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International

New FAIFE Spotlight released on libraries and freedom of information

The article examines progress towards reorienting libraries towards effective participation in the freedom of information process.

International

ARTICLE 19 launches Join the Debate, a new blog about free expression issues

To mark World Press Freedom Day, ARTICLE 19 staff and volunteers blog about the situation of free media, including new media.

International

Eritrea, North Korea, Syria top list of 10 most censored countries

CPJ's report details how censorship works in each nation and highlights some trends among the censored countries, including disputed legitimacy of leadership and lagging economic development.

International

Freedom House launches 2012 report on press freedom

According to the report, for the first time in eight years, global media freedom did not experience an overall decline, while the Middle East and North Africa saw dramatic if precarious gains in press freedom in 2011.

International

Global call to commemorate World Press Freedom Day

WAN-IFRA has just added an interview with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkol Karman to the package of editorial and advertising materials it is offering to media worldwide to commemorate World Press Freedom Day on 3 May.

International

Internet giants submit to external free expression scrutiny

The Global Network Initiative's annual report contains the results of the first independent external assessment of Yahoo, Microsoft, and Google's capacity to protect freedom of expression in the face of government demands that could restrict it.

International

Recent journalist deaths add to record total for 2012 so far

“We are witnessing, by a significant margin, the deadliest start to a year for the media in recent memory,” IPI Executive Director Alison Bethel McKenzie said. “As movements for democracy spread across the world, journalists – whose work is critical to any free society – are increasingly coming under violent attack.”

International

CPJ's Impunity Index: Getting away with murder

Unsolved journalist murders have risen sharply in Mexico and Pakistan, continuing an alarming trend in both countries; in contrast CPJ did chart improving conditions in Colombia, Nepal and Bangladesh.

International

Local censorship goes global as media under siege, says CPJ report

"In a globalized information age, censorship is a transnational violation that must be emphatically countered," said CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon.

International

Arab Spring protests deserve strong international support, says Human Rights Watch report

Many democracies have allowed their ties with repressive allies to temper their support for human rights in the Arab Spring protests, according to the annual review of human rights practices around the globe.

International

Freedom House survey highlights significance of Arab uprisings

In its annual survey of political rights and civil liberties, the organisation concluded that even as the Arab Spring triggered unprecedented progress, it also provoked a backlash, repercussion of which have been felt across the Middle East, Eurasia and Africa.

International

IPI reports on deadly trends for journalists in 2011

Of the 103 journalists killed in 2011 because of their work, 36 lost their lives in Latin America, confirming a trend of increasing violence against journalists in the Western hemisphere that IPI and other international groups have sought to address for some years.

International

The Arab world is the most dangerous region for journalists, says WAN-IFRA

According to the organisation's annual report, 64 journalists and other media workers were killed world-wide because of their professional activities in 2011, with nearly half of them killed in Pakistan, Iraq, Libya and Yemen.

International

IFJ presses UN for action on media killings after violence claims 106 lives of journalists and media staff in 2011

IFJ blames governments' failure to uphold their international obligations for the ongoing violence targeting media.

International

IPI reviews 10 states with poor press freedom records, on whose strategic support the West depends

In "'Friends' of the West, enemies of press freedom", IPI highlights the press freedom situations in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Hungary.

International

RSF annual overview: 10 most dangerous places for journalists

The Arab Spring and protests in other countries were responsible for a dramatic surge in the number of arrests, from 535 in 2010 to 1,044 in 2011.

International

Unrest and impunity drive journalist deaths in 2011, according to CPJ's year-end survey

Political conflict and unrest proved deadly for journalists in 2011, while governments failed to prosecute those who targeted reporters for their work.

International

Number of journalists in prison reaches 15-year high

Iran, Eritrea and China are among the leading jailers, according to CPJ's annual census; nearly half of those held were online journalists, while about 45 percent of the imprisoned were freelancers.

International

IPI report surveys the consequences of impunity

"Impunity is a particularly difficult evil to counter because it is self-reinforcing," says the report.

Middle East and North Africa / International

Freedom House report cites rule of law, anti-corruption as keys to Arab Spring success

The "Countries at the Crossroads 2011" report concludes that success in the Arab democratic revolution will require major reforms in government institutions that had been seriously undermined during previous authoritarian regimes.

