison sentences and fines of 100,000CFA for defaming the President of the Republic of Chad, Colonel Idriss Deby. The […]

(WAN/IFEX) – On 25 February 1998, representatives of the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) met with Algerian Foreign Minister, Ahmed Attaf, in Madrid to discuss a WAN visit to Algiers. The Algerian Government has given the go-ahead for the visit, which should take place from 15 to 18 March 1998. During their stay in the […]

The World Association of Newspapers has condemned the unlawful detention and alleged torture of journalists in Zimbabwe and has called on President Robert Mugabe to end the government’s crackdown on the independent press. **Updates IFEX alerts of 10 February, 9 February, 8 February, 3 February, 29 January, 27 January, 25 January, 22 January, 21 January, […]

(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN press release: **Updates IFEX alerts of 10 February, 9 February, 8 February, 3 February, 29 January, 27 January, 25 January, 22 January, 21 January, 18 January, 15 January and 13 January 1999** Paris, 11 February 1999 For immediate release WAN Condemns Zimbabwe Press Crackdown The World Association of […]