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| Press
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- REAL
NEWS — 'The promise'
- NWMI
demands release of Parameshawary
- Anupama
Jayaraman Memorial Award, 2007 for young women
journalists
- International
fact-finding and advocacy mission to Sri Lanka
- Two
years of democracy: The struggle for press freedom
and journalist safety in Afghanistan
- Court
orders arrest of 10 journalists for defamation
in the Philippines
- Indonesian
editor's criminal defamation trial an "affront
to free speech"
- Media
can play key role in addressing HIV/AIDS in
Africa and Asia, says IFJ
- IFJ
supports AJI's international appeal to release
detained editor in Indonesia
- A
vibrant media under press: an independent assessment
of press freedom in the Maldives
- Mongolian
television editor beaten after airing controversial
program
- Care
must be taken in reporting trauma in Mumbai,
says IFJ
- Another
journalist missing in Pakistan indicates worrying
trend, says IFJ
- CIVICUS
joins others in appealing, on Ethiopian National
Day, for the release of activists
— CIVICUS
- Journalist
injured in Nepal during international press
freedom mission [.PDF
44 KB]
- Women
make the news 2006 —
UNESCO
- Targeting
and tragedy:Journalists and media staff killed
in 2005. [.PDF
397 KB]
- UN
report asks governments to improve data collection
to better women's lives
- Ahmadinejad
begins 2006 with escalated violence against
women and new gender apartheid policies in Iran
- Young
journalist murdered in Assam after criticising
forest warden
- Bangladesh:
Islamic militants target journalists
- Six
journalists already arrested or threatened since
the start of the year
- Afghan
women's rights editor released from prison.
- Pakistan
press foundation: Updated preliminary report
of the assessment of losses and needs of Pakistani
media personnel and organisations in areas affected
by the earthquake of 8 October 2005.[.PDF
106.5 KB]
- Press
freedom suffers as violence accelerates in Jaffna,
Sri Lanka [.PDF
27 KB]
- IFJ
deeply concerned over kidnapping of Pakistani
journalist (.PDF
25 KB)
- Newspaper
editor arrested for defamation in Cambodia
(.PDF 26
KB)
- Bangladesh:
Surge in political violence, bombing takes its
toll on the press
- NWMI
condemns attack on Khushboo and urges protection
of right to freedom of expression
- Announcement
of the 2005 Sanskriti-Prabha Dutt Fellowship
(.PDF 151
KB)
- Two
journalists killed in the Philippines in 60
hours (.PDF
29 KB)
- Concern
over the mounting public
campaign against Khushboo and Suhasini
- Supreme
court green light for permanent press censorship
- IFJ
welcomes historic show of solidarity amongst
media in Sri Lanka (.PDF
30 KB)
- New
media laws taken to Nepalese Supreme Court
- Jennifer
Latheef sentenced to 10 years in prison
- New
media laws will cripple press freedom in Nepal,
says IFJ
- Police
use criminal defamation against Cambodian newspaper
- Deliberate
neglect by authorities contributes to journalists'
death
- Afghan
women’s rights magazine editor arrested
- Journalist
reporting illegal logging targeted by military
in Cambodia
- Chhattisgarh
government adopts law that could put journalists
in prison
- Knife
attack on journalist over story about trafficking
in women
- International
delegation expresses grave concern
- Press
freedom goes on trial in Thailand
- Protest
against AIMPLB for its postition on the Imrana
case
- Thai
government continues harassment of journalist
Anchalee Paireerak
- Thai
government shuts down two websites on false
grounds
- Banned
Nepal radio hits street, from Community
Radio Network
- Nepalese
journalists launch blog to counter restrictions
on press freedom
- Officials'
unfair disruption of journalists' protests continue
throughout Nepal
- Anti-wiretapping
law gags Filipino journalists
- Women
sparked an anti-government protest in Tehran
- Magazine
editor arrested in Andhra Pradesh for "waging
war against the state."
