PINA media statement on World Press Freedom Day
(PINA/IFEX) – 3 May 2009 – As the world celebrates Media Freedom Day, we in the Pacific are thinking of our colleagues in Fiji who have nothing to celebrate because their freedoms have been forcefully curtailed by the ruling government. Media practitioners in Fiji are restricted from reporting negative or ‘inciteful’ stories against the caretaker […]
CEMESP renews commitment to upholding free speech in Liberia
(CEMESP/IFEX) – Monrovia, May 3, 2009: On the observance of World Press Freedom Day, May 3, the Center for Media Studies and Peace Building (CEMESP) has recalled that challenges to free expression still remain firm across Liberia, with many persons, including government and civil actors, still resolute in their plans to restrain the media from […]
Statement by ACM on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day 2009
(ACM, interim member/IFEX) – The Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) extends its greetings to media colleagues throughout the international community and the Caribbean on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day 2009. This year’s observances meet our region in a state of crisis in several critical areas of public life. Growing violence and crime, […]
ARTICLE 19 reaffirms the need to protect freedom of expression on World Press Freedom Day
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – 2 May 2009 – As the global media and human rights communities mark the event of World Press Freedom Day, ARTICLE 19 calls attention to the ongoing need to ensure that freedom of expression is safeguarded and enhanced in all parts of the world. The theme for UNESCO World Press Freedom Day […]
IFJ annual report documents alarming trends in journalists’ safety, press freedom
The seventh annual report on press freedom in South Asia, produced by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) for the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN), documents alarming trends in working conditions for journalists (IFJ/IFEX) – May 1, 2009 Press Freedom Under Fire in South Asia, 2008-09 IFJ and SAMSN Release Seventh Annual Report The […]
Global press freedom declines in every region for first time, says Freedom House report
Journalists faced an increasingly grim working environment in 2008, with global press freedom declining for a seventh straight year and deterioration occurring for the first time in every region, according to Freedom House’s annual media study. (Freedom House/IFEX) – Washington – May 1, 2009 Global Press Freedom Declines in Every Region for First Time Israel, […]
In its World Press Freedom Day statement, MISA highlights “emerging threats, the need for vigilance and consolidation on media gains in Southern Africa”
(MISA/IFEX) – Windhoek, Namibia: 30 April 2009 – The UNESCO theme for the 2009 World Press Freedom day, Media, Dialogue and Mutual Understanding, aptly captures the wishes and ideal situation that many of us yearn for in the media in Southern Africa. We all wish for the media to be platforms for social dialogue, for […]
CPJ names 10 worst countries to be a blogger
CPJ names the worst online oppressors. Burma leads the dishonor roll. Booming online cultures in many Asian and Middle Eastern nations have led to aggressive government repression. (CPJ/IFEX) – New York, April 30, 2009 – With a military government that severely restricts Internet access and imprisons people for years for posting critical material, Burma is […]
A newspaper “to serve society, not the state”: Russia’s “Novaya Gazeta” wins IPI Pioneer Award
(IPI/IFEX) – VIENNA, 29 April 2009 – Novaya Gazeta, the crusading Moscow newspaper that has paid a deadly price for its reporting during a period when the Kremlin has sought to rein in independent media, has been named winner of the International Press Institute’s 2009 Free Media Pioneer Award. The award, announced to coincide with […]
IFJ accuses governments of “hypocrisy and neglect” over press freedom
(IFJ/IFEX) – 29 April 2009 – Governments guilty of “censorship, hypocrisy, and neglect” are putting press freedom to the sword world-wide, says the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in its statement to mark World Press Freedom Day on May 3rd. “Governments around the world are failing to defend press freedom and the rights of journalists,” […]
AMARC welcomes Maputo Declaration recognising community broadcasting’s importance on 2008 World Press Freedom Day
(AMARC/IFEX) – The following is a 5 May 2008 AMARC press release: Montréal, 5 May 2008 AMARC salutes the Maputo Declaration for 2008 World Press Freedom Day The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters saluted as a valuable contribution to the recognition of community media sector worldwide by reluctant governments, the adoption of the “Maputo […]
The Predators of Press Freedom 2008
The Predators of Press Freedom 2008
European Union: Risks Faced by Journalists
European Union: Risks Faced by Journalists
Breaking the Shackles the Continuing Fight Against Censorship and Spin
Breaking the Shackles the Continuing Fight Against Censorship and Spin
In the Balance Press freedom in South Asia 2007-2008
In the Balance Press freedom in South Asia 2007-2008
Freedom of the Press 2008 Survey Release
Freedom of the Press 2008 Survey Release