Topic: International Federation Of Journalists

China press crackdown intensifies in 2011: media group

China tightened restrictions on the media last year in response to domestic calls for greater openness and popular uprisings in the Middle East, a ...

Campaign Against Journalist Attacks

January 25, 2012. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined the Black January' campaign against attacks on journalists in Sri...
IFJ Alarmed by Increasing Hostility towards the Media in Maldives. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the...

Journalists' deaths highest in Pakistan

At least 94 journalists died in violence this year, the International Federation of Journalists said Friday, adding that Pakistan was the most dangerous place in 2010 for media workers."Journalists and media personnel remain prime targets for political extremists, gangsters and terrorists ...

Journalism and Political Abuse

Since the media has the ability to disseminate news and information at once, Western democratic governments have been seen to exhibit a secured relationship with the media. " (International Development Research Center, accessed October 2010). He writes, "it tempts many forces in the ...
China intensifies press controls on domestic media in 2009 China tried to increase control over its domestic media in 2009, issuing orders not to cover several topics including ethnic rioting in Xinjiang and corruption by government officials, an international press freedom group ...
2009 one of worst on record for deliberate killing of journalists, media staffThis year has been one of the worst on record for the deliberate killing of reporters and media staff, an international journalists' association said Thursday.A total of 137 journalists ...

2009 among deadliest years for media: watchdog

The year 2009 was one of the worst for the targeted killing of media workers, with 113 lives lost, a leading watchdog said Thursday and called on governments to do more to protect reporters.The Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) designated ...
Wars and elections were the main threats to journalists in 2009, watchdog groups say2009 was one of the most dangerous years on record for journalists, especially those covering wars and elections, including the largest massacre of media workers ever killed in one ...
2009 one of worst on record for deliberate killing of journalists, media staffThis year has been one of the worst on record for the deliberate killing of reporters and media staff, an international journalists' association said Thursday.A total of 137 journalists ...