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IFEX Communiqué Vol 20, No 10

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International / Gender

IFEX members on International Women's Day salute women at helm of protests

On the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, IFEX members paid tribute to the women at the forefront of the revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa, along with women journalists, writers and activists who speak out for their rights in the face of repression.

International

More than 100 rights organisations urge UN to oppose defamation of religions

More than 100 rights organisations worldwide, including 41 IFEX members, have banded together to urge member states at the United Nations Human Rights Council session this month to renegotiate defamation of religions resolutions that make criticising religion a crime in UN resolutions, declarations and world conferences. The 16th Human Rights Council session is taking place from 28 February to 25 March 2011 in Geneva.

Turkey

IFEX members join thousands protesting detention of journalists

Thousands of people protested in Turkey on 4 March calling for an end to the repression of Turkish journalists in reaction to last week's detention of at least nine journalists and writers for their alleged links to the "Ergenekon" coup plots, report local IFEX members IPS Communication Foundation (BIANET) and the Initiative for Freedom of Expression (Antenna-TR), as well as other IFEX members.

Pakistan

Another politician killed for opposing blasphemy law

Pakistan's minister responsible for protecting minority rights was gunned down last week in Islamabad, seemingly because of his support for reforms to Pakistan's blasphemy law, reports Freedom House.

International

Fight against Internet censorship

World Day against Cyber Censorship is coming on 12 March. In an era of revolutions through Twitter and WikiLeaks disclosures, show your support for a single Internet that is unrestricted and accessible to all by downloading a banner from Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and posting it on your website or adding it to your email signature.

Palestine

MADA launches video honouring Palestinian photographers

The death of Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana in April 2008 in the Gaza Strip shocked the world. The Palestinian Centre for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) has produced a short film in honour of Shana and the many other Palestinian photographers "who have paid the high price of continued Israeli attacks." It's just one of MADA's many creative ways to engage the public in media freedom issues.

Awards and other opportunities / International

Enter IPI's lucrative news innovation contest

Think you know what the next breakthrough is in digital journalism? Thanks to Google, there's US$2.7 million to be won in the International Press Institute's (IPI) News Innovation Contest, which is aimed at finding and funding breakthrough ideas that will have a lasting impact on the future of digital news in communities across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Applications will be accepted until 1 June.

Awards and other opportunities / International

Martha Gellhorn Prize open for entries

Do you have a story that challenges the secrets and lies in public affairs à la WikiLeaks? Submit it for consideration for the 2010 Martha Gellhorn Prize before 31 March 2011.