26 April 2006

SEAPA CONFERENCE TACKLES FREE EXPRESSION AND THE INTERNET IN ASIA


The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) sponsored a conference in Manila, the Philippines, on 19-21 April 2006 that brought together Internet experts, bloggers and independent online news providers to share the latest ideas on battling Internet censorship, promoting citizen journalism and using online tools for free expression advocacy.

"Free Expression in Asian Cyberspace" was hosted by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), which is a member of SEAPA.

Several IFEX members attended the conference, including the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, the Pakistan Press Foundation, ARTICLE 19, the Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders.

Speaker presentations in audio and video format can be downloaded here: http://freeexpressionasia.wordpress.com/

Read live-blog reports on the conference:
- PCIJ: http://www.pcij.org/blog/?p=856
- Ethan Zuckerman: http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?cat=10
- Asia 0900: http://asia247.tv/asia0900/


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Also from the Communiqué, 27 April 2006

TUNISIA: FREE EXPRESSION STILL UNDER SIEGE 26 April 2006 NEPAL: JOURNALISTS AT FOREFRONT OF PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTS 26 April 2006 CHINA: IFEX MEMBERS URGE RELEASE OF DETAINED REPORTER 26 April 2006 MEXICO: MEDIA LAW REFORMS HAILED 26 April 2006 THE GAMBIA: TWO JOURNALISTS RELEASED, NEWSPAPER ALLOWED TO PUBLISH 26 April 2006 IRAQ: SLAIN IRAQI REPORTER HONOURED WITH OVERSEAS PRESS CLUB AWARD 1 May 2006

International

A "to do" list for internet freedom 16 May 2012 Human rights council urged to recognise role of free expression in protecting rights of LGBT persons 7 March 2012 ARTICLE 19 welcomes Internet free expression debate 1 March 2012 RSF concerned about Google's new country-redirect service on Blogger 16 February 2012 Twitter urged not to cooperate with censors 27 January 2012


 
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