1. Afghanistan: Press freedom in free-fall in run-up to presidential election
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2009
   Reporters Without Borders has released the report of a fact-finding visit to Afghanistan in January. Entitled â#oWe have free speech, but weâ##re not safe and we donâ##t act responsibly".
2. African Journalists leaders summit outlines strategies to roll back impunity and defend journalists' rights
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2009
   Leaders of the Federation of African Journalists have condemned at their biannual meeting in Djibouti on June 23rd, the unsafe and precarious working conditions of journalists in Africa.
3. Algeria : prosecutor requests two-month sentence for newspaper editor and reporter
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2008
   Reporters Without Borders calls on the authorities to withdraw a criminal libel prosecution against the Algiers-based daily El Watan over a 2004 article accusing a â#oraquiâ## (faith healer and exorcist) of being a charlatan.
   
4. Another journalist slain, special mechanism for protecting journalists announced
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2012
   JoseNoel Canales Lagos, a 34-year-old journalist who had worked for the Hondudiario news website for the past 12 years, was gunned down in the capital on 10 August, bringing the number of journalists killed in the past decade to 30.
5. Another reporter threatened with contempt for refusing to reveal sources
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2009
   Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter not to hold the journalist in contempt of court for refusing to identify confidential sources.
6. Arresting Journalists violates the law, must be stopped
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2009
   The Palestine Institute for Communication and Development (PICD) issued a press released condemning the targeting and arresting of Palestinian journalists in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
7. Asesinato de dos periodistas en Guatemala y Honduras. La FEPALC y la FIP expresan su total consternacion
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2009
   La FederaciA#n Internacional de Periodistas (FIP) y la FederaciA#n de Periodistas de AmA#rica Latina y el Caribe (FEPALC) expresan su consternaciA#n absoluta ante el asesinato, en menos de 48 horas de dos periodistas centroamericanos.
8. Authorities arrest two TV presenters in Kabul
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2009
   Reporters Without Borders is disturbed by yesterdayâ##s arrests in Kabul of two commercial TV presenters, Fahim Kohdamani of Emroz and Ajmal Alamzai of Ariana TV.
9. Authorities urged to drop two bills that threaten media freedom
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2010
   Reporters Without Borders urges the South African government to abandon two proposed media laws, one to create a media tribunal and one to protect information involving #national security."
10. Azerbaijan: Government ban on foreign radio stations called 'strategic error'
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2008
    Reporters Without Borders is very disappointed by Azerbaijan's National Television and Radio Councilâ##s decision today to ban foreign radio stations from broadcasting on local FM and medium wave frequencies from 1 January.
11. "A book is not a bomb" says fact-finding mission
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Reporters Without Borders urged the Turkish government today to prove it supports the media freedom it proclaimed during the recent election campaign.
12. Brazilian journalist Konig in hiding after threats
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Brazilian authorities must immediately provide protection to journalist Mauri Konig, who went into hiding on Monday after receiving death threats related to his reports on police corruption.
13. British journalists face five years in prison for filming without permit
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the prosecution of British journalists Rebecca Prosser and Neil Bonner, who were arrested by the Indonesia navy in the Malacca Strait on 28 May for filming without a press visa and whose trial began yesterday.
14. Burmese authorities detain freelance journalist
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly condemns and calls for the immediate release of freelance journalist and blogger Pai Soe Oo, who was detained by government authorities on Wednesday for questioning.
15. Call for release of jailed Pakistani journalist
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in urging Afghanistan government to pardon the Pakistani journalist jailed for crossing the border into Afghanistan without complete documentation.
16. Canadian group not dealing with major free expression issue
    Celebrating World Press Freedom Day
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    We need to address how corporate-owned mainstream news organizations restrict the freedom of journalists and prevent the public from having access to a wide variety of important news and opinion articles. This lack of balanced information affects everything from people having the information they need to decide how to vote to all of us better understanding how power is exercised in our communities. The censorship consists of banning some topics and discussions and filtering out stories and ideas that do not fit the current mainstream media agenda.
17. Cartoon magazine seized and banned as soon as first issue appears
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The governmentâ##s decision to prosecute the company that published the new cartoon magazine Gedung Kartun for not having a permit is a setback for press freedom in Malaysia. â#oWe urge the interior ministry to reverse its ban on Gedung Kartun,â## Re
18. Celebrating the World's Freedom of the Press Year
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    The National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada is pleased to announce that is organized the annual ethnic press exhibition from Monday May 10th to Sunday May 16, 2010.
19. China Imposes Yet More Restrictions on Journalists
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns instructions to media issued by Chinaâs Prison Bureau and Central Propaganda Department that they must only report information distributed through official channels.
20. China's tightening grasp on Hong Kong's press freedom
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is deeply worried that Hong Kong’s media managers lack sufficient independence to face ongoing political pressure from China.
21. Chomsky.Info
    Resource Type: Website
    The Noam Chomsky Web site.
22. A climate of fear endangers press freedom
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Today, the greatest threats to freedom of the press are more insidious than a generation ago because they are intended to induce a climate of fear and self-censorship through systematic violence and emblematic arrest aimed at those who would practice real, independent journalism.
23. Comments on The Latest Prussian Censorship Instruction
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1842
    The real, radical cure for the censorship would be its abolition; for the institution itself is a bad one, and institutions are more powerful than people.
24. Concerns grows after more abductions of journalists
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2008
    Reporters Without Borders is very disturbed by the abduction of freelance photojournalist Shadreck Manyere and attempted abduction of Obrian Rwafa, a reporter with the state-owned Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC).
    
