In a letter to
the President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, WAN-IFRA expressed its most serious concern at the recent libel awards against newspapers the New Democrat and FrontPage Africa.More
WAN-IFRA wrote to Paul Biya, President of Cameroon, to protest over the recent series of attacks on journalists and called on the government to immediately release all journalists imprisoned for carrying out their job and to cease all forms of intimidation. More
In a letter to
the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, WAN-IFRA expressed its serious concern at the imposition of a harsh award of damages and a ban on distribution of weekly newspaper Respublika.More
In a letter to the Tunisian Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Lazhar Bouaouni, the Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG) voiced new concern for the health of jailed Tunisian journalist Taoufik Ben Brik, one of President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali's firmest critics. More
WAN-IFRA has written to Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua to condemn the prosecution of editor and publisher Mallam Tukur and call on the government to decriminalise libel as a matter of urgency. More
In a letter to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, WAN-IFRA has condemned the murder of journalist Shu'i Al-Rabu'I and called on the government to quickly investigate and prosecute the case.More
WAN-IFRA wrote to Sr. Gen. Than Shweto condemn the sentencing of two Burmese journalists to long prison terms and called on the country's military junta to immediately release them and end its continuing attacks on the media.More
WAN-IFRA wrote to the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, to express serious concern at the detention and proposed deportation of journalist Jared Malsin.More
WAN-IFRA, ENPA and the Cyprus Newspaper & Magazines
Publishers Association strongly
condemned the assassination of Andy Hadjicostis, Managing Director of Dias Media
Group in Cyprus.
WAN-IFRA wrote to the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yuschenko, to express concern about the possible withdrawal of the licence of the newspaper Blik, and possible criminal sanctions against its editor-in-chief.
WAN-IFRA wrote
to the Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to express its
grave concern at the murder of newspaper editor Cihan Hayirsevener.More
WAN-IFRA wrote
to the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, to express its grave concern at the Supreme Court’s upholding of a lower court ruling permitting prior censorship.More
WAN-IFRA wrote
to the President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, to express serious concern at reported attempts by the special services to blackmail and intimidate investigative journalist Tedo Jorbenadze.More
World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers
and the World Editors Forum wrote to the President of Azerbaijan to to condemn and express dismay at the jailing of two video bloggers.
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WAN-IFRA wrote
to the President of Lebanon, Michel Suleiman, to express serious concern at
criminal charges brought against a journalist for “insulting” the president.
World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers
and the World Editors Forum wrote to the President of Mexico to express grave concern at the continuing impunity enjoyed by those who murder and commit violence against journalists, as well as the government’s decision to disband a special committee looking into crimes against journalists.More
World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers and the World Editors Forum wrote to the President of Yemen to express serious concern at the alleged torture of a journalist in prison and the sentencing to jail of two others.More
WAN-IFRA wrote to the President of Zambia, Rupiah Banda, to express serious concern at the prosecution of The Post editor-in-chief Fred M'membe and three of his colleagues.More
WAN-IFRA wrote to de facto President of Abkhazia to express concern at the suspended jail sentence awarded to journalist Anton Kriveniuk for libel.More
WAN-IFRA wrote to President Aliyev to express concern at the jailing of four journalists for defamation only two weeks after the administration assured a WAN-IFRA delegation that measures were being
taken to decriminalise the offence.More
WAN-IFRA and ENPA wrote to the First Minister of Northern Ireland to express
serious concern at the policy applied by the Northern Ireland
Government in buying and negotiating advertising rates in the regional
newspaper market. More
WAN-IFRA wrote to the Premier of Greenland to express concern at the cut in postal subsidies to Greenland’s newspapers, which will have a serious impact on news coverage and critical journalism in the country.More
WAN-IFRA wrote to Prime Minister of Montenegro to express
its serious concern at an assault on two journalists by the Mayor of
Podgorica and what appears to be a pattern of abuse of the daily
newspaper Vijesti and broadcaster TV Vijesti.
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WAN-IFRA wrote to President of Gambia to express its serious concern at the sentencing to jail for two years of six journalists for criticising the president.More
WAN-IFRA wrote to the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, to express concern at a court ruling prohibiting the media from publishing information on a police investigation into an official allegedly involved in corruption.
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The World Association of Newspapers wrote to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to express its serious concern at the jailing of at least 13 journalists and the imposition of widespread censorship following your disputed re-election last week.
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The World Association of Newspapers wrote to President Hamid Karzai on the occasion of 3 May, World Press Freedom Day, to call
for the release of journalist Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh and all others
held in Afghanistan prisons for exercising their right to freedom of
expression. More
The World Association of Newspapers wrote to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the occasion of 3 May, World Press Freedom Day, to call
for the release of journalist Roxana Saberi and all others held for
exercising their right to freedom of expression, and for a full and
transparent inquiry into the deaths of blogger Omidreza Mirsayafi and
photojournalist Zahra Kazemi.More
The World Association of Newspapers wrote to President Raul Castro on the occasion of 3 May, World Press Freedom Day, to call
for the 22 journalists who are currently in prison.More
We are writing
on behalf of the World Association of Newspapers and the World Editors
Forum, which represent 18,000 publications in 102 countries, to express
our serious concern at the deliberate abuse of state funding of the
press by the regional government of Madeira and the consequent
distortion of the newspaper market and infringement of basic rules of competition.More
The World Association of Newspapers wrote to Kim Jong-il to express serious concern at the detention of American
journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, and their guide and requested their immediate release.More
The World Association of Newspapers wrote to the President of Azerbaijan to express serious concern at the adoption of amendments to the media law that seriously threaten freedom of the press.More
The World Association of Newspapers wrote to President Issayas Afewerki on the occasion of 3 May, World Press Freedom Day, to call
for the release of Dawit Isaak, a journalist with Swedish and Eritrean
dual nationality and founder of the now-banned weekly Setit.More
The World Association of Newspapers wrote to the President of Pakistan to express our grave concern at the murder of journalist Musa Khankhel, an attack on editor and WEF Board member Imtiaz Alam, and the general
escalation in violence against journalists. More
The World Association of Newspapers wrote to the President of China to express serious concern at the cancellation of relaxed press regulations for Hong Kong and Macau journalists that were introduced in the run-up to the Olympic Games.More
The World Association of Newspapers wrote to the President of Egypt to express serious concern at an appeals court upholding the
conviction of Ibrahim Eissa, the 2008 Gebran Tueni Award laureate, and
three other editors.More
The World Association of Newspapers wrote to the President of Yemen to express serious concern at the upholding of a six-year
jail sentence against journalist Abdel Karim Al Khaiwani.More
The World Association of Newspapers wrote to the President of Russia to express grave concern at
the murder of journalist Anastasia Baburova and human rights lawyer
Stanislav Markelov.More
The World Association of Newspapers wrote to the President of Sri Lanka to express dismay at the murder of newspaper editor Lasantha Wickrematunga.
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