International

Freedom House report finds governments restricting media through regulation

The report shows that governments are becoming increasingly savvy in maintaining control over content, says the organisation.

International

Impunity for killers of journalists threatens freedom of expression, says WAN-IFRA report

Assaults are daily - and often deadly - for those who challenge governments, report on conflict or investigate corruption and crime, WAN-IFRA said in its annual review of press freedom worldwide.

International

Companies that cooperate with dictatorships must be sanctioned, says RSF

RSF condemns the criminal cooperation that exists between many western companies, especially those operating in the field of new technologies, and authoritarian regimes.

International

Press freedom concerns grow around the world in first six months of 2011

IPI's report notes that there has been very little improvement in media freedom around the world, and in many parts, the losses far outweighed the gains.

International

Imminent danger drives journalists into exile

According to CPJ information, nearly 70 journalists fled their homes in the last 12 months, more than half of them from Cuba and Iran.

International

World Refugee Day: Forced to flee but not silenced, exiled media fight on

To mark World Refugee Day on 20 June 2011, RSF is paying tribute to those journalists who manage to continue their work after being forced to flee their country.

International

New CPJ report documents sexual aggression against journalists

The report provides the most extensive documentation gathered thus far on how sexual assault threatens press freedom worldwide.

International

WAN-IFRA guide for social investment in media

The report outlines how socially conscious investors and donors can increase funding to news media in developing and emerging markets and contribute to media independence worldwide.

International

Freedom House exposes world's worst human rights abusers

The report identifies 17 countries and 3 territories whose citizens live in extremely oppressive environments, with minimal basic rights and persistent human rights violations.

International

Impunity plagues cases of slain journalists, says new CPJ index

More than 40 percent of the victims included in the index had been threatened prior to being murdered, while nearly 30 percent had covered politics, according to the report.

International

IPI releases "World Press Freedom Review 2010 - Focus on the Americas"

The Americas inched closer to becoming the most dangerous region in the world for journalists, with two countries - Mexico and Honduras - accounting for nearly a quarter of reporters killed in 2010, IPI said.

International

Digital censorship threatens press freedom, new CPJ report shows

CPJ's assessment of the 10 prevailing strategies for online oppression and the leading countries utilising such tactics shows that traditional mechanisms of repression have evolved into pervasive digital censorship.

International

Middle East in decline as global press freedom hits low point, according to Freedom House report

The number of people worldwide with access to free and independent media declined to its lowest level in over a decade, according to the study "Freedom of the Press 2011: A Global Survey of Media Independence".

International

Freedom House study finds mounting threats to Internet freedom

Cyberattacks, politically motivated censorship and government control over Internet infrastructure are among the threats to Internet freedom, according to the study "Freedom on the Net 2011: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media".

International

ARTICLE 19 Artist Alert: March 2011

The March alert features cases from Tunisia, Pakistan, China and United Arab Emirates, among others.

International

WiPC July-December 2010 caselist

Throughout 2010 the WiPC monitored over 730 cases of attacks against writers, journalists, publishers and others in 81 countries.

International

RSF report marking International Women's Day

To mark International Women's Day, RSF releases a report on the problems facing women who work as journalists.

International

"Muscling in on the media": an RSF look at organised crime

Since the end of the Cold War, the media's leading predators have been mafias, drug cartels and paramilitary groups that have turned to large-scale smuggling, said RSF.

International

Global institutions lagging in defence of press freedom, says CPJ

Journalists worldwide continue to face threats, imprisonment, intimidation and killings, according to "Attacks on the Press", a yearly survey released by CPJ.

International

Roll call of loss and tragedy continues, says IFJ report of media staff killed in 2010

The 94 media fatalities in 2010 demonstrate the increasing risks facing journalists around the globe, said IFJ.

International

Mexico, Pakistan most deadly places for journalists in 2010, WAN-IFRA says

Sixty-six journalists and other media workers were killed world-wide because of their professional activities in 2010 according to WAN-IFRA.

International

CJFE reports that 87 journalists were killed worldwide in 2010

Three countries bore the brunt of the killings - Pakistan, Mexico and Honduras - which accounted for 43% of journalists murdered in 2010.

