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Bahrain press freedom condemned ahead of F1 grand prix
Some journalists have been refused entry and others are waiting for visas, as government is accused of preventing the media from covering protests
Posted by Paul McNally on 20/04/12CPJ: Iraq ranked worst in Impunity Index for fifth year
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists Somalia was ranked second worst for the third year running, with the killings of 11 journalists remaining unsolved
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 17/04/12Foreign Office 'in contact with family' of British journalist killed in Syria
It is believed that Walid Bledi died a week ago while filming a documentary about Syrians fleeing to Turkey
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 02/04/12IFJ calls for release of Palestinian journalist
Yousef al Shayib, sentenced to 15 days in prison for refusal to disclose sources, has 'no case to answer' and should be released 'immediately', according to IFJ president
Posted by James Chapple on 02/04/12NUJ: statutory reform of press regulation has become 'inevitable'
Journalists' union also calls for communications bill to tackle issue of who regulates websites belonging to a broadcaster or newspaper publisher
Posted by Paul McNally on 30/03/12Azerbaijani investigative reporter wins top Index award
Journalist Idrak Abbasov and a Syrian cartoonist are among the winners at Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression awards
Posted by Paul McNally on 29/03/12MPs urge government to 'go further' to ensure journalists' safety
MPs highlight dangers faced by journalists across the world and calls on UK government to 'stand as a beacon of light on this issue'
Posted by Rachel McAthy on 21/03/12Home Office quizzed on use of production orders against press
Ministers are asked to meet National Union of Journalists, amid fears that production orders are 'undermining journalistic independence'
Posted by Paul McNally on 20/03/12British journalists released after three weeks held in Libya
Nicholas Davies-Jones and Gareth Montgomery-Johnson, who work for Iranian broadcaster Press TV, are looking forward to returning home
Posted by Paul McNally on 19/03/12Fresh hope that British journalists in Libya will be freed 'very soon'
Video shows Press TV reporter and cameraman in good health, as militia hand them over to the Libyan national government
Posted by Paul McNally on 16/03/12Reporting on conflict: 'No-brainer that women are out there'
Women journalists share their experiences of reporting from conflict zones and join together to call for greater on-the-ground safety for local reporters
Posted by Rachel McAthy on 13/03/12RSF: 2011 was 'deadliest year for netizens'
The press freedom organisation claims that in countries such as Syria 'activism and reporting have become one' as citizens work to provide a flow of information
Posted by Rachel McAthy on 12/03/12Leveson: inquiry remains 'committed to free press'
Lord Justice Leveson responds to critics, saying inquiry 'is doing no more than doing its mandated terms of reference'
Posted by Paul McNally on 27/02/12John Witherow: 'Marie Colvin was an extraordinary figure'
Editor of the Sunday Times pays tribute to foreign correspondent Marie Colvin, after 'reliable reports' that she was killed in Syria
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 23/02/12Two Western journalists killed in Syria, reports say
Reports from Al Jazeera and Reuters claim two foreign journalists were killed in Homs on Wednesday, after the shelling of a building they were in
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 22/02/12CPJ calls for 'global coalition' against censorship
Joel Simon, executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, calls for media to 'unite' with governments, businesses and 'civil society organisations'
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 21/02/12'There's a lot more to journalism in this country than tittle tattle'
Tim Hancock, UK campaigns director at Amnesty International UK
Posted by Tim Hancock on 14/02/12Journalists 'betrayed' by News Corp, says union
Times reports that confidential information about sources was handed over to police - which the National Union of Journalists says is a threat to press freedom
Posted by Paul McNally on 14/02/12Egypt frees Australian journalist arrested covering strikes
Committee to Protect Journalists says arrest of Austin Mackell was 'part of a disturbing pattern of attacks and harassment'
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#wef12 - WAN-IFRA publishes 'report on violence against Mexico's press'
WAN-IFRA has this week published a report called “a death threat to freedom”, which looks at “violence against Mexico’s press”. The report was published on Tuesday (4 September), a day after the organisation’s World Editors Forum presented the Golden Pen of Freedom to Mexican journalist Anabel Hernandez. The report calls on the government to “take [...]
