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The International Federation of Journalists and its regional group the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) today welcomed a court victory that gives new hope to thousands of freelance journalists who support union action and collective bargaining to defend their working conditions. The Danish Labour Court has ruled that a union blockade of the magazine publisher Aller A/S because of its...

Former government member Janusz Kaczmarek, who was fired as interior minister earlier this month, reportedly told a behind-closed-doors meeting of the parliamentary commission for the secret services on 22 August that the phones of journalists critical of the government were tapped on the orders of justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro and Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski. “It is unacceptable that a...

Local journalists are being assaulted, detained and harassed by security forces in Bangladesh attempting to enforce the indefinite curfew imposed Wednesday on capital Dhaka and five other cities in response to growing unrest across the country. On Wednesday, the military-backed interim government announced an indefinite curfew in six urban centres that had been the scene of violent clashes between...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today said the injuries sustained by two journalists embedded with Canadian troops in Afghanistan were a further indication of the dangers facing media staff in conflict zones – even for those travelling under the protection of armed forces. “This attack shows the perilous reality of embedded journalism,” said Aidan White, IFJ General Secretary....

A Franco-Canadian journalist who went missing in Ivory Coast three years ago was abducted and murdered, a man claiming to be a witness told French television in an interview to be aired Thursday. The independent journalist, Guy-Andre Kieffer, disappeared in Abidjan in April 2004 while investigating corruption in Ivory Coast's important cocoa industry. The French investigation has concluded that

Panos South Asia invites Television journalists from India to apply for a fellowship to research and produce television features around HIV/AIDS in India. There will be two fellowships, one to focus on the Northeast (one or more states) of India and the other will be for the rest of the country. The Fellowship will run from October 2007 to Dec 2007. Selected Fellows will be provided editorial...

Twenty leading blog service providers in China, including Yahoo.cn and MSN.cn, have signed a “self-discipline pact” to end anonymous blogging. People use computers at an internet cafe in Suining, southwest China's Sichuan province, January 11, 2007. Under the new pact, blog service providers in China are being “encouraged” to register users under their real names and contact information before...

News audiences in the United States (US) are discarding television and newspapers and using the Internet as their main source of information in a trend that could eventually see the demise of local papers, a new study has claimed. A man surfs the web at an internet cafe. News audiences are ditching television and newspapers and using the Internet as their main source of information, in a trend...

As Moldova prepares to celebrate its Independence Day on 27 August, Reporters Without Borders points out that this year has been marked by many violations of journalists’ rights and a parliamentary resolution on press freedom proposed by the opposition last month was unfortunately rejected. “We condemn the Moldovan ruling party’s recent rejection of the possibility of making concrete improvements...

Radio reporter Tito Alberto Palma was shot to death Wednesday night at a friend’s house in Paraguay’s southeastern city of Mayor Otaño. Palma, a reporter for the local radio station Mayor Otaño and correspondent for the Asunción-based Radio Chaco Boreal, was having dinner at a friend’s home when two armed individuals in camouflage broke in at 10:40 p.m., according to press reports and