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  1. African Journalists leaders summit outlines strategies to roll back impunity and defend journalists' rights
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Leaders of the Federation of African Journalists have condemned at their biannual meeting in Djibouti on June 23rd, the unsafe and precarious working conditions of journalists in Africa.
  2. Alternative Press Annual 1983, The
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1984
  3. Banned Books
    Informal Notes on Some Books Banned for Various Reasons

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1970
  4. Barrett Brown case: 11 of 12 counts dismissed
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Reporters Without Borders greets with relief federal prosecutors' decision to drop nearly all criminal charges against Barrett Brown, a contributor to The Guardian and Vanity Fair.
  5. Biggest rises and falls in the 2014 world press freedom index
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The 2014 World Press Freedom Index spotlights the negative impact of conflicts on freedom of information and its protagonists.
  6. "A book is not a bomb" says fact-finding mission
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Reporters Without Borders urged the Turkish government today to prove it supports the media freedom it proclaimed during the recent election campaign.
  7. Canadian group not dealing with major free expression issue
    Celebrating World Press Freedom Day

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    We need to address how corporate-owned mainstream news organizations restrict the freedom of journalists and prevent the public from having access to a wide variety of important news and opinion articles. This lack of balanced information affects everything from people having the information they need to decide how to vote to all of us better understanding how power is exercised in our communities. The censorship consists of banning some topics and discussions and filtering out stories and ideas that do not fit the current mainstream media agenda.
  8. Celebrating the World's Freedom of the Press Year
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    The National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada is pleased to announce that is organized the annual ethnic press exhibition from Monday May 10th to Sunday May 16, 2010.
  9. Censored: The News That Didn't Make The News - And Why
    The 1995 Project Censored Yearbook

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1996
    Documenting how the U.S. mass media does a shabby job, deliberately or negligently withholding information of vital importance.
  10. China puts Tibetan writer and husband under house arrest amid Kerry Visit
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Chinese Authorities placed Tsering Woeser and her husband, Wang Lixiong, under house arrest on July 9 during US Secretary of State John Kerry's visit to China.
  11. Comments on The Latest Prussian Censorship Instruction
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1842
    The real, radical cure for the censorship would be its abolition; for the institution itself is a bad one, and institutions are more powerful than people.
  12. Connexions Digest
    Volume 12, Number 2 - Issue 48 - Winter 1988-89 - A Social Change Sourcebook

    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1989
  13. Content Magazine - Number 61
    April 1976

    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1976
  14. Court strips national news agency of its licence
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    Reporters Without Borders is appalled by a Moscow court's decision today to grant a request by the Federal Agency for the Supervision of Communications, Roskomnadzor, for the withdrawal of the news agency Rosbalt's licence
  15. CPJ condemns harsh prison sentences for Journalists in Egypt
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    CPJ talk about its opinions on the sentencing of 3 journalists to long prison sentences in Egypt on terrorism-related charges.
  16. CPJ urges Indonesia to reverse Playboy editor's conviction
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned about an Indonesian Supreme Court ruling against Erwin Arnada, editor of the now-dormant Playboy Indonesia.
  17. Culture Inc.
    The Corporate Takeover of Public Expression

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1989
    Schiller defends democratic expression and free access to information while demonstrating the ways in which public expression, public space, and public access to information are becoming increasingly limited and controlled.
  18. Death threats sent to paper of slain editor in Sri Lanka
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The Committee to Protect Journalists is greatly concerned by ongoing threats to Sri Lanka#s journalists and media organizations.
  19. Defiant Journalists Back Ethical Campaign for Palestinian Media
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has concluded the launch of its programme to support ethical journalism in Palestine with a series of proposals to strengthen independent media even in the face of political difficulties.
  20. Democracy's Oxygen
    How Corporations Control the News