International

IFJ reports 97 journalists were lost to violence in 2010

"Nearly 100 journalists killed is a heavy loss which ought to stir the world governments into action to offer better protection to journalists," said IFJ's president.

International

Journalists in 2010: targets and bargaining chips

According to RSF, 57 journalists were killed in connection with their work in 2010, a 25 percent drop from 2009.

International

Veil bans shroud freedom of expression, says ARTICLE 19

In a report titled "Bans on the full face veil and human rights", ARTICLE 19 analyses laws banning the wearing of the veil from a freedom of expression perspective.

International

Pakistan deadliest nation for the media; 42 journalists killed worldwide in 2010

Iraq, Honduras and Mexico also ranked high for journalism-related fatalities.

International

China, Iran propel journalist imprisonments to highest level in 14 years, according to CPJ report

Anti-state charges are the leading reason for jailings, CPJ said in its 2010 census of imprisoned journalists.

International

Female journalists, writers and activists targeted for carrying out their profession in 2010

Democratic Republic of the Congo

International

ARTICLE 19 Artist Alert - October 2010

The October Artist Alert features cases from China, Turkey, Singapore, Denmark and Malaysia, among others.

International

New Freedom House study shows blasphemy laws a serious threat to human rights

The report examines how governments use these laws to legitimise crackdowns on divergent views under the pretext of maintaining 'social harmony.'

International

RSF 2010 World Press Freedom Index: Europe falls from its pedestal, no respite in the dictatorships

"More than ever before, we see that economic development, institutional reform and respect for fundamental rights do not necessarily go hand in hand," RSF noted.

International

Press freedom under attack around the world, WAN-IFRA says

At least 56 journalists have been killed in the first eight and a half months of 2010, WAN-IFRA said in its annual review of press freedom.

International

ARTICLE 19 Artist Alert - August 2010

August's Artist Alert features cases from Zimbabwe, Guatemala, Russia and Singapore among others.

International

Six-month IPI Death Watch report

Although 2010 has so far seen fewer journalists killed because of their work than in 2009, a worrying trend has emerged in Latin America, IPI said.

International

ARTICLE 19 Artist Alert - June 2010

June's Artist Alert features cases from Russia, Pakistan, Netherlands and Indonesia among others.

International

"An exodus from Iran, East Africa", CPJ releases report on journalists in exile

A new survey by CPJ has found that at least 29 Iranian editors, reporters and photographers fled into exile between 1 June 2009 and 31 May 2010.

International

Attacks against journalists on the rise worldwide, says WAN-IFRA report

Journalists in many countries face violence and persecution, WAN-IFRA said in its half-year review of global press freedom.

International

New RSF report details dangers of environmental reporting

Attacks on journalists and bloggers who try to cover any kind of environmental damage are growing steadily all over the world but those who investigate industrial pollution or the destruction of forests are particularly exposed, reports RSF.

International

ARTICLE 19 Artist Alert - May 2010

May's Artist Alert features cases from Somalia, Côte d'Ivoire, Burma, UAE and China among others.

International

Freedom House reveals world's worst human rights abusers

"In this report we identify regimes whose people experience heavy penalties for independent thought or action," says Freedom House.

International

Restrictions on press freedom intensifying, concludes Freedom House in "2010 Freedom of the Press" study

The study reported that press freedom declined for the eighth consecutive year, producing a global landscape in which only one in six people live in countries with a free press.

International

"Getting Away With Murder": CPJ's 2010 Impunity Index

CPJ has released its newly updated Impunity Index, a list of countries where journalists are killed regularly and governments fail to solve the crimes.

International

ARTICLE 19 Artist Alert - March 2010

March's Artist Alert features cases from Iran, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, China, Malta and Burma, among others.

International

Freedom House releases "Countries at the Crossroads" 2010 report

According to Freedom House's assessment, declines exceeded improvements with widespread efforts by governments to restrict freedom of expression and association in particular.

International

WiPC caselist July-December 2009

The WiPC caselist summarising all recorded attacks against writers, journalists and publishers in the period July to December 2009 is available on-line.