25. Court strips national news agency of its licence
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    Reporters Without Borders is appalled by a Moscow court's decision today to grant a request by the Federal Agency for the Supervision of Communications, Roskomnadzor, for the withdrawal of the news agency Rosbalt's licence
26. Cowardly Firing of Australian State-Funded TV Journalist Highlights the West's Real Religion
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    A TV sports commentator in Australia, Scott McIntyre, was summarily fired by his public broadcasting employer, Special Broadcasting Services (SBS), because of a series of tweets he posted about the violence committed historically by the Australian military.
27. CPJ award goes to jailed Sri Lankan journalist
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The Committee to Protect Journalists announced today that it will honor imprisoned Sri Lankan journalist J.S. Tissainayagam with a 2009 International Press Freedom Award.
28. CPJ calls for Iranian president's intervention in Saberi case
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    With an American journalist now in an Iranian jail for more than five weeks, the Committee to Protect Journalists called for the charges against her to be made public and for the Iranian government to ensure that she will receive due process.
29. CPJ urges Indonesia to reverse Playboy editor's conviction
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned about an Indonesian Supreme Court ruling against Erwin Arnada, editor of the now-dormant Playboy Indonesia.
30. Croatia: Judicial harassment of war crimes reporter continues
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Zeljko Peratovic is accused of â#odisseminating information likely to upset the populationâ## under article 322/1 KZA of the criminal code.
31. Deadliest year for journalists since Reporters Without Borders began producing its annual roundup in 1995
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    This year has been exceptionally deadly, with a 33 per cent rise in the number of journalists killed in connection with their work over 2011. The worst-hit regions were the Middle East and Northern Africa (with 26 killed), Asia (24 killed) and sub-Sa
32. Death threats sent to paper of slain editor in Sri Lanka
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The Committee to Protect Journalists is greatly concerned by ongoing threats to Sri Lanka#s journalists and media organizations.
33. Defamation cases quashing press freedom in Indonesia
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate Aliansi Jurnalis Independen (AJI) in expressing strong concern for a growing number of criminal defamation charges against the media and public officials. The IFJ and AJI express concerns for the impact such charges have against freedom of expression and call on the government to ensure such charges do not become a tool to silence critics.
34. Defiant Journalists Back Ethical Campaign for Palestinian Media
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has concluded the launch of its programme to support ethical journalism in Palestine with a series of proposals to strengthen independent media even in the face of political difficulties.
35. Dissident journalist facing jail term on 'disrespect' charge
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Reporters Without Borders calls for the immediate release of independent journalist Alberto Santiago Du Bouchet, who was arrested after a verbal exchange with a policeman in Artemisa (in Havana province) on 18 April.
36. Editor of Amazonian weekly gets one-year sentence for defamation
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    Reporters Without Borders condemns the one-year jail sentence that a court in Bagua, in the northeastern Amazonian province of Utcumbamba in Peru, passed yesterday on Alejandro Carrascal Carrasco, the editor of the regional weekly Nor Oriente.
37. Editor of Tamil weekly held for past 11 days on criminal defamation charge
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Reporters Without Borders condemns journalist A.S. Mani#s detention in the southeastern state of Tamil Nadu on a criminal defamation charge.
38. Editor, publisher charged with sedition in Bangladesh
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    CPJ is deeply concerned by sedition charges leveled against Mahmudur Rahman, the acting editor and majority owner of the Bengali-language pro-opposition daily Amar Desh and the paper's publisher, Alhaj Hasmat Ali.
39. EFJ Hails "Momentous Success" in Italian Demonstration for "Right to Know. Duty to Inform"
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The European Federation of Journalists, along with other organisations organised one of the biggest recent demonstrations in Rome this weekend under the theme â#oRight to Know. Duty to Informâ##, in cooperation with other unions and civil society.
40. EFJ Joins International Press Freedom Mission to Spain
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has taken part in a three-day international mission on press freedom in Spain from 1 to 3 December, carried out by six international media freedom organisations including the EFJ, the International Press I
41. EFJ Protests Over "Intimidating Signal' to Media From Slovak Prime Minister
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), today condemned a warning issued by Robert Fico, the Prime Minister of Slovakia, over media coverage of what he says are trouble-making extremist groups.
42. Egypt: Concerns with Draft Broadcast Law
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    ARTICLE 19 and the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information have serious concerns with the draft Broadcast Law released by the Egyptian authorities. A detailed analysis of the draft Law conducted by ARTICLE 19 highlights these concerns.
43. Eritrea - last in the World Press Freedom Index for the past eight years
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Reporters Without Borders (RSF) hails this week's report by the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea. The report says some of the human rights violations by President Issayas Afeworki's government, which include the arbitrary detention
44. Europe no longer so exemplary, Russian tragedy deepens
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    For the first time since 2002, the press freedom indexâ##s top 20 is not quite so European. Only 15 of the 20 leading countries are from the Old Continent, compared with 18 in 2008.
45. FAJ says African journalists face series of threats ranging from safety and security, repressive laws, oppressive regimes
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Journalists and media workers in Africa face series of threats ranging from safety and security, repressive laws, oppressive regimes, monopolies, bad labour practices and unfair competition.
46. Fame & Fortune Online
    Resource Type: Website
    Comprehensive listing of awards available to Canadian journalists.
47. Fiji: Foreign Journalists Deported, Media Censored in State of Emergency
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) are demanding that Fiji's military government stop deporting journalists and censoring the media after the government declared a 30-day state of emergency last
48. Four Al-Jazeera journalists arrested arbitrarily in Cairo
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrests of four Al-Jazeera journalists by the Egyptian secret police in Cairo and calls for their immediate and unconditional release.
49. France: EFJ Concerned by Threats against Journalists after TV Report on Palestine
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    The European Federation of Journalists expresses its support to journalists and unions at France 2 following threats made against the public channel's presenters over a television programme on the potential creation of a Palestinian state.
50. Free Harry Nicolaides: Cyber-demonstration to call for the release of jailed Australian writer Harry Nicolaides
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Since the new government took office in Thailand in December, many punitive measures have been ordered in the kingâ##s name in order to silence criticism. Anyone commenting on the royal family is liable to be threatened with a lese majeste prosecuti
51. Freedom of information essential for peace in Turkey
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    At a time of alarming developments centred on the Kurdish issue, Reporters Without Borders is publishing a report exploring the relationship between this issue and media freedom in Turkey.
52. Freedom of the press
    Connexipedia Article
    Resource Type: Article
    Freedom of the press is the freedom of communication and expression through vehicles including print and electronic media.
53. Global Press Freedom Declines in Every Region for First Time Israel, Italy and Hong Kong Lose Free Status
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    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.
54. Government closes TV station owned by political rival
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2008
    Reporters Without Borders condemns the Madagascar governmentâ##s closure of Viva TV since 13 December, after it broadcast a message by former President Didier Ratsiraka.
55. The Harper Years: Tough Times For Reporters In Canada
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    As federal elections will be held in Canada on October 19, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reviews the evolution of freedom of the press and information during Prime Minister Stephen Harper's tenure. It is not a pretty picture.
56. Honduras: Press freedom violations continue post-coup
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Press freedom continues to suffer in the aftermath of the coup in Honduras.
57. Honduras: Rule of law and civil liberties founder in year since coup
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    Joint statement on the first anniversary of the 28 June 2009 coup d#état in Honduras.
58. IFJ Accuses Iran over Massive Attack on Media and Journalists
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists warned that a massive attack on independent media in Iran which has seen the jailing of journalists and a continuing crackdown on free expression reveals the desperation of the regime to curb democracy.
59. IFJ Accuses NATO and Calls for Release of Al Jazeera Cameramen in Afghanistan
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calls for the release of two Al Jazeera cameramen, Mohammed Nader and Rahmatullah Nekzad, who were recently arrested in Afghanistan by the NATO-led forces on suspicion of working with the Taliban.
60. IFJ and EFJ Demand End to Pressure on Journalists in Ukraine
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its regional organisation, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), today demanded that the Ukraine President put end to the prosecution of online newspaper LB.ua and channel TVi.
61. IFJ and EFJ launch a conference to tackle press freedom and labour rights in Turkey
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), the Journalists Union of Turkey (TGS) and the Journalists Association of Turkey (TGC) jointly host the two-day international conference in Istanbul
62. IFJ and FEPALC Condemn Attacks against Media and Journalists in Honduras
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The IFJ and FEPALC have today strongly condemned attacks on journalists and the closure of media in Honduras.
63. IFJ and INSI Join Global Call for Release of Journalists in Gambia
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the International News Safety Institute (IFJ) call for the urgent release of jailed journalists in Gambia, adding their voices to growing global protest at the press freedom crisis in the country.
64. IFJ Backs Silent March in Colombia to Denounce Threats against Journalists
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today backed the appeal of its affiliate in Colombia, the Federación Colombiana de Periodistas (FECOLPER) for a silent march throughout the country on World Press Freedom Day.
65. IFJ Blames Hamas for Political Interference after Take-Over of PJS Office in Gaza
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today accused the Hamas administration in Gaza of attempting to destabilize the leadership of the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate (PJS).
66. IFJ Blasts Authorities over Failure to Stop Killings of Journalists after Veteran Murder in Mexico
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today blamed the Mexican authorities for failing to tackle the killings of journalists following the murder of veteran journalist, Eliseo BarrA#n Laguna, who worked for La OpiniA#n.
67. IFJ calls for media freedom as Sri Lankan presidential election approaches
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on the government of Sri Lanka and state forces to ensure media freedom and the safety of journalists as the country's Presidential Election approach next month.
68. IFJ Condemns "Flagrant Violation of Press Freedom" After Sentence of Spanish Journalists
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists has strongly condemned a court verdict against two Spanish journalists. The two men, who were charged with "revealing secrets", have been condemned to suspended jail terms of a year and nine months.
69. IFJ Condemns "Injustice" as Journalists are Jailed in Morocco
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the jailing of two journalists and their boss by a court in Morocco accusing the authorities of "gross injustice."
70. IFJ Condemns Arrest of Russian Editor after Exposure of Police Corruption Sparks Raid
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the arrest of Valery Smetanin, Editor-in-chief and Galina Yablokova and her son Alexej Yablokov, two founders of the Ivanovo-Press weekly in central Russia.
71. IFJ Condemns Assault on Union Activist in Tunisia
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned attacks and harassment of Tunisian journalists after a series of incidents which suggest deliberate targeting of activists for independent journalism.
72. IFJ Condemns Campaign against Independent Media in Morocco
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins today its affiliate the Syndicat national de la presse marocaine (SNPM) in condemning the Moroccan government's campaign to muzzle critical journalists.
73. IFJ Condemns Closure of Al Jazeera in Kuwait
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today accused Kuwaiti authorities of intimidating the media after they closed down Al Jazeera's office in the county on Monday.
74. IFJ Condemns Deportation Move against US Journalist in Israel
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    The International Federation of Journalists today called on Israeli authorities to revoke the deportation order served on American journalist and chief English editor of Ma'an news agency, Jared Malsin, who has been denied re-entry to the country.
75. IFJ condemns dismissal of respected Indian journalist and activist
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Condemning the illegal dismissal of respected union leader Geetartha Pathak from the Assam Bani
76. IFJ Condemns Internet Censorship in Jordan
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    The International Federation of Journalists today accused the Jordanian government of stifling calls for democratic change after the country's intelligence service disabled a news website & removed a letter to the King demanding political reforms.
77. IFJ Condemns Murderous Attacks on Journalists in Pakistan
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists is shocked and horrified at the murder of Musa Khankhel, a reporter for The News International daily and Geo News channel, in the Matta sub-division of the Swat valley in Pakistanâ##s North-West Frontier.
78. IFJ Condemns New Attack on Journalists' Sources in UK
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its European group, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) today joined their affiliate, the National Union of Journalists in the UK and Ireland (NUJ), in condemning the secrecy.
79. IFJ Condemns Outrageous Attacks on Media in Yemen
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned attacks by Yemeni authorities on independent media which have been seized after the government accused them of publishing material allegedly "harmful to the national unity".
    