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1997
    Winter shows that far from providing "democracy's oxygen," the news media legitimize a fundamentally undemocratic system. Instead of keeping the public informated, news organizations manufacture public consent for policies which favour the corporate elite.
  21. Editor of Amazonian weekly gets one-year sentence for defamation
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    Reporters Without Borders condemns the one-year jail sentence that a court in Bagua, in the northeastern Amazonian province of Utcumbamba in Peru, passed yesterday on Alejandro Carrascal Carrasco, the editor of the regional weekly Nor Oriente.
  22. Editor of Tamil weekly held for past 11 days on criminal defamation charge
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Reporters Without Borders condemns journalist A.S. Mani#s detention in the southeastern state of Tamil Nadu on a criminal defamation charge.
  23. EFJ Hails "Momentous Success" in Italian Demonstration for "Right to Know. Duty to Inform"
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The European Federation of Journalists, along with other organisations organised one of the biggest recent demonstrations in Rome this weekend under the theme â#oRight to Know. Duty to Informâ##, in cooperation with other unions and civil society.
  24. EU External Freedom of Expression Policy
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    WikiLeaks released the second draft of EU Human Rights Guidelines on Freedom of Opinion and Expression Online and Offline. Article explains, and identifies problems.
  25. Europe no longer so exemplary, Russian tragedy deepens
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    For the first time since 2002, the press freedom indexâ##s top 20 is not quite so European. Only 15 of the 20 leading countries are from the Old Continent, compared with 18 in 2008.
  26. European Commission launches action against Poland following EU-wide protest
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2016
    The International and European Federation of Journalists have welcomed the action against Poland's restrictive media law.
  27. FAJ Condemns the Arrest and Intimidation of Three Journalists in Zimbabwe
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the Africa Group of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the arrest of three journalists from The Sunday Mail in Harare, Zimbabwe on Monday, 2 November, 2015
  28. Five Burmese mediamen sentenced to hard labor
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Five Burmese media workers are sentenced to 10 years hard labour for violating Burma's State Secrets Act.
  29. Freedom of the press
    Connexipedia Article

    Resource Type: Article
    Freedom of the press is the freedom of communication and expression through vehicles including print and electronic media.
  30. Germany: Are online user comments protected by press freedom laws?
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    A local newspaper in the western German city of Darmstadt is at the centre of a legal case that will measure whether readers’ comments are protected by Germany’s press freedom laws.
  31. A Guide to the Photographic Identification of Individual Whales Based on Natural & Acquired Markings
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1990
  32. Handcuffed and herded
    My big Alpine adventure with Switzerland's police

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    A journalist at the World Economic Forum Summit is detained and intimidated along with protestors by Swiss police.
  33. The Harper Years: Tough Times For Reporters In Canada
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    As federal elections will be held in Canada on October 19, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reviews the evolution of freedom of the press and information during Prime Minister Stephen Harper's tenure. It is not a pretty picture.
  34. A History of News
    From the Drum to the Satellite

