The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes a decision by the Cebu Regional Trial Court (RTC) in the Philippines in finding John Lloyd Ortiz guilty of attempted murder of Cebu radio broadcaster Cirse “Choy” Torrabla on June 8, 2004.
According to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), an IFJ affiliate, Judge Estela Alam [...]

The International Federation of Journalists (FNJ) is alarmed at continuing attacks on journalists and media houses by factional groups and security personnel in Nepal after two serious attacks were reported this week.
According to the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ), an IFJ affiliate, Gorkhapatra district correspondent and president of the FNJ Bajhang chapter Deepak Oli was [...]

The blog of Brian Gorrell, the Australian who launched a personal Internet movement to get back the $70,000 that his former Filipino lover allegedly stole from him, is steadily penetrating the mainstream press. Although the people he exposed in his blog as cokeheads and thieves have not been identified or seen, this should be welcome [...]

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is appalled by an attack on Radio Zafar, an independent radio station close to Kabul, on March 28.
The Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association (AIJA), an IFJ associate, received reports from the head of the radio station that four unidentified gunmen illegally entered the station at 1am and tied up two [...]

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) demands the immediate release of journalist J.S. Tisseinayagam, who has been held without charge by Sri Lanka’s Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) for 24 days.
According to the Free Media Movement (FMM), an IFJ affiliate, Tisseinayagam, the editor of www.outreachlk.wordpress.com and a columnist for the Sunday Times, was detained by five [...]

Committee to Protect Journalists
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March 28, 2008
The Honorable Reynato Puno
Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the Philippines
Manila, Philippines
Via facsimile: +63-2-526-8129
Dear Chief Justice [...]

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today said the use of a cartoon depicting the prophet Mohammed in an anti-Islam film is an abuse of author’s rights that uses an image inappropriately and without proper permission.
“Using the cartoon in this way and without permission is an appalling violation of authors’ rights,” said Aidan White, IFJ [...]

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today said that Egypt’s attacks on press freedom are reaching “staggering levels” as the numbers of court cases and investigations of journalists have been on the rise.
“This week alone has seen the conviction of one journalist and the raid on the home of another,” said IFJ General Secretary Aidan [...]

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on management at the Associated Press to reconsider the proposed sale of its French service in a deal that they say could seriously undermine its quality and objectivity.
Journalists working for the AP French service, which provides news for French media, held a one day strike on Thursday, [...]

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today condemned harsh fines handed down by a Moroccan court in a libel case brought against a popular newspaper by four judges.
“This fine is disproportionate and punitive,” said Jim Boumelha, IFJ President. “It is impossible not to conclude that the intention is to threaten the survival of the [...]

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today protested government raids on journalists’ homes that followed violent attacks on journalists during demonstrations in Minsk earlier this week.
“Earlier this week, journalists were beaten and put in jail simply because they were doing their job,” said IFJ General Secretary Aidan White. ”Today the government has followed this up [...]

The Cebu City Court of Appeals issued a 60-day temporary restraining order (TRO) on 25 March 2008 in the trial of the suspected masterminds in the killing of a journalist. Cebu is a province approximately 562 km south of Manila.
A three-page resolution penned by Associate Jusitce Francisco Acosta and co-signed by Associate Justices Pampio [...]

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has urged Chinese authorities to allow free media access to enter and report from Lhasa, Tibet following unrest that has plagued the region since March 14.
Chinese authorities have been selectively allowing foreign journalists to enter Lhasa from March 26 only by arrangement with the provincial government.
The IFJ welcomes this [...]

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the Hamas leadership in Gaza over the show trial of a newspaper editor as part of a continuing campaign against independent journalists.
The IFJ says the trial of Hafez Barghothi, editor of the daily Al-Hayat Aljadeeda, and continuing ban on distribution of Al Ayyam newspaper in the Gaza [...]

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the Egyptian government over raids and threats that have forced an Internet journalist to go into hiding to escape police harassment.
Abdul-Jalil Al-Sharnouby, a member of the Egyptian Syndicate of Journalists (EJS) and editor in chief of the Ikhwanonline web site – the official site of the Muslim [...]

The International Federation of Journalists is appalled by a brutal verbal attack on Sri Lankan journalists by Government MP and Minister of Labour Mervyn Silva on March 20.
IFJ affiliate the Free Media Movement (FMM) reports Silva threatened MTV/MBC journalists covering the opening of a flyover bridge in his electorate.
According to FMM reports, the Minister said [...]

The International Federation of Journalists today expressed concern at the detention of a leading newspaper columnist in Turkey warning that the police action and raid on his house are echoes of of intolerance and authoritarianism still at work in Turkish politics.
Mr. Ilhan Selcuk, the veteran columnist of the nationalist daily newspaper Cumhuriyet was taken into [...]

The Philippine Supreme Court granted on 18 March 2008 a petition by the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) and the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) to transfer the venue of the trials of suspects in the killings of two Aklan-based journalists to another branch of the Regional Trial Court (RTC). Aklan [...]

The International Federation of Journalists today welcomed the formation of the Association of Journalists Unions in the North of Africa, which will act as the regional body of journalists’ trade unions in the media industry in the region.
This ground-breaking development was announced on Friday at the 6th Congress of the National Moroccan Syndicate of the [...]

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Free Media Movement in stressing concerns about alleged links between the ransacking of the home of two journalists on March 16 and a series of assaults and threats apparently related to media coverage of a government minister attacking staff at the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) in [...]