- Nepal
government arrests journalists as Supreme Court
supports media freedom
- Nepalese
journalists unite against government crackdown
and media attacks
- IFJ
fears for journalists' safety following bomb
attack on TV station in Sri Lanka
- Journalist
murdered in Bangladesh
- Ban
on independent news site in Burma lifted
- Hong
Kong reporter detained by Chinese authorities
- Unconstitutional
media restrictions, kidnappings and continued
intimidation of media in Nepal
- India's
environment and wildlife film festival in November
- IFJ
calls for Pakistani journalist's prison sentence
to be dropped
- Media
bill a setback to press freedom in Pakistan,
says IFJ
- Journalist
beaten to death in Afghanistan
- Independent
voices silenced in Nepal
- Journalist
abducted, mobile phone and travel restrictions
continue in Nepal
- Health
activists set up 'UNICEF Watch' to monitor activities
of new UNICEF executive director
- IFJ
welcomes the passing of the Right to Information
Bill in India and calls for scrapping the existing
Official Secrets Act
- IFJ
holds grave fears for journalists' safety in
Sri Lanka
- UN
impinges on Taiwanese journalists' rights —
IFJ
- IFJ
demands release of detained journalists in the
Maldives
- IFJ
welcomes pro-worker decision of Pakistan supreme
court
- IFJ
launches third annual South Asia press freedom
report on World Press Freedom Day, 3 May
- IFJ
alarmed at tightening government grip over broadcast
media in Pakistan
- Two
journalists jailed under Indonesia's harsh criminal
defamation laws —
IFJ
- Nepali
journalist stopped from leaving country, restrictions
continue on press freedom, reports IFJ
- Culture
of impunity sees tragic end of yet another life,
says IFJ
- World
press freedom day marred by violence in Pakistan.
IFJ reports on the fracas (.PDF
26.5 KB)
- IFJ
protests police attack on newspaper staff on
May Day in Noida, India
- IFJ
condemns the murder of Sri Lankan journalist
(.PDF 24.9 KB)
- Nepalese
government's grip on the media remains unrelenting
IFJ reports on the strict media surveillance
(.PDF
44.5 KB)
- Radio
industry practitioners and academics to debate
issues at new radio conference
- ABU,
MTV Networks International, UNDP-APDIP and Kaiser
Family Foundation partner in the production
of HIV/AIDS-themed programming in Asia Pacific
- Protest
over impunity of journalists’ deaths in
Iraq (.PDF
57.4 KB)
- New
Gender and ICT policy website helps women make
ICT policy a priority
- Media
leaders from around the globe expand their response
to the United Nation’s call to fight the
AIDS epidemic
- United
States Educational Foundation in India invite
you to an exhibition of photographs American
Museums thru Indian Eyes
- Governments
pledge to accelerate efforts to achieve equality
for women, UN Commission concludes session
- Resolution
submitted by women’s media and information and
communication organizations attending the 49th
session of the UN CSW and the 10-year review
and appraisal of the Beijing Platform for Action,
March 2005
- CPJ’s
'Attacks on the Press' recounts deadly year
- IFJ
mission report on Nepal: coups, kings and censorship
- Media
executives join forces to fight AIDS at MIPTV
featuring MILIA
- Expressions
in freedom — a festival of films by Asian
women filmmakers (view pdf 116 kb). For
schedule click here
(pdf 78.7 kb)
- IFJ
Nepal mission finds unacceptable repression
of journalists
- Analysis
of the media's tsunami coverage
- Campaign
against female foeticide and infanticide
- Talk
by UPCC chief Salman Khurshid
- Pak
peacenik Pervez Hoodbhoy in Mumbai
- Press
conference against slum demolitions
- SPARROW
holds an exhibition of cartoons
- Two
Iranian women face death by stoning and execution
- Dristi
(Techfest 2005) calls upon students to come
up with practical solutions to help the viaually
impaired.
- All
India foundation conference of people's media
initiative to be held at Mumbai on 8 and 9 January
2005
- Cyber
dialogues end with a call to action on Human
Rights Day
- Civil
soceity organisations ready to demonstrate in
solidarity with Zimbabweans on 10 December
- Peace
Media calls for peace in Nepal
- Secretary-General
hails women as most courageous, creative champions
in fight against HIV/ AIDS, in World AIDS day
message
- CSE
film nominated for international green award
once again
- Mumbai
to release a wild side in a first of its kind
exhibition
- Press
conference
- United
Nations establishes Working Group on Internet
governance
- Mumbai
public hearing on denial of essential healthcare
- Peace
Media group has launched peacejournalism.com,
their new e-magazine
- Mullahs!