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1988
  35. Honduras: Press freedom violations continue post-coup
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Press freedom continues to suffer in the aftermath of the coup in Honduras.
  36. Ideale FM radio station closed for refusing to reveal sources
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Reporters Without Borders condemns the 8 April 2009 closure of IdA#ale FM, a privately-owned radio station in Haiti for allegedly "obstructing justice" by refusing to reveal sources.
  37. IFEX members call for protection for women journalists and activists to mark day against violence
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    40 IFEX members are marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women today, 25 November, with a joint call for action.
  38. IFJ Accuses Iran over Massive Attack on Media and Journalists
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists warned that a massive attack on independent media in Iran which has seen the jailing of journalists and a continuing crackdown on free expression reveals the desperation of the regime to curb democracy.
  39. IFJ/AJI condemn police intervention in Jakarta Post blasphemy matter
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Aliansi Jurnalis Independen (AJI) (Alliance of Independent Journalists, Indonesia) in criticizing and rejecting the naming of the chief editor of the Jakarta Post as a suspect in a blasphemy case.
  40. The IFJ and Article 19 Support The Guardian in Court Battle for Journalists Rights in Iraq
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    ARTICLE 19, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Iraqi Union of Journalists today called on the Iraqi authorities to drop charges of defamation against the British newspaper The Guardian and its journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad.
  41. IFJ and INSI Join Global Call for Release of Journalists in Gambia
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the International News Safety Institute (IFJ) call for the urgent release of jailed journalists in Gambia, adding their voices to growing global protest at the press freedom crisis in the country.
  42. IFJ Backs Silent March in Colombia to Denounce Threats against Journalists
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today backed the appeal of its affiliate in Colombia, the Federación Colombiana de Periodistas (FECOLPER) for a silent march throughout the country on World Press Freedom Day.
  43. IFJ Blasts Authorities over Failure to Stop Killings of Journalists after Veteran Murder in Mexico
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today blamed the Mexican authorities for failing to tackle the killings of journalists following the murder of veteran journalist, Eliseo BarrA#n Laguna, who worked for La OpiniA#n.
  44. IFJ Condemns "Flagrant Violation of Press Freedom" After Sentence of Spanish Journalists
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists has strongly condemned a court verdict against two Spanish journalists. The two men, who were charged with "revealing secrets", have been condemned to suspended jail terms of a year and nine months.
  45. IFJ Condemns "Injustice" as Journalists are Jailed in Morocco
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the jailing of two journalists and their boss by a court in Morocco accusing the authorities of "gross injustice."
  46. IFJ Condemns Arrest of Russian Editor after Exposure of Police Corruption Sparks Raid
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the arrest of Valery Smetanin, Editor-in-chief and Galina Yablokova and her son Alexej Yablokov, two founders of the Ivanovo-Press weekly in central Russia.
  47. IFJ Condemns Assault on Union Activist in Tunisia
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned attacks and harassment of Tunisian journalists after a series of incidents which suggest deliberate targeting of activists for independent journalism.
  48. IFJ Condemns Campaign against Independent Media in Morocco
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins today its affiliate the Syndicat national de la presse marocaine (SNPM) in condemning the Moroccan government's campaign to muzzle critical journalists.
  49. IFJ Condemns Deportation Move against US Journalist in Israel
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    The International Federation of Journalists today called on Israeli authorities to revoke the deportation order served on American journalist and chief English editor of Ma'an news agency, Jared Malsin, who has been denied re-entry to the country.
  50. IFJ Condemns New Attack on Journalists' Sources in UK
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its European group, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) today joined their affiliate, the National Union of Journalists in the UK and Ireland (NUJ), in condemning the secrecy.
  51. IFJ Condemns Palestinian Authority Over Ban on Al-Jazeera
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calls on the Palestinian Authority to rescind its decision to close down the office the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television in the West Bank.
  52. IFJ Condemns Shocking Attack on Tamil Newspapers in Sri Lanka
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) strongly condemns an attack on three Tamil newspapers in the northern Sri Lankan city of Jaffna. According to reports from IFJ sources, news agents for Jaffnaâ##s three main newspapers were attacked.
  53. IFJ Demands End to Intimidation as Iran Shuts Journalists' Association
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    International Federation of Journalists calls on Iranian authorities to end the campaign of intimidation of journalists in the country following closure of the Association of Journalists in Tehran whose offices were raided and sealed by armed men.
  54. IFJ Demands Freedom of Movement for Moroccan Journalists Held in Algeria
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the measures by Algerian authorities against two Moroccan journalists who have been denied, without good reason, permission to leave their hotel in Tindouf,
  55. IFJ Denounces Attempts by Freedom of Expression Group to Weaken Copyright Protection for Journalists
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today denounced a set of principles issued by Article 19 to unduly restrict creators' copyright protection.
  56. IFJ and EFJ oppose media restrictions in the newly-enacted Spanish Public Security Law
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its regional organisation, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), have joined their Spanish affiliates FAPE, FESP, FSC-CC.OO. and ELA-Gizalan in criticising the Public Security Law
  57. IFJ Endorses Joint Russian-Georgian Demand to End Media Restrictions
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The IFJ has endorsed a joint declaration by the Russian Union of Journalists (RUJ) and the Independent Association of Georgian Journalists (IAGJ) that demands an end to all restrictions to reporting of the Georgian/ Russian conflict.
  58. IFJ/FAJ Stand by Journalists against a Draconian Media Bill in Kenya
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) today have brought their support to the journalists' fraternity in Kenya against a draconian media bill voted by the national assembly.