80. IFJ Condemns Palestinian Authority Over Ban on Al-Jazeera
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calls on the Palestinian Authority to rescind its decision to close down the office the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television in the West Bank.
81. IFJ Condemns Return to State Censorship after Journalist's Expulsion in Russia
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    The international Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today accused Russia of stepping back into the shadows of censorship and political intolerance after The Guardian's Moscow correspondent Luke Harding was expelled from the country.
82. IFJ Condemns Shocking Attack on Tamil Newspapers in Sri Lanka
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) strongly condemns an attack on three Tamil newspapers in the northern Sri Lankan city of Jaffna. According to reports from IFJ sources, news agents for Jaffnaâ##s three main newspapers were attacked.
83. IFJ Condemns Strip Humiliation of Women Journalists in Sierra Leone
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists strongly condemns the humiliating and degrading treatment suffered by four women journalists who were stripped naked in public in Sierra Leone while covering events against female circumcision.
84. IFJ Condemns Threats and Intimidation against Journalists in Somalia
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists has condemned today the threats and intimidations against journalists in Somalia after the head of an Islamic militia group in Somalia warned journalists against reports which are critical of the movement
85. IFJ Demands End to Intimidation as Iran Shuts Journalists' Association
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    International Federation of Journalists calls on Iranian authorities to end the campaign of intimidation of journalists in the country following closure of the Association of Journalists in Tehran whose offices were raided and sealed by armed men.
86. IFJ Demands Freedom of Movement for Moroccan Journalists Held in Algeria
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the measures by Algerian authorities against two Moroccan journalists who have been denied, without good reason, permission to leave their hotel in Tindouf,
87. IFJ Demands Overhaul of Repressive Media Laws in the Middle East
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Launching its â##Breaking the Chains' annual report into press freedom violations in the Arab World and Iran, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called for a radical overhaul of media laws in the Middle East.
88. IFJ/EFJ Call on Montenegrin Authorities to Protect Media Freedom Following Attacks
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) have expressed their dismay after learning that an explosive device was discovered in the offices of the Vijesti daily newspaper in Montenegro.
89. IFJ Endorses Joint Russian-Georgian Demand to End Media Restrictions
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The IFJ has endorsed a joint declaration by the Russian Union of Journalists (RUJ) and the Independent Association of Georgian Journalists (IAGJ) that demands an end to all restrictions to reporting of the Georgian/ Russian conflict.
90. IFJ/FAJ Stand by Journalists against a Draconian Media Bill in Kenya
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) today have brought their support to the journalists' fraternity in Kenya against a draconian media bill voted by the national assembly.
    