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 5 September 2012Hugh Grant: Leveson inquiry has shone 'disinfectant sunlight' into 'infected corners'
Hugh Grant, Tom Watson MP and president of the National Union of Journalists Donnacha Delong speak at a rally calling for media reform
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 18 May 2012Voice of America: China's Foreign Ministry questioned on Al Jazeera journalist visa issue
Voice of America has published what it says is a transcript of questions put to the spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry, in relation to Al Jazeera English's report that its China correspondent Melissa Chan had her visa renewal application 'refused'
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 9 May 2012Index: Hungary faces squeeze on freedoms
Sándor Orbán, the director of the South East European Network for Professionalisation of Media, reports for Index on Censorship on the raft of new laws passed by the ruling Fidesz party and the threat to civil liberties and media freedom
Posted by Joel Gunter on 6 January 2012Pakistan tops another 2011 journalist death toll
The International Federation of Journalists describes 2011 as "another bloody year for media"
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 3 January 2012Journalists shot dead in Somalia and Russia
The founder of independent Russian newspaper Chernovik has been killed, as has a journalist working for a TV station in Somali
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 19 December 2011Reporters Without Borders secretary-general to step down in new year
Press freedom organisation Reporters Without Borders announced this week that its secretary-general Jean-François Julliard will step down on 31 January
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 14 December 2011Two-year anniversary of massacre of 30 journalists in Philippines
Today is also the inaugural International Day to End Impunity
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 23 November 2011'Silencing the messenger is all too often the name of the game': Mark Austin speaks at St Bride's
The address given by ITV News at Ten presenter Mark Austin at St Bride's Church yesterday (Wednesday), for the service to commemorate journalists who have died while covering conflicts across the world.
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 10 November 2011Index: Take action to end impunity
This coming 23 November will be the second anniversary of the 2009 Maguindanao Massacre in the Phillippines, in which 34 journalists were murdered during election related violence in the country. Last year, on the first anniversary, there was a “global day of action” to commemorate the killings. This year, the second anniversary will also be [...]
Posted by Joel Gunter on 9 November 2011#wef11: 'News industry is in the vortex of a fast changing world'
WAN-IFRA's new president calls for self regulation of the press to maintained in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 13 October 2011BBC news chief calls for pressure on Iran after threats to journalists' families
BBC issues public statement after journalists' families arrested and harassed in Iran
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 5 October 2011Guardian: How Luke Harding became the reporter Russia hated
The Guardian’s former Moscow correspondent Luke Harding has a lively piece up on his time as the city’s harassed-western-journalist-in-chief. Ahead of the publication of a book by Harding on his quarrels with Russia’s security forces, he describes being intimidated and having his flat regularly broken into, and his deportation and Russia’s u-turn in letting him [...]
Posted by Joel Gunter on 26 September 2011New York Times: No Justice for Anna Politkovskaya
Yesterday’s New York Times editorial was devoted to the case of murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Politkovskaya, who became known for her fearless investigative reporting of social issues in Russia and human rights abuses in Chechnya, was killed in her apartment building in 2006. Five years on, no one has been convicted of her murder. [...]
Posted by Joel Gunter on 14 September 2011BBC: Detained reporter is 'physically and psychologically frail'
BBC Central Asian Service journalist Urunboy Usmonov has been detained by Tajikistan authorities since June 13
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 29 June 2011Index on Censorship: Russian journalist defeats libel claim
Kommersant's political correspondent Oleg Kashin, who spent five days in a coma after an attack, defeated a libel claim after speculating on the identity of his attackers
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 28 June 2011Reporters Without Borders: Life sentence for Bahraini blogger
Two Bahraini bloggers handed long jail sentences, according to Reporters Without Borders
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 23 June 2011BBC and CPJ: Mexican journalist, wife and son shot dead
It believed Mexican journalist Miguel Angel Lopez Velasco, who wrote for Notiver, has been shot dead along with his wife and son
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 21 June 2011Index: Polish journalist faces four years in prison for 'insulting the president' of Belarus
Andrey Pochobut of Polish newspaper GazetaWyborcza, faces a prison sentence for defamation and 'insulting the president' of Belarus
Posted by Joel Gunter on 17 June 2011Reporters Without Borders: Journalist killed in Brazil on World Press Freedom day
Press freedom organisation Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reports that a journalist, Valério Nascimento, was shot and killed in Brazil on Tuesday. The day of the shooting was also the day the world shone a light on the dangers and issues facing journalists across the world, for World Press Freedom day. “Nascimento’s murder, which took place [...]
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