  59. IFJ and FAJ Welcomes African Court's Landmark Decision in Favour of Freedom of Expression
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) have welcomed the African Court on Human and Peoples Rights' landmark decision of 5 December in the case of journalist Issa Lohe Konate
  60. IFJ/EFJ Call for Anti-Terrorism Law Review After Attacks on Freedom of British Media
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) have joined the National Union of Journalists (UK and Ireland), in condemning the detention of David Miranda and the destruction of doucments
  61. In Brazil, football has taken a hit, but not as much as press freedom
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Reporters Without Borders is using the 2014 World Cup in Brazil as a peg for an awareness campaign about the constant violations of freedom of information and violence against of journalists in Brazil.
  62. International Report Demands Radical Reform of Belarus Media
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Today, international media and press freedom organisations issued " For Free and Fair Media in Belarus", a report calling for far reaching reforms of the media in Belarus.
  63. Iran bars foreign media from reporting on protests
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Iranian government's decision to bar foreign journalists from leaving their offices to report, film, or take photographs--a restriction intended to prevent news coverage of protests.
  64. Israeli government openly threatens journalists planning to sail with Gaza flotilla
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Reporters Without Borders condemns the Israeli government’s attempts to intimidate journalists who plan to travel with a flotilla of ships that will set sail in the next few days in an attempt to break Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip.
  65. Israeli media forbidden to report case widely covered internationally
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    Reporters Without Borders condemns an absurd court-ordered ban on Israeli media coverage of the case of Anat Kam, an online journalist and former soldier accused of leaking classified military information.
  66. Journalism: Truth or Dare?
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2003
    Ian Hargreaves discusses the history, development, future and ethics of journalism and describes journalists' relationship with the public. He focuses on the increase in journalism's influence and the criticism thrown at journalism today by all sectors of society.
  67. Journalistic Autonomy in Denmark. A Study
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    A new study that looks at the subject of autonomy in the Danish media found that journalists in Denmark feel they have nearly complete freedom to make important choices concerning their work and the content they produce.
  68. Journalists are not informants
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Two Cameroonian journalists face military court charges of failure to report a destabilization plot. Journalists Felix Cyriaque Ebole Bola of the daily Mutations and Rodrigue Tongue of Le Messager, were charged following a 28 October military court
  69. Journalists Welcome European Call to Review Anti-Terrorism Laws
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Ministers of the human rights network of the Council of Europe have called on their governments to review anti-terrorism laws in the face of strong criticism from journalists that some laws are in practice limiting free expression and press rights.
  70. Judge dismisses obscenity charges against newspaper editor
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    A Lusaka court yesterday acquitted The Post editor Chansa Kabwela of a charge of #distributing obscene material# for sending the vice-president photos of a woman giving birth in a hospital car park.
  71. Karl Marx's Theory of Revolution
    Volume II: The Politics of Social Classes

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1978
    Draper ranges through the development of the thought of Marx and Engels on the role of classes in society.
  72. Lack of transparency on Israel's expulsion of US journalist
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    Reporters Without Borders condemns suspicious circumstances surrounding Israel#s expulsion of US journalist, Jared Malsin, editor for the English service of the Palestinian press agency Ma#an.
  73. Legal decisions threaten press freedom
    Minus Five

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1979
  74. Lies The Media Tell us
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2007
    Outlines the extent to which the mainstream media is subject to its corporate publishers and advertisers.
  75. The Making of Jericho Road
    Against The Current vol. 132

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2008
    An interview with Michael Honey. The paperback edition of Michael Honey’s Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King’s Last Campaign is released this January 2008.
  76. Malaysian government suspends critical newsweekly 'indefinitely'
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    Reporters Without Borders condemns Malaysian deputy home minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar’s decision on 19 December to suspend the weekly magazine The Heat “indefinitely” for allegedly violating the terms of its print permit.
  77. Manufacturing Consent
    The Political Economy of the Mass Media

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1988
    Contrary to the usual image of the press and cantankerous, obstinate, and ubiquitious in its search for truth, Herman and Chomsky depict how an underlying elite consensus largely structures all facets of the news. They analyze how issues are framed and topics chosen, and the way in which the marketplace and the economics of publishing significantly shape the news.
  78. Media freedom and regulation in Timor Leste
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    While free speech and press is legally free in East-Timor, every journalist knows that true freedom is nowhere to be seen. Journalists are regularly beaten, intimidated and regulated by the upper class.
  79. Middle East & North Africa: Region performs poorly, Israel nose-dives
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    For the first time Israel is not at the head of the Middle Eastern countries in the press freedom index. By falling 47 places to 93rd position, it is now behind Kuwait (60th), United Arab Emirates (86th) and Lebanon (61st).
  80. Middle East and North Africa: Blogging flourishes; governments block and monitor content
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Thousands of writers, journalists, activists, lawyers and others are expressing their dissent and reporting on social issues by blogging throughout the Middle East and North Africa, says a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
  81. The Missing News
    Filters and Blind Spots in Canada's Press

