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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has urged Somaliland authorities to withdraw their decision to expel 24 Somali journalists who fled the violence in Mogadishu over allegations that they are endangering the "security and stability” of the region. “Before this incident Somaliland has had a reputation as a place that would offer safety to journalists who are harassed and threatened...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has expressed deep concern over a decision of the High Court of Sindh to dismiss two petitions by the owners of GEO Television network challenging bans imposed on four of its news, sports and entertainment channels after emergency rule was decreed on November 3. After 19 days of hearings, the court agreed on December 4 with the government’s...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the actions of the Philippines police in detaining and arresting 17 journalists who were reporting on the takeover by rebel army soldiers of a hotel in Manila on November 29. The obstruction of journalists in the conduct of their work came as the Philippine National Police stormed the Peninsula Hotel to end a seven-hour stand-off with...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the initiation by authorities of a complaint to police in Islamabad against the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and its subsidiary union, the Rawalpindi Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ). According to PFUJ, an IFJ affiliate, a first information report (FIR) was filed against the two unions at Aabpara police station in...

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), the European regional group of the International Federation of Journalists, Tuesday called on the European Union to put in place procedures to protect journalists from unsubstantiated allegations of wrong-doing by Brussels officials. The call follows the European Court of Human Rights verdict last week that condemned the Belgian state for acting...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Tuesday condemned as “intolerable and vindictive” the sentence handed down to Tunisian journalist Slim Boukhdir on charges stemming from a search by police on the group taxi he was riding in. It is the latest targeted attack on Boukhdir who has been frequently harassed by Tunisian authorities, IFJ said. “The authorities are using these charges to...

Advertising in Indian magazines increased 15 per cent in January to September 2007 compared with that in the same period in 2006, according to a study by Adex India, a division of TAM Media Research. The growth was because of the proliferation of niche publications in the country. However, advertising in newspapers grew by only 1 per cent during this period. “The increase in number of magazines...

The man found who killed an Ottawa broadcaster in 1995 will appear in a Buffalo court this morning after a U.S. border officer was punched in the face. Officials of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Jeffrey Arenburg, 50, of Barrie, was on a bus crossing the border at the Peace Bridge on Thursday when the incident occurred. Arenburg, who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, was found not...

PARIS, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Staff at French business newspaper La Tribune have decided to suspend a strike begun in protest over a deal by owner LVMH (LVMH.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) to sell the paper, trade unions said on Monday. "Staff at La Tribune, who have been on strike since November 29, have just voted (72 percent) to suspend their movement," the unions said in a statement. Luxury goods...

After a decade of watching newspapers and rival wire services shrink, The Associated Press, the 161-year-old news cooperative, is refitting itself to handle the 24-hour news cycle it helped create. “You have to adjust to the marketplace,” said Jim Kennedy, The A.P.’s vice president for strategic planning. “The new generation of consumers has completely different habits.” To feed those habits and...