    
91. IFJ hails the strike of Egyptian colleagues denouncing the stifling press freedom in the country
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) hailed the strike action taken on 10 June by Egyptian journalists in response to the call made by the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate's (EJS) Freedom Committee, to stop work in protest
92. IFJ Hits Out over Arrest and Detention of Journalists in Palestine
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today condemned the "unjustified" detention of journalists by the Palestinian Authority's Preventive Security Services.
93. IFJ Joins Call for Release of Palestinian Journalists Held in Israel
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today joined the call by its affiliate in Palestine, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS), and Al Jazeera for the immediate release of journalist Samer Allawy.
94. IFJ Joins Condemnation of Mindless Violence against Journalists in Cameroon
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its African group, the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), in condemning the brutal attack and subsequent arrests journalists who were covering a demonstration in Cameroon.
95. IFJ Launches New Campaign in Iraq, Pakistan and Russia to End Impunity for Violence in Journalism
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    With International Day against Impunity one month away, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today written to the leaders of Iraq, Russia and Pakistan to urge them and their governments to address the issue of impunity for violence.
96. IFJ Marks 'End of Deadly Decade' With Report on Journalists and Media Staff Killed in 2009
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today issued its report on journalists and media workers who died in the exercise of journalism in 2009. The report provides detailed information of media killings.
97. IFJ Marks World Press Freedom Day by Calling for Release of Jailed Journalists
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates are marking this year's World Press Freedom Day by calling for the release of journalists held for their professional activities.
98. IFJ Presses UN for Action on Media Killings after Violence Claims 106 Lives of Journalists and Media Staff in 2011
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    The International Federation of Journalists urges UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to take drastic action against governments of the most dangerous countries for media after it published its annual list of 106 journalists and media personnel killed
99. IFJ Releases Press Freedom Report for South Asia
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in association with the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) will officially release the eighth annual report on press freedom in South Asia at a regional event on May 3.
100. IFJ Reports Heavy Media Loss to Violence after 97 Journalists Died in 2010
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2011
     The International Federation of Journalists warns that journalists and media personnel remain prime targets for political extremists, gangsters and terrorists as it announced that at least 94 journalists and media personnel who were killed in 2010.
101. IFJ and SAMSN condemn threats to Sri Lankan journalist
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2014
     International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) join Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA) in strongly condemning death threats issued to Sunil Jayasekara, convener of Free Media Movement.
102. IFJ Slams Iran over Jail Term for Leading Journalist
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2010
     The International Federation of Journalists today accused Iranian authorities of a continuing and unrelenting campaign of intimidation against media after a court condemned leading journalist and author Emad Baghi to a six-year suspended jail term.
103. IFJ to Hold 'Journalism in Shadow of Anti-Terror Laws' Conference on Tenth Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks in US
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2011
     The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its European Group, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) are holding an international conference to mark the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington in 2001.
104. IFJ Welcomes “Ground-breaking” Decision by Singapore Court to Quash Order on Journalist’s Sources
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2014
     The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today welcomed the landmark decision of a Singapore Court of Appeal to overturn an order that a journalist should disclose his sources for an article he had written on his blog.
105. IFJ/EFJ Call for Greek Government to Revoke Closure of Public Broadcaster
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2013
     Journalists' organizations call on the Greek government to immediately revoke their unprecedented decision to close down its public broadcasting station ERT.
106. Impunity and "Callous Indifference" Remain Threats as New Wave of Media Killings Wipes out Optimism
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today issued its report on the killings of journalists in 2008 with a warning that 2009 could be the deadliest year yet for journalists.
107. In Iran, Roxana Saberi charged with espionage
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by news reports that the Iranian government has charged Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi with espionage.
108. International Report Demands Radical Reform of Belarus Media
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Today, international media and press freedom organisations issued " For Free and Fair Media in Belarus", a report calling for far reaching reforms of the media in Belarus.
109. Iran bars foreign media from reporting on protests
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Iranian government's decision to bar foreign journalists from leaving their offices to report, film, or take photographs--a restriction intended to prevent news coverage of protests.
110. Iranian-American journalist gets eight years on spying charge
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Reporters Without Borders â#ofirmly condemnsâ## the eight-year prison sentence which a Tehran revolutionary court passed on Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi on a charge of spying for the United States.
111. Iraq: News website latest target in government's legal offensive against independent media
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Reporters Without Borders condemns the Iraqi governmentâ##s continuing legal offensive against independent news media, which for the first time is also targeting Internet media.
112. Israel sentences two to prison terms for censorship breach
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns an Israeli court decision to sentence two television journalists on charges of breaching the military censorship law during the offensive in Gaza in December and January.
     
