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SoE welcomes press freedom funding
The Society of Editors last week welcomed the announcement of £1 million of funding for press freedom projects around the world.
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Daphne Caruana Galizia – open letter
Katharine Viner, editor-in-chief of Guardian News & Media, and seven other leading editors have written an open letter to the European Commission on the shocking murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
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IFJ launches ‘end impunity’ campaign
The International Federation of Journalists' 2017 campaign to end impunity kicked off on 2 November - the UN Day against impunity for crimes targeting journalists.
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Canada strengthens the protection of journalists’ sources
The International Federation of Journalists has welcomed the new Canadian law protecting confidential sources of journalists that was approved on 18 October.
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SoE Condemns Threats of Violence
The Society of Editors yesterday spoke out to condemn the reported threats of violence towards the BBC’s political editor at the Labour Party Conference.
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Freedom of expression targeted with internet crackdown in China
The International Federation of Journalists criticises the latest guidelines from the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) on comment sections of media outlets that were released on August 25, 2017.
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Editor Hits Out At Council Meeting ‘Censorship’
A parish council has been accused of censorship after preventing a Cambridge News reporter from naming councillors who spoke at an emergency meeting.
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Unrelenting crackdown on critical voices in China
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is deeply concerned about the pressure applied by Chinese authorities which forced a prestigious University publication to block online access to more than 300 articles on its website.
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Russia: innocent journalist convicted on charges of extremism
Investigative journalist Alexander Sokolov has been jailed for three and a half years by a Russian court yesterday. Sokolov has been convicted with involvement in a banned extremist group.
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SoE: International pressure needed to guarantee safety of journalists worldwide
More international pressure needs to be put on individual countries to guarantee the safety and rights of journalists to report in the public interest, the Society of Editors has said.
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IFJ slams President Donald Trump over violence against journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) this week strongly condemned the attacks of the President of the United States Donald Trump against US media company CNN, following a video the President published on Twitter.
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NUJ: Kensington council must lift ban on media reporting
Following reports that journalists have been barred from the first meeting of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea council’s cabinet since the Grenfell Tower fire, the NUJ condemned the decision to stop media access and called on the council t
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IFJ condemns closure of Al Wasat newspaper
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the refusal of Bahraini government to lift a ban on Al Wasat newspaper which led to its closure this week.
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NUJ: New police guidelines for the media fail to increase openness
The NUJ has welcomed changes to proposed police media relations guidelines which would have prevented the press from speaking directly to officers working on cases, but believes the police could do much more to help journalists report matters in the
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Unions monitor criminal trial against journalists in Turkey
The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ and EFJ) sent an observer to Istanbul to monitor the first trial against journalists accused of participating in the failed coup last year.
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