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Historic vote for press and democracy
Europe’s press publishers applaud the historic adoption by the European Parliament of the copyright draft directive.
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NUJ condemns imprisonment of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar
The National Union of Journalists has strongly condemned the imprisonment of two Reuters journalists found guilty of breaching the official secrets act in Myanmar.
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SoE expresses concern over Cliff Richard ruling and press freedom
The Society of Editors has expressed its concern over the possible impact on press freedom and public’s right to know after Sir Cliff Richard won his privacy case against the BBC last week.
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ECHR: Investigation of Anna Politkovskaya’s murder was inadequate
The European Court of Human Rights released a judgement on 17 July, stating that the investigation of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya‘s murder “failed to look properly into who commissioned the crime”.
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NUJ: Journalists must not get 2nd class treatment on FOI requests
The NUJ has responded to the Scottish Information Commissioner's report which found that the Scottish government takes longer to respond to journalists' FOI requests than other requests.
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Golden Pen of Freedom Awarded to Maria Ressa
The Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom award of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), has been awarded to Maria Ressa, Co-founder, CEO and Executive Editor of the online news site, Rappler.
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World’s Press Calls on Philippines to cease pursuit of Rappler
The Board of the WAN-IFRA, meeting in Portugal, has called on the government of President Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines to cease its attacks on online news site, Rappler, and to do more to discourage supporters from threatening the safety and se
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Babchenko case: intolerable and unacceptable, says IFJ
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) stresses that the profession’s aim is to seek the truth and that any manipulation of information can dramatically damage media credibility as well as journalism as a whole.
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Global call for end to discrimination and abuse of women journalists
Dozens of delegates at the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) gender council conference - from Asia to the Americas and Europe to the Middle East – have issued a global call for action to address the violence, poverty and discrimination fa
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Palestine: second journalist killed by Israeli snipers
Photojournalist Ahmad Abu Hussein, who was shot on 13 April by Israeli snipers while covering mass protests in Gaza, this week succumbed to his wounds.
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RSF Index 2018: UK performs poorly
A continued heavy-handed approach towards the press - often in the name of national security - and a climate of hostility towards the media resulted in the UK keeping its status as one of the worst-ranked Western European countries in the Reporters W
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WAN-IFRA and others create Council to fight misinformation
The formation of a Global Council to Build Trust in Media and Fight Misinformation was announced yesterday at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy.
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Turkey: three journalists sentenced to life over coup attempt
On Friday, a Turkish court jailed journalists Mehmet Altan (65), his brother Ahmet Altan (67) and Nazli Illicak (73) for life imprisonment after finding them guilty of "involvement in the 2016 coup attempt".
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NUJ welcomes government action on sustainable journalism
The union yesterday welcomed the government's announcement of a news and media review.
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NUJ: Foreign Secretary must denounce Iranian targeting of BBC journalists
The general secretary of the NUJ, Michelle Stanistreet, has this week written to the British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to request he raises the plight of BBC journalists when engaging in talks or visiting his counterparts in Iran.
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