113. Israeli authorities close Palestinian media centre in East Jerusalem
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Reporters Without Borders condemns yesterday morning's decision by the Israeli internal security ministry to shut down the Palestinian media centre that had been set up in the East Jerusalem.
114. Israeli government openly threatens journalists planning to sail with Gaza flotilla
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2011
     Reporters Without Borders condemns the Israeli government’s attempts to intimidate journalists who plan to travel with a flotilla of ships that will set sail in the next few days in an attempt to break Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip.
115. Israeli media forbidden to report case widely covered internationally
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2010
     Reporters Without Borders condemns an absurd court-ordered ban on Israeli media coverage of the case of Anat Kam, an online journalist and former soldier accused of leaking classified military information.
116. Jailed Zimbabwe journalist Honored by Black Journalists group
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) announced that Anderson Shadreck Manyere, a freelance photojournalist in Zimbabwe, will receive the organizationâ##s 2009 Percy Qoboza Award.
117. Journalism: Truth or Dare?
     Resource Type: Book
     Published: 2003
     Ian Hargreaves discusses the history, development, future and ethics of journalism and describes journalists' relationship with the public. He focuses on the increase in journalism's influence and the criticism thrown at journalism today by all sectors of society.
118. Journalist Abdolreza Tajik, 2010 press freedom prize winner, is freed from prison
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2010
     Reporters Without Borders today welcomed the release on bail last evening of journalist Abdolreza Tajik, winner of the organisation’s 2010 press freedom award, after his family put up bail for a third time.
119. Journalist fights the Obama administration over its sources
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2011
     Reporters Without Borders is asking the Department of Justice to withdraw the appeal it issued yesterday against New York Times reporter James Risen to force him to testify about his confidential sources.
120. Journalist serving 150-day jail term for insulting Hungarian far-right politician
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2012
     Reporters Without Borders condemns the 150-day jail sentence that a Serbian journalist received for allegedly insulting a Hungarian far-right politician.
121. Journalists are not Terrorists - Urgent Appeal of Life Sentences Given to Turkish Journalists
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2013
     Journalists are not terrorists - this is the powerful message the European Federation of Journalists is sending to the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Stand Up for Journalism Day following the life sentences given to five Turkish
122. Journalists Call Israel to Account over "Premeditated and Precise" attacks on Media in Gaza
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     The targeting of media by the Israeli military during last month's offensive in the Gaza Strip was "premeditated and precise" and in violation of international law, says the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).
123. Journalists Must Debate Press Freedom Proposal
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 1980
     
124. Journalists Welcome European Call to Review Anti-Terrorism Laws
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Ministers of the human rights network of the Council of Europe have called on their governments to review anti-terrorism laws in the face of strong criticism from journalists that some laws are in practice limiting free expression and press rights.
125. Judicial authorities unearth more libel cases against national daily
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2008
     Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns the judicial harassment of the French-language daily Al-Watan that has continued since its libel conviction on 23 December.
126. Karl Marx's Theory of Revolution
     Volume I: State and Bureaucracy
     Resource Type: Book
     Published: 1977
     A wide-ranging and thorough exposition of Marx's views on democracy.
127. Karl Marx's Theory of Revolution
     Volume II: The Politics of Social Classes
     Resource Type: Book
     Published: 1978
     Draper ranges through the development of the thought of Marx and Engels on the role of classes in society.
128. Kazakhstan: Investigative reporter held arbitrarily in northeastern city
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2015
     Reporters Without Borders condemns investigative reporter Yaroslav Golyshkin's arbitrary detention for the past month in a prison in the northeastern city of Pavlodar and calls on the judicial system to guarantee his right to due process.
129. Kazakhstan: RFE/RL website editor beaten unconscious in Almaty
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Ermek Boltay, a young journalist who edits the website of Radio Free Europe/Radio Libertyâ##s Kazakh-language service, was beaten unconscious outside his home in Almaty on 18 January.
130. Kenya: Faiths Join Protests Against Curbs on Media Freedom
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2008
     Violent scenes reminiscent of the dark days of President Daniel Moiâ##s dictatorship have returned to the Kenyan capital after parliament passed a bill which tightens the stateâ##s grip on the broadcast media.
     
131. Kenya: President deals major blow to press freedom
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Kenyan President deals major blow to press freedom. Also known as the â#oICT Billâ##, the new legislation provides for heavy fines and prison sentences for press offences. It also gives the government, above all the information and interior ministrie
132. Leaders urged to give joint commitment to press freedom
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Reporters Without Borders hopes the two-day Summit of the Americas that begins tomorrow in Trinidad and Tobago will result in a firm commitment to media freedom and human rights by the participating presidents.
133. Legal decisions threaten press freedom
     Minus Five
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 1979
     
134. Libel, Defamation, Contempt of Court and the Right of People to be Informed.
     Resource Type: Book
     Published: 1979
     
135. Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi launches legal action against three Moroccan newspapers
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) has described today the complaints made by the Libyan Embassy in Rabat against three Moroccan newspapers as a threat to freedom of expression and the press in Morocco which must be confronted.
136. Local newspaper reporter dies two days after beating, human rights activist attacked outside Moscow home
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Sergey Protazanov, a reporter for Grajdanskoye Soglasye, a local newspaper based in the north Moscow suburb of Khimki, died at his home on 30 March, two days after being attacked and beaten.
137. Malaysia: CIJ and WAMI condemn suspension of opposition newspapers
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Malaysia: Harakah and Suara Keadilan opposition newspapers suspended for three months
138. Malaysian website reporter arrested and charged under Sedition Act
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2014
     Malaysiakini news website reporter Susan Loone is facing a possible three-year jail term under the 1948 Sedition Act following her arrest in George Town, the capital of the northwestern state of Penang, Malaysia.
139. Manufacturing Consent
     The Political Economy of the Mass Media
     Resource Type: Book
     Published: 1988
     Contrary to the usual image of the press and cantankerous, obstinate, and ubiquitious in its search for truth, Herman and Chomsky depict how an underlying elite consensus largely structures all facets of the news. They analyze how issues are framed and topics chosen, and the way in which the marketplace and the economics of publishing significantly shape the news.
140. Media control and intimidation a reality for 5.5 billion, says WAN-IFRA
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2011
     This year, 44 journalists have already been murdered, says the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), which launched a review of press freedom around the world during World Newspaper Week
141. Media unions oppose closure of Greek public broadcaster ERT
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2013
     UNI MEI calls for resistance to support Greek public service broadcasting, its workers and their union POSPERT
142. Mexican journalist who covered police is abducted and killed
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Authorities found the body of a journalist who covered the police beat in northern Mexico after he was abducted from his house on Monday night, according to Mexican news reports.
143. Mexico: Investigating attack on Monterrey TV studios a "test" for federal justice ministry
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Reporters Without Borders hopes for quick results from the investigation into yesterdayâ##s armed attack in Monterrey in which gunmen threw a grenade and opened fire on the regional studios of the privately-owned national TV network Televisa.
144. Mexico: Molotov cocktails thrown at Oaxaca newspaper editor's home
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     The home of Carlos Velasco Molina, the editor of the weekly El Correo de Oaxaca, in the southwestern city of Oaxaca in Mexico, is attacked.
145. Middle East & North Africa: Region performs poorly, Israel nose-dives
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     For the first time Israel is not at the head of the Middle Eastern countries in the press freedom index. By falling 47 places to 93rd position, it is now behind Kuwait (60th), United Arab Emirates (86th) and Lebanon (61st).
146. More than 100 media sign the Reporters Without Borders petition for international journalists to be allowed into the Gaza Strip
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Reporters Without Borders reiterates its appeal for support by the international media and again urges the Israeli authorities to lift the ban on foreign media access to the Gaza Strip that has been in force since November.
147. More than 3,500 petition Iran to free journalists, writers
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2010
     More than 3,500 concerned people from around the world are petitioning Iran#s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei, to immediately release dozens of journalists writers, and bloggers currently imprisoned in the country.
148. Moroccan journalists face charges of defaming Qaddafi
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     The Committee to Protect Journalists is dismayed by the start of court proceedings today against five Moroccan journalists charged with publicly harming Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi and hurting his dignity.
149. Morocco Must Focus on Media Reform, not Attacking Women Journalists
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2014
     The Executive Committee of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called for the Moroccan government to promote press freedom and protect journalists in the country.
150. Murder attempt against pro-ChA¡vez journalist in Portuguesa state
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     A murder attempt against Rafael Finol, political correspondent on the privately-owned daily El Regional in Acarigua, Portuguesa state, central-western Venezuela.
151. National Press Club awardee held for past 18 months in Bahrain
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2014
     Call for the release of the internationally-known Bahraini photographer Ahmed Humaidan
152. New counterterrorism law in China deadly for online press freedom
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2015
     The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expresses strong concern over the National Security Law Bill which is soon to be considered by the Standing Committee of National Congress in China in March, 2015.
153. New online censorship campaign extinguishes last flicker of Olympic torch
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     China's campaign against 'Internet porn' is targetting political and human rights websites such as Amnesty International's. Bullog (https://www.bullog.cn), a political blog portal, has been inaccessible since 9 January.
154. Newspaper editor in coma after latest case of violence against journalists
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Reporters Without Borders voiced deep concern today about newspaper editor Vyacheslav Yaroshenko, who is in a coma after being attacked and beaten outside his home in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don on 29 April.
155. Newspaper reporter arrested as she returns to Israel from Gaza Strip
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Reporters Without Borders condemns Israeli newspaper reporter Amira Hassâ##s arrest at the Erez border crossing yesterday as she returned to Israel after spending four months in the Gaza Strip reporting for the Tel Aviv-based daily Haaretz.
156. North Korea: Two American journalists face up to 10 years in labour camps
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Reporters Without Borders urges the North Korean authorities not to go ahead with their announced intention to try two American journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, on charges of entering the country illegally and carrying out â#ohostile" activities
157. On Freedom of the Press (5)
     Censorship
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 1842
     A censorship law is an impossibility because it seeks to punish not offences but opinions, because it cannot be anything but a formula for the censor, because no state has the courage to put in general legal terms what it can carry out in practice through the agency of the censor. For that reason, too, the operation of the censorship is entrusted not to the courts but to the police.
158. On Freedom of the Press (2)
     Opponents of a Free Press
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 1842
     What an illogical paradox to regard the censorship as a basis for improving our press!
159. On Freedom of the Press (3)
     On the Assembly of the Estates
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 1842
     Precisely because freedom of discussion, the speaker concludes, is desirable in our Assembly - and what freedoms would we not find desirable where we are concerned? - precisely for that reason freedom of discussion is not desirable in the province. Because it is desirable that we speak frankly, it is still more desirable to keep the province in thrall to secrecy.
160. On Freedom of the Press (4)
     As a privilege of particular individuals or a privilege of the human mind?
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 1842
     From the standpoint of the idea, it is self-evident that freedom of the press has a justification quite different from that of censorship because it is itself an embodiment of the idea, an embodiment of freedom, a positive good, whereas censorship is an embodiment of unfreedom, the polemic of a world outlook of semblance against the world outlook of essence; it has a merely negative nature.
161. On Freedom of the Press (6)
     Freedom in General
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 1842
     Some want a full censorship, others a half censorship; some want three-eighths freedom of the press, others none at all. God save me from my friends!
162. On the Critique of the Prussian Press Laws
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 1842
     Two ways are open to the Prussian for the publication of his thoughts. He can either have them printed in his own country, in which case he has to submit to the domestic censorship; or, should he meet with objections here, outside the frontiers of his own state he can still either place himself under the censorship of another state in the Confederation or take advantage of press freedom in foreign countries. In any case the state retains the right to take repressive measures against possible breaches of the law.
163. OrangeWebsite
     Media Profile in Sources
     Resource Type: Organization
     
