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2013-04-15 13:53A report released in April 2013 by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the International Press Institute (IPI) following their February joint press-freedom mission to Mexico states that the new Mexican federal government must work to fully implement recent institutional measures designed to improve journalist safety. Read more ... -
2013-04-12 14:51Change is in the air for the Myanmar media - after months of broken promises, the country’s censorship office was finally closed in September 2012, while pre-publication censorship has been abolished and on 1 April 2013, daily newspapers were printed for the first time in close to 50 years. However, information from media advocacy groups and journalists reveals sharp barriers to the nation’s supposed media liberation. Read more ... -
2013-04-03 16:44Authorities fail to act as perpetrators of violent attacks on journalists go unpunished. Read more ... -
2013-03-08 15:41International coalition supporting local initiatives to protect journalists’ safety unites media community, including WAN-IFRA, for the protection of journalists in Pakistan. Read more ... -
2013-03-06 23:00IPI and WAN-IFRA call for federal government’s commitment to journalist safety to be put into action. Read more ... -
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2013-02-20 11:32WAN-IFRA has launched the latest phase of its ground-breaking professional development programme for media professionals in Southeast Asia with a call for participants from Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam. Read more ...
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2013-01-24 16:20The tale is grim, the victims often the unwitting authors of their own demise. In a twist of bitter irony the story, the lifeblood of any journalist, is often what kills them. Read more ...
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Media Freedom Committees are positioned across the globe to assist WAN-IFRA's partners in fighting challenges to press freedom and help place the media at the heart of society.