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2016-02-04 15:11Owners, publishers, and editors-in-chief of major news organisations from around the world will be in Paris on Friday (5th February) to discuss effective ways of increasing safety for news professionals and ending impunity for crimes against journalists. Read more ...
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2016-01-27 13:28Leading international free expression and press freedom groups condemn government’s refusal to allow supporters to visit pair jailed for their reporting, call for their release Read more ...
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2016-01-20 21:23Human rights and freedom of expression groups, amongst them WAN-IFRA, are calling on the Moroccan authorities to drop all charges against journalist and editor Ali Anouzla and to end their judicial pursuit of him and his news publication. Read more ...
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2016-01-20 16:40WAN-IFRA joined international freedom of expression groups in denouncing the continued detention journalists journalists Somaru Nag and Santosh Yadav in Chhattisgarh, India. Read more ...
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2015-12-23 11:04The 2015 International Partnership Mission to Indonesia (IPMI) has released its Observations and Recommendations, including a detailed list of suggested measures to protect freedom of expression. The Observations and Recommendations focus on challenges faced by local and foreign journalists, legal and regulatory threats to freedom of expression and Indonesia’s continuing climate of impunity for attacks against journalists and media workers. Read more ...
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2015-12-15 11:05A new report released today by WAN-IFRA, the Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA), and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), details how the practice of soft censorship is undermining the media industry across Macedonia. Read more ...
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2015-12-12 14:08The Board of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), meeting in Paris on 12th December 2015, calls for renewed global solidarity with the Turkish press in the wake of continuing attacks and the government’s hard-line stance against independent, free media. Read more ...
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2015-12-01 12:48WAN-IFRA has joined signatories of an appeal organised by RSF in accusing the Turkish authorities of “persecuting journalists of all colours in an increasingly ferocious manner” and urges them “to free Can Dündar and Erdem Gül without delay." Read more ...
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2015-11-23 11:16‘Soft’ censorship is quickening an already serious decline in media independence in Montenegro. This is the conclusion of a new report published today by WAN-IFRA, the Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA), and the Montenegrin Centre for Civic Education (CCE). Read more ...
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