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2000
    Asks a number of questions, including: How well do the news media filter reality, for what purposes, through what processes and in whose interests? How do newspapers and TV stations choose what news is printed or aired, which letters will be published, or who will be accorded credibility?
  82. More than 40 journalism groups urge president to stop excessive controls on public information
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    46 journalism groups (as of July 8) supported a letter that was signed by 38 groups urging U.S. President Obama to stop excessive controls on public information.
  83. More websites blocked at government's behest
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Reporters Without Borders condemns the directive issued by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to Internet Service Providers instructing them to block access to 6 web pages on the grounds they are "harmful for the integrity of the country."
  84. Nazeeha Saeed - Raising her voice for journalists in Bahrain
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Nazeeha Saeed was detained and tortured for 13 hours while covering the 2011 uprisings in Bahrain along with her colleagues. She is now raising awareness for journalists in Bahrain.
  85. New law further restricts freedom of speech and freedom of the press in Hungary
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU, or “TASZ” in Hungarian) has criticized a new law, enacted by the Hungarian Parliament. The new law punishes by up to three years in prison the creation and distribution of video or voice recordings made for the purpose of harming another person's dignity.
  86. New National Security Law in China suppresses media freedom: IFJ says
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expresses strong concern for the National Security Law that was passed by the Chinese National People's Congress yesterday, on July 1, 2015.
  87. New Yemeni press court sentences, bans journalists
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to end the intensifying judicial and media campaign to silence critical journalists and eradicate press freedom.
  88. On Freedom of the Press (5)
    Censorship

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1842
    A censorship law is an impossibility because it seeks to punish not offences but opinions, because it cannot be anything but a formula for the censor, because no state has the courage to put in general legal terms what it can carry out in practice through the agency of the censor. For that reason, too, the operation of the censorship is entrusted not to the courts but to the police.
  89. On Freedom of the Press (2)
    Opponents of a Free Press

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1842
    What an illogical paradox to regard the censorship as a basis for improving our press!
  90. On Freedom of the Press (3)
    On the Assembly of the Estates

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1842
    Precisely because freedom of discussion, the speaker concludes, is desirable in our Assembly - and what freedoms would we not find desirable where we are concerned? - precisely for that reason freedom of discussion is not desirable in the province. Because it is desirable that we speak frankly, it is still more desirable to keep the province in thrall to secrecy.
  91. On Freedom of the Press (4)
    As a privilege of particular individuals or a privilege of the human mind?

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1842
    From the standpoint of the idea, it is self-evident that freedom of the press has a justification quite different from that of censorship because it is itself an embodiment of the idea, an embodiment of freedom, a positive good, whereas censorship is an embodiment of unfreedom, the polemic of a world outlook of semblance against the world outlook of essence; it has a merely negative nature.
  92. On Freedom of the Press (6)
    Freedom in General

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1842
    Some want a full censorship, others a half censorship; some want three-eighths freedom of the press, others none at all. God save me from my friends!
  93. On the Critique of the Prussian Press Laws
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1842
    Two ways are open to the Prussian for the publication of his thoughts. He can either have them printed in his own country, in which case he has to submit to the domestic censorship; or, should he meet with objections here, outside the frontiers of his own state he can still either place himself under the censorship of another state in the Confederation or take advantage of press freedom in foreign countries. In any case the state retains the right to take repressive measures against possible breaches of the law.
  94. PEN International celebrates rights of all citizens to access information and truth
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    A statement by Marian Botsford Fraser, Chair of the Writers in Prison Committee.
  95. Photographer Ibrahim Jassam freed after US Army held him for 17 months without explanation
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    Reporters Without Borders welcomed the release today of Iraqi photographer, Ibrahim Jassam, of Reuters, who had been held by the US military since his arrest on 1st September 2008.
  96. Police actions in Ferguson, U.S. interfere with freedoms of assembly, press
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Though the majority of the Ferguson protests were peacful, the police still responded with overwhelming military force. Journalists were one of thier specific targets.
  97. The Press and the Cold War
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1973
  98. Prime Minister Harper - Keep working to free Fahmy
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The Canadian Association of Journalists condemns the conviction of Mohamed Fahmy, a Canadian journalist who served as Al Jazeera’s acting bureau chief in Cairo, to seven years in prison for terrorism-related crimes.
  99. Quotes about Freedom
    Resource Type: Unclassified
  100. Quotes about Media
    Resource Type: Unclassified
  101. Reporters Without Borders - TV5Monde Prize for Press Freedom
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The 2014 Reporters Without Borders - TV5Monde Prize for Press Freedom has been awarded to Mexican journalist Sanjuana Martínez, Liberian newspaper FrontPage Africa and Saudi blogger Raef Badawi.
  102. Reporters Without Borders unveils first-ever 'Anti-Censorship Shelter'
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    Reporters Without Borders today launched the world#s first #Anti-Censorship Shelter# in Paris for use by foreign journalists, bloggers and dissidents.
  103. Reