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IFEX Communiqué Vol 20, No 16

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Japan

Media discouraged from reporting on tsunami, earthquake fallout, says CPJ

Freelancers in Japan says they and foreign and online media have been actively excluded from reporting on the nuclear threat and other calamities resulting from the earthquake and tsunami, reports the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Tunisia

Country "pessi-optimistic" about free expression situation post-Ben Ali, IFEX-TMG mission finds

Despite the release of jailed bloggers, activists and journalists, including Fahem Boukadous, threats to freedom of expression and other human rights in Tunisia did not disappear with the fall of President Zine El Abedine Ben Ali, says a team of seven members of the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG), which has just completed a mission to the country.

Palestine / Italy

Italian journalist kidnapped and killed in Gaza

Hamas officials have found the body of an Italian journalist and activist who was kidnapped last week in Gaza, report the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) and the International Press Institute (IPI). Vittorio Arrigoni was affiliated with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), a pro-Palestinian rights group, and reported on Palestinian issues for the Italian newspaper "Il Manifesto" and online paper Peacereporter, and also wrote a blog.

Uganda

Authorities arrest opposition, battle journalists and protesters

The leader of Uganda's main opposition party has been charged with riotous behaviour and inciting violence while at least eight journalists have reported being injured during a new wave of protests over rising fuel and food prices, say Human Rights Network Uganda (HRJ-Uganda) and news reports.

Brazil

Threatened journalist killed

A journalist who had been threatened for his critical coverage of criminal groups and local authorities was shot dead in the northeastern city of Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco, report the Associação Brasileira de Jornalismo Investigativo (ABRAJI) and other IFEX members.

International

Help Human Rights Watch win a Webby Award

You can help Human Rights Watch win a People's Voice Webby Award and amplify the voices of brave human rights defenders and survivors of abuses in Burma, Colombia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. You have until 28 April 2011 to cast your vote.

Awards and other opportunities / International

Apply now for Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship

The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) is now accepting applications for the 2011-12 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship, which is open to women journalists working on human rights and social justice issues. The deadline for applications is 27 May 2011.