International

CPJ worldwide survey - "Attacks on the Press"

The massacre of Philippine journalists and Iran's crackdown on free expression are among the developments examined in the new edition of "Attacks on the Press".

International

IPI releases World Press Freedom Review 2009

The report highlights the most dangerous areas of the world for journalists.

International

ARTICLE 19 Artist Alert - January 2010

Artist Alert, launched by ARTICLE 19 in 2008, highlights cases of artists around the world whose right to freedom of expression has been curtailed and abused.

International

IFJ marks "end of deadly decade" with report on journalists and media staff killed in 2009

The report provides detailed information of media killings, including 32 victims of a single massacre in Manguindanao, the Philippines, in November 2009.

International

Challenges lie ahead for press freedom in Southeast Asia, says SEAPA

A number of worrying incidents point to a long year ahead for those who would protect and promote press freedom.

International

Abusers step up attacks on rights defenders, says Human Rights Watch in World Report

The human rights movement's ability to exert pressure on behalf of victims has grown enormously, and this has spawned a reaction from abusive governments.

International

Global declines in freedom outweighed gains in 2009, says Freedom House annual survey

Declines in freedom were registered in 40 countries in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and the former Soviet Union.

International

2009 leaves one of worst records for targeted killings of journalists, says IFJ

IFJ calls for more action to protect media as it tallies 37 journalists and media personnel killed in 2009.

International

2009 a treacherous year for journalists, says CJFE

Cases in the Phillipines, Mexico, Somalia, Pakistan and Russia account for seventy percent of journalists killed in 2009.

International

RSF presents 2009 year-end report

It is becoming riskier to cover wars as journalists themselves are being targeted and face the possibility of being murdered or kidnapped, notes RSF.

International

Philippines, Somalia fuel record media death toll

At least 68 journalists worldwide were killed for their work in 2009, the highest yearly tally ever documented by CPJ.

International

ARTICLE 19 calls for changed climate for free expression and freedom of information

An ARTICLE 19 report shows how responses to climate change will not be effective without transparency, the free flow of information and respect for freedom of expression.

International

CPJ's 2009 prison census: Freelance journalists under fire

Freelancers now make up nearly 45 percent of all journalists jailed worldwide, according to the CPJ report.

International

Innovative research by ARTICLE 19 shows impact of civil defamation on freedom of expression

Mapping the terrain of civil defamation has unearthed otherwise hidden contours of oppression, censorship and legal intimidation, says ARTICLE 19.

International

Attacks on press freedom multiplying worldwide, says WAN-IFRA

At least 88 journalists have been killed so far in 2009 and hundreds of media employees have been arrested and jailed.

International

Female journalists, writers and activists targeted for carrying out their profession in 2009

Asia Pacific

International

ARTICLE 19 Artist Alert - October 2009

Artist Alert, launched by ARTICLE 19 in 2008, highlights cases of artists around the world whose right to freedom of expression has been curtailed and abused.

International

IPI publishes results of "Accessing Governments" project

Turkey, Yemen and Kenya were the worst at providing government information to journalists, according to the results of IPI's pilot project.

International

RSF releases World Press Freedom Index 2009

Obama effect in US, while Europe continues to recede; Israel in free fall, Iran at gates of infernal trio

International

Right to Know Day 2009: a global snapshot

ARTICLE 19's international offices report on regional updates on access to information legislation.

International

ARTICLE 19 Artist Alert - August 2009

Artist Alert, launched by ARTICLE 19 in 2008, highlights cases of artists whose right to freedom of expression has been curtailed and abused.

International

WPFC releases world survey of insult laws

While the survey of 58 countries shows important setbacks in WPFC's campaign to eliminate insult laws, there have been advances in some Latin American countries.

International

AMARC 2008 Annual Report

International

RSF issues report on missing journalists to mark International Day of the Disappeared

Mexico and Sri Lanka are the countries worst-hit by disappearances since 2000, according to RSF's research.

International

ARTICLE 19 artist alert

Artist Alert, launched by ARTICLE 19 in 2008, highlights cases of artists whose right to freedom of expression has been curtailed and abused.

International

CPJ special report: Journalists in Exile

CPJ presents its report on journalists who have gone into exile.