Beware of the radio voice of women against fundamentalism
- East
Asia and Middle East have worst press freedom
records
- Jila
Izadi’s stoning in Iran
- Newspaper
editor beheaded in axe attack in Bangladesh
- People's
Political Front
- Journalist
imprisoned over articles about conflict between
peasants and military in
Pakistan.
- The
16th anniversary of the massacre of political
prisoners in Iran
- Press
offices attacked in riots sparked by killings
in Iraq (Also read
this)
- Journalist
attacked in Mumbai
- Editor
stabbed as he leaves office in Mumbai
- A
16 year girl hanged in public for having the
courage to defend herself
- Bangladesh
investigative journalist murdered
- Journalist
executed by Maoists.
- Journalist
murdered in Colombo
- Sri
Lankan activist killed
- Entering
the 10th day of hunger strike, political prisoners
defy Iran's fundamentalist regime
- Journalist
wounded in shooting in the east of Sri Lanka
- Iran’s
student movement calls for the overthrow of
Tehran’s fundamentalist regime
- Militant
nationalists attack Mumbai daily
- Female
British journalist treated like a criminal in
Los Angles
- Charkha
awards for excellence in development journalism
– 2003 presented
- Federal
Court preserves stay of rules, calls FCC Deregulatory
tendencies 'irrational' and 'inconsistent'
- Men
join battle to end violence against women,
Women's Enews
- Gulf
women use education, vote to push ahead,
Women's Enews
- Pakistan:
Imprisoned journalist freed, a
CPJ release
- CPJ
releases report on Bangladesh
- International
Federation of Journalists releases “The
Story Behind the News: Journalists and Press
Freedom in South Asia”
- WEDO
releases MDG information and action guide,
by Doris Mpoumou
- Ten
stories the world should hear more about,
UNIC
- UNESCO
statement on World Press Freedom Day, 3 May
2004, a message from Koïchiro Matsuura,
director-general of UNESCO
- CPJ
releases 'Attacks on the Press in 2003'
- The
Hunger Project announces the fourth Sarojini
Naidu Prize for
Best Reporting on Women and Panchayati Raj
- Official
launch of Editors Weblog and call for contributions
- A
report by the World Commission on the Social
Dimension of Globalization
- How
the world press in Mumbai maintained its freedom
24 hours a day
- International
Women's Day 2004, a message from UN Secretary
General
Kofi Annan
- Women’s
groups evaluate Bush administration on global
women’s issues — reality still falls
short of the president’s rhetoric
- In
the name of charity — British public is
funding Hindutva extremism
- International
Women's Day 2004 – 'The Power of Women's
Voices', a
speech
by Noeleen Heyzer.
- UN-HABITAT
announces award-winning cities in "The
First Contest of Gender Responsive Local Governments
Asia-Pacific"
- How
the world press in Mumbai maintained its freedom
24 hours a day
- "The
First Contest of Gender Responsive Local Governments
Asia -Pacific"
- Annan
to name Canadian Justice Louise Arbour as top
UN
human rights official
- Comcast
eyes the magic kingdom, by Evan Derkacz,
AlterNet.
- Feminists
at the WSF: now and beyond!!!
- Women's
anti-discrimination committee concludes current
session
- Pakistan
TV Show Flooded with Women's Questions
- 36
journalists killed for their work in 2003,
cpj.org
- IFOR's
Women Peacemakers Program presents video documentary
- New
web partnership between UNIFEM’S women,
war and peace web portal and WILPF’s peacewomen.org
- UNIFEM
mobilizes worldwide attention to end violence
against women
- Drik
India condemns heinous attack on freedom of
expression
- Journalists
launch new and unique India news site
- UNIFEM
launches web portal on women, peace and security
- CPJ
releases new journalist security handbook
- The
National Movement of Working Children present
the Alternate Report to United Nation’s
Committee on the Rights of the Child, Geneva
- Launching
of 'South India Coalition for Sexuality Rights'
and 'Campaign for Repealing of Section 377 of
the Indian Penal Code (IPC)'
- The
2003 Report on the Implementation of the Millennium
Declaration
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