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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is outraged at the continued detention of six journalists in Burma and is concerned for the safety of a photographer who has been missing since early October. IFJ Asia-Pacific Director Jacqueline Park said she is very concerned that journalists have been targeted in the latest crackdown on anti-government protests in Burma. Despite the UN General...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is gravely concerned for the safety of Pakistani journalist Riaz Mengal who has been missing for 21 days. Before his disappearance, Mengal, who is based in Balochistan, had written articles for the newspaper Intikhab about trafficking of stolen cars. Local reports stated that Mengal received death threats because of his investigation for these...

Reporters Without Borders voiced concern today about the conditions in which journalist Emadoldin Baghi has been held since his arrest 10 days ago. Facing new charges of “propaganda against the government” and “publishing secret government documents,” he has been subjected to mental and physical mistreatment. “The Iranian authorities stop at nothing in their hounding of Baghi,” the press freedom...

(CEMESP/IFEX) - On 22 October 2007, Chief Justice Johnnie Lewis threatened to imprison journalists for committing such "infractions" as "misspelling his name", "giving him wrong and inappropriate titles" and "attaching his photos to stories that have nothing to do with him in their papers." Lewis made the threats in open court, with the heads of several newspapers in attendance by invitation. The...

ROME (Reuters) - Lirio Abbate has an unwelcome distinction among Italian journalists: correspondent in Sicily for the state news agency Ansa and La Stampa newspaper, he has had his own armed police escort for the past six months. Italian journalists Lirio Abbate works in his office in Rome October 18, 2007. Abbate, correspondent in Sicily for state news agency Ansa and 'La Stampa' newspaper, has...

Kazan journalist Natalya Petrova, a former colleague of Anna Politkovskaya who covered the first Chechen war, fears for the lives of her children. In an interview on the 24th, she told that ever since she was brutally attacked by local militsiya officers, she has been receiving phone-calls threatening a repeat performance. According to the journalist, one of the calls went like this: “We will...

The kidnapping of a Nepali journalist has highlighted the dangers for reporters covering the fragile peace process of the Himalayan state. The former rebel Maoists have been blamed for the abduction and other attacks against the press, but Nepal's media have also been threatened by militant groups in the country's south. Liam Cochrane reports from Kathmandu. There has been no word from the radio...

An Iraqi correspondent of the US-funded Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has disappeared. Her driver’s body was found after she went missing Monday in Baghdad. Two RFE/RL correspondents have already been killed since the start of the year. The female correspondent worked for Radio Free Iraq, the Arabic language service of RFE/RL that broadcasts to Iraq from RFE/RL headquarters in Prague...

Egypt continues to imprison journalists and editors who publish stories critical of President Hosni Mubarak and other high officials. Activist advocating minority rights in the country are also detained and fined. Basic right of freedom of religion and fundamental right of free expression are being explicitly violated. Members and partners of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX)...

Irish Times editor Geraldine Kennedy has said she is disappointed at today's High Court ruling ordering her and public affairs correspondent Colm Keena to appear before the Mahon tribunal. The court this morning ordered the two journalists to answer questions on the source of an article about financial payments to Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in 1993. The article was published on September 21st, 2006...