International

Freedom House report points to growing threat to Internet by authoritarian regimes

Freedom House report features analysis from prominent experts on the ways in which China, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, and Pakistan are preventing the emergence of an international system based on the rule of law, human rights, and free expression.

International

Artists' right to free expression curtailed with arrests, detention, censorship

Art, in any form, constitutes a key medium through which information and ideas are imparted and received.

International

Attacks on the Press in 2008: Middle East/North Africa Developments

International

Attacks on the Press in 2008: Europe and Central Asia Developments

International

Attacks on the Press in 2008: Asia Developments

International

Attacks on the Press in 2008: Vietnam

International

Attacks on the Press in 2008: Americas Developments

International

Attacks on the Press in 2008: Africa Developments

International

Attacks on the Press in 2008: Middle East and North Africa (Pre-empting the Satellite TV Revolution)

International

Attacks on the Press in 2008: Asia (Media Freedom Stalls as China Sets the Course)

International

Attacks on the Press in 2008: Africa (In Text-Message Reporting, Opportunity and Risk)

International

Attacks on the Press in 2008: Americas (Drug Trade, Violent Gangs Pose Grave Danger)

International

Attacks on the Press in 2008

International

World Press Freedom Review 2008: Middle East and North Africa

International

World Press Freedom Review 2008: Africa

International

World Press Freedom Review 2008: Americas

International

World Press Freedom Review 2008: Asia

International

World Press Freedom Review 2008: Australasia

International

World Press Freedom Review 2008

International

Perilous Assignments: Journalists and Media Staff Killed in 2008

International

Press Freedom Round-up 2008

International

Freedom in the World 2009 Survey Release

International

2009 World Report: Obama Should Emphasize Human Rights

International

Press Freedom, World Review - June-December 2008

International

For sixth straight year, Iraq deadliest nation for press

International

World Report 2009: European Union

International

World Report 2009 - International

International

SPEAKING OUT FOR FREE EXPRESSION 1987-2007 AND BEYOND: Middle East and North Africa Regional Overview

International

SPEAKING OUT FOR FREE EXPRESSION 1987-2007 AND BEYOND: Africa Regional Overview

International

SPEAKING OUT FOR FREE EXPRESSION 1987-2007 AND BEYOND: Asia Regional Overview

International

SPEAKING OUT FOR FREE EXPRESSION 1987-2007 AND BEYOND: Americas Regional Overview

International

CPJ's 2008 prison census: Online and in jail

International

IFJ Guidelines for Reporting on Violence Against Women

International

Speaking of Terror: A survey of the effects of counter-terrorism legislation on freedom of the media in Europe

International

Press Freedom Index 2008

International / Bolivia

Bolivia's Historic Moment

International

Your Right to Know: A Broadcaster's Manual on Discussing Access to Information in Southeast Asia

International

Journalists in Exile

International

Journalists Killed in 2007

International

Freedom of Information: A Comparative Legal Survey (2nd ed)

International

Freedom of the Press 2008 Survey Release

International

Principles on Democratic Regulation of Community Broadcasting

International

In the Balance: Press Freedom in South Asia 2007-2008

International

The Predators of Press Freedom

International

Risks Faced by Journalists in Europe

International

Getting Away with Murder: CPJ's Impunity Index

International

Silencing Sources: An International Survey of Protections and Threats to Journalists' Sources

International

Press Freedom World Review, November 2007 - June 2008

International

Report to the Midyear Meeting 2008

North Africa / International

Breaking the Chains Press Freedom Campaign: Arab World and Iran

International

Internet Censorship

International

Confronting Taboos and Censorship: Women Speaking Out

International

Freedom of the Press Worldwide in 2008

International

Media Employees Killed in 2007

International

Attacks on the Press in 2007

International

World Report 2008

International

Press Freedom Safety of Journalists and Impunity

International

Killings of Journalists Maintain Record Levels

International

Press Freedom Round-up

International

Journalist Deaths Hit Decade Peak

International

The Predators of Press Freedom 2008

International

European Union: Risks Faced by Journalists

International

Breaking the Shackles the Continuing Fight Against Censorship and Spin

International

In the Balance Press freedom in South Asia 2007-2008

International

Freedom of the Press 2008 Survey Release

International

Getting Away With Murder: CPJ Impunity Index