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#soe10: Lebedev says he will continue to invest in 'defence against tyranny'
Independent owner vows to keep his distance from editorial decision making, saying he has made sure to have 'very limited influence' over his newspapers
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 15/11/10Media organisations help Burma democracy group map election coverage
The Burma Partnership are mapping pre-election and election day reports in an attempt to give a realistic picture of how the voting unfolded
Posted by Laura Oliver on 12/11/10'The problem with journalism in Russia is not censorship, that would be easy to deal with'
Alexey Kovalev, journalist
Posted by Alexey Kovalev on 10/11/10Imprisoned journalist receives 2011 Golden Pen of Freedom
WAN-IFRA announces winner as Dawit Isaak, in jail in Eritrea for the last nine years without charge or trial
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 27/10/10'Media ethics for press freedom: Quid pro quo?'
Howard Hudson, editor of the European Journalism Centre
Posted by Howard Hudson on 27/10/10European Journalism Centre drafts international media code of ethics
Draft combines the national codes of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK along with the a bloggers code
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 20/10/10Pakistan's first woman photojournalist: inspired by the husband she lost to war
Saadia Sehar writes about the death of her husband, a Reuters photojournalist, and how she decided to remember him by pursuing photography herself
Posted by Saadia Sehar on 13/10/10Cameroon journalist's deportation case adjourned for three months
High Court delays hearing over judicial review for NUJ member Charles Atangana
Posted by Joel Gunter on 07/10/10Journalism organisations sign open letter calling for Congo media reforms
Reporters Without Borders and Journalist in Danger joined by 29 more organisations in letter to President Joseph Kabila
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 16/09/10Journalism groups condemn UK visa refusal to award-winning journalist
NUJ and International Federation of Journalists have called for the reversal of a visa rejection to allow entry to an award-winning reporter from Colombia
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 10/09/10International press groups petition South Africa over controversial bill
In a letter to President Jacob Zuma, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers and the World Editors Forum call for Protection of Information bill to be amended or withdrawn
Posted by Laura Oliver on 23/08/10Harassed Russian journalist wins courage award
Ilya Barabanov, deputy editor of weekly newspaper Novoye Vremya, has been awarded the Peter Mackler award for courageous and ethical journalism
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 23/08/10American journalist arrested in Turkey refuses US help
Freelancer Jake Hess has been detained on suspicion of links to a terrorist organisation but declined help from the US, stating he does not agree with its policy in Turkey
Posted by Laura Oliver on 17/08/10BBC Arabic radio suspended by Sudanese government
BBC World Service informed that BBC Arabic had been discontinued as of 9 August in Khartoum, Port Sudan, Wad Madani and Al-Ubayad
Posted by Laura Oliver on 11/08/10Press freedom group concerned over censorship in Rwandan election
Reporters Without Borders, authorities seized copies of English-language newspaper Rwanda Newsline claiming it is not recognised in the country
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 03/08/10Deportation of Cameroon journalist delayed after NUJ campaign
Charles Atangana has been given a temporary reprieve but unions warn his future in the country remains at risk
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 03/08/10Sunday Times claims it has access to unpublished WikiLeaks files
According to journalist Stephen Grey the newspaper has seen 14,000 items held back by WikiLeaks to avoid endangering the lives of sources in the country
Posted by Laura Oliver on 02/08/10Iraq news station attack highlights risk to journalists, say campaign groups
Car bomb killed four members of staff at Al-Arabiya satellite channel and two members of the public
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 27/07/10Reporters Without Borders voices concerns over freedom of Ukrainian media
Head of the Europe and Central Asia desk at RSF tells Journalism.co.uk there are serious concerns about the "overall climate" for reporters and dangers to their safety
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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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Perez lives and works in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez, covering the drugs wars that have engulfed the city
Posted by Laura Oliver on 18/11/10