164. Outrage at fatal shooting of newspaper editor in Colombo
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Reporters Without Borders is outraged by the murder of Sunday Leader editor Lasantha Wickrematunga, who was shot dead by two men on a motorcycle as he drove to work this morning in Colombo.
165. Ouvrez la bande de Gaza A  la presse !
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Ouvrez la bande de Gaza A  la presse !
     Appel des mA#dias du monde entier et de Reporters sans frontiA#res aux autoritA#s israA#liennes.
166. Pakistan: Press freedom activist attacked in Lahore
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Reporters Without Borders voices its supports for journalist Imtiaz Alam, the secretary general of the South Asia Free Media Association (SAMFA), a regional press freedom group, who was attacked in Lahore.
167. Photographer Ibrahim Jassam freed after US Army held him for 17 months without explanation
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2010
     Reporters Without Borders welcomed the release today of Iraqi photographer, Ibrahim Jassam, of Reuters, who had been held by the US military since his arrest on 1st September 2008.
168. Press freedom activist badly beaten in Colombo, hospitalised
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Reporters Without Borders is outraged by an assault on Poddala Jayantha, the secretary-general of the Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA), the country's leading journalists organisation.
169. Press freedom dealt a serious blow as two AFP reporters are attacked by Israeli soldiers in Nablus
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2015
     Condemnation of the appalling attack on two AFP reporters by Israeli soldiers and calling for end of impunity enjoyed by Israeli army which undermines freedom of information.
170. Press Freedom, Free Expression Still Under Threat in Indonesia
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2014
     An international delegation visiting Indonesia last week raised concerns about the current state of media freedom in the country, calling on the Widodo administration to take a new approach towards freedom of expression. Criminalisation of online spe
171. Press Freedom Under Fire in South Asia, 2008-09
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     The seventh annual report on press freedom in South Asia documents alarming trends in working conditions for journalists.
172. Prison for press law violation in EU founding member
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2012
     Reporters Without Borders denounces as outrageous the sentencing of an Italian journalist to 14 months in prison on a libel conviction.
173. Reporter shot and killed in Rawalpindi
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Pakistani authorities must not allow Thursday's shooting death of veteran Pakistani reporter Raja Assad Hameed in Rawalpindi go uninvestigated and unprosecuted, the Committee to Protect Journalists says.
174. Reporters arrested, roughed up while covering Occupy Wall Street protests
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2011
     The often violent response to the Occupy Wall Street campaign that is growing in the United States and elsewhere is affecting the freedom to inform. Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrests of reporters in recent weeks, especially in New York.
175. Reporters without Borders Prize for Press Freedom
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2012
     The 2012 Reporters Without Borders - Le Monde - TV5Monde Press Freedom Prize has been awarded to the Syrian journalist Mazen Darwish and the Afghan daily 8Sobh.
176. Reporters Without Borders - TV5Monde Prize for Press Freedom
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2014
     The 2014 Reporters Without Borders - TV5Monde Prize for Press Freedom has been awarded to Mexican journalist Sanjuana Martínez, Liberian newspaper FrontPage Africa and Saudi blogger Raef Badawi.
177. Reporters Without Borders unveils first-ever 'Anti-Censorship Shelter'
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2010
     Reporters Without Borders today launched the world#s first #Anti-Censorship Shelter# in Paris for use by foreign journalists, bloggers and dissidents.
178. Reporters without Borders works on all fronts
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2010
     World Press Freedom Day, 3 May, is an occasion for Reporters Without Borders to reaffirm the values it defends, the right to inform and the right to access information, without which democracy is impossible.
179. Reuters photographer begins second year in US military detention
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Reporters Without Borders condemns the continuing American refusal to release Reuters photographer Ibrahim Jassam, who today begins his second year of detention by the US military in Iraq.
180. Robert Menard and staff leave Doha Centre for Media Freedom
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     International press freedom campaigner Robert MA#nard has resigned as director-general of the Doha Centre for Media Freedom along with other members of the staff.
181. Roxana Saberi's family and lawyers under strong pressure from Iranian authorities
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Reporters Without Borders condemns the Iranian government's attempts to intimidate Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, her family and her lawyers. Sentenced to 8 years in prison on a spying charge Saberi been on hunger strike since 21 April.
182. Ruling recognizes Detroit Free Press reporter's right to protect his sources
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Reporters Without Borders is thrilled with U.S. District Judge Robert Clelandâ##s ruling that Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter does not have to reveal his confidential sources from a 2004 article about a failed terrorism prosecution.
183. SEAJU calls on Malaysian Government to support press freedom
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2014
     A free press is a fundamental feature of a vibrant and accountable democracy. An independent press acts as a disseminator of information as well as a check and balance of elected representatives and government.
184. The Secret Museum
     Pornography in Modern Culture
     Resource Type: Book
     Published: 1988
     Kendrick looks at the idea of pornography since the word was coined a century and a half ago, concentrating less on the books and pictures that have instigated battles over "pornography" than on what people thought and felt about them.
185. Security laws attack Australia's press freedom
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2014
     The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) in describing the National Security Legislation Amendment Bill No 1 an outrageous attack on press freedom in Australia.
186. Sentence Against US Journalists in North Korea is Inhumane and Unjust, Says IFJ
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) called for the immediate release of the two United States journalists, Euna Lee and Laura Ling, who have been jailed by North Korea.
187. Seven journalists injured by Israeli soldiers in West Bank since January 2009
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Reporters Without Borders deplores the repeated use of violence against journalists covering peaceful demonstrations in the West Bank in protest against the construction of the Security Wall. The Israeli armed forces have been directly responsible.
188. 17 journalists charged with contempt in Myanmar
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2015
     The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South East Asia Journalists Unions (SEAJU) strongly criticizes the charges filed against 17 journalists in Myanmar (Burma) by the government.
189. Shadow of 9/11 Attacks Hangs over Journalism, Says IFJ on World Press Freedom Day
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2011
     The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) marks this year's World Press Freedom Day by focusing on the legacy of the terrorist attacks on 11 September in New York and Washington ten years ago.
190. 62 reporters killed in 2008, Reporters without Borders reports
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Press Freedom Round-up 2008: Better figures despite a hostile climate and more Internet repression.
     
191. Somalia: Director of HornAfrik radio murdered in Mogadishu
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     The director of Somalia's HornAfrik radio, Said Tahlil, has been shot dead in the capitalâ##s market district of Bakara. His murder comes 16 months after the radioâ##s former director, Ali Imam Sharmake, was killed by a booby trap car bomb.
192. Sources.com
     Portal for Journalists and Writers - The directory for reporters, writers, editors and researchers
     Resource Type: Website
     Published: 2009
     Sources is an information portal for journalists, freelance writers, news editors, authors, researchers and journalism students -- and a resource for organizations, institutions, businesses, and individuals who want to get media coverage of their expertise and their views on newsworthy topics.
     Journalists: Use Sources to find experts, media contacts, spokespersons, scientists, lobbyists, officials, speakers, university professors, researchers, newsmakers, CEOs, executive directors, media relations contacts, spokespeople, talk show guests, PR representatives, Canadian sources, story ideas, research studies, databases, universities, colleges, associations, businesses, government, research institutions, lobby groups, non-government organizations (NGOs), in Canada and internationally.
     Newsmakers: Use Sources to raise your profile and get media coverage. Sources is a powerful tool which complements and magnifies your other efforts to publicize yourself. See www.sources.com/Profile.htm, fill out the membership form, or call 416-964-7799.
193. Sources welcomes OrangeWebsite
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2011
     Sources welcomes a new member: OrangeWebsite. OrangeWebsite is an Icelandic web hosting service provider. Most of our clients are foreign journalists, bloggers, leakers and publishers.
     
194. South African journalists probed over scandal coverage
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2012
     South African authorities should immediately drop a criminal investigation against three newspaper journalists who have sought to report details on a multi-billion-dollar arms scandal, the Committee to Protect Journalists says.
195. South Korean authorities must release journalists' leader
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calls on authorities in South Korea to immediately release YTN union chairman Jong-Myun Roh, who has been detained for 10 days since being arrested ahead of strike action at the broadcaster.
196. Sri Lanka Army holding three doctors who gave information to press
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Reporters Without Borders urges the Sri Lankan authorities to quickly release three Tamil doctors who have been arrested for providing the news media with information about the humanitarian situation in Vanni.
197. Sri Lanka: Call for journalists to be let into area where "a major humanitarian crisis" is unfolding with no media presence
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Reporters Without Borders reminds Sri Lanka's government of its international undertakings as the media continue to be prevented from moving about freely in the north especially in the area where tens of thousands of Tamils are surrounded by the army
198. Sri Lanka: Government urged to punish violence against independent media outlets after new attack
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     A pre-dawn attack by a dozen heavily-armed men that badly damaged the studios of the Maharaja Television/Broadcasting Network (MTV/MBC) in Pannipitiya, near Colombo, after charges that the networkâ##s reporting was not â#opatrioticâ## enough.
199. Steady erosion of media rights as Thai military tightens its grip
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2014
     The IFJ is deeply concerned about reports of increasing control by the Thailand Military Junta over news and information on radio, television, printed and online media.
200. Substantial setback for press freedom in Egypt
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2011
     A new requirement by the Egyptian military that local print media obtain approval for all mentions of the armed forces before publication is the single worst setback for press freedom in Egypt since the fall of President Hosni Mubarak.
201. Taiwan: Public media independence threatened, despite government denials
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2008
     Reporters Without Borders urges Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou to keep his promises to us to respect public media independence.
202. Thailand: Call for moratorium on prosecutions for criticising the King, dialogue on Internet freedom
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Reporters Without Borders joined by 31 other organisations in a call for moratorium on prosecutions for criticising the King, dialogue on Internet freedom.
203. Thailand: Police close a dozen community radio stations, carry out arrests
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2011
     Reporters Without Borders condemns the closure of a dozen community radio stations linked to the opposition “Red Shirts” in a major police operation yesterday in Bangkok and the surrounding provinces.
204. 30 Days For Freedom
     Resource Type: Website
     Published: 2014
     30 Days for Freedom highlights the plight of jailed journalists worldwide by focusing on 30 individuals currently imprisoned because of their work.
205. Trump appeals to the military against the press and the courts
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2017
     Examining recent remarks by Donald Trump suggesting a presidential and military alliance in opposition to the press and the court system, and the broader impacts of this position.
206. Trump v. the Media: a Fight to the Death
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2017
     At present, this is a golden era in American journalism, because established media outlets such as CNN, The New York Times and The Washington Post find themselves under unprecedented and open attacks from the powers that be. Richard Nixon may have felt persecuted by press and television, but he never counter-attacked with the same vigour and venom as Trump.
207. Turkmenistan: NGOs urge president to include imprisoned journalists in amnesty
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     NGOs urge Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov to release imprisoned journalists as part of the amnesty that will be announced on 19 February, national flag day in Turkmenistan.
208. 23 IFEX members and other organisations raise concerns about proposed mechanisms to combat racial and religious intolerance
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     23 IFEX members and other organisations raise concerns about proposed mechanisms to combat racial and religious intolerance.
209. Two foreign journalists arrested while covering Greenpeace operation
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Reporters Without Borders deplores yesterday#s arrest of two foreign journalists # Kumkum Dasgupta of India and Raimondo Bultrini of Italy # while covering a Greenpeace protest against uncontrolled deforestation on Sumatra Island.
210. 2011 IPA Freedom to Publish Prize awarded to Vietnamese publisher Bui Chat
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2011
     Bui Chat, founder of Giay Vun publishing in Vietnam, has been named as the recipient of this year's IPA Freedom to Publish Prize for his exemplary courage in upholding freedom to publish.
211. UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize 2009 to be awarded posthumously to Sri Lankan journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     The late Sri Lankan journalist and editor of the Sunday Leader Lasantha Wickrematunge, who was assassinated on 8 January this year, has been named laureate of the 2009 UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize.
212. United Nations urged to insist on respect for media freedom
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2010
     Reporters Without Borders urges the UN Human Rights Council and other international bodies to pay close attention to the press freedom situation in Côte d’Ivoire.
     
213. U.S. reporter found guilty of obstruction, faces 4 years in jail
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     The CPJ is concerned about the prosecution of American reporter Diane Bukowski, who was found guilty of 2 felony counts of resisting, obstructing, opposing, and endangering two Michigan state troopers while covering a crime scene.
214. Vienna Declaration calls on governments to respect media freedom in fight against terrorism
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Effective security and respect for freedom of expression and press freedom are not incompatible but, rather, complementary.
215. War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State
     Free Press and the National Security State
     Resource Type: Film/Video
     Published: 2013
     During his election campaigns, Barak Obama promised the most transparent administration in U.S. history. Cynics can rejoice in the fact that the Obama administration has indicted more people for violating government secrecy than all previous administrations combined. This is the story of four whistleblowers who who traded their careers and life normalcy for slander, danger, legal prosecution and an opportunity to expose the crimes of the US government.
216. Win Tin's fight for press freedom and democracy goes on
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2014
     Reporters Without Borders is deeply saddened to learn of the death of the dissident journalist Win Tin in Rangoon. Burma has lost one of its staunchest defenders of democracy and freedom of information.
     
217. World Press Freedom Day: Commission launches 2009 Lorenzo Natali Prize for committed journalists
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     On World Press Freedom Day the Commission is officially launching the Lorenzo Natali Prize for 2009. The prize is awarded to journalists who have demonstrated a commitment to human rights, democracy and development.
218. World Press Freedom Day: Statement from the Media Foundation for West Africa
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     The theme for this year's celebration of World Press Freedom Day, Media, Dialogue and Mutual Understanding, could not have been more appropriate in any other year than this one, particularly for countries in West Africa.
219. World press freedom groups call for Saberi's release
     Sources News Release
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2009
     Thirty-five members of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) join CPJ and Reporters Without Borders in a letter to the head of Iran's judiciary calling for the release of imprisoned journalist Roxana Saberi.
220. The Wrong Solution To The Wrong Problem
     Resource Type: Article
     Published: 2012
     What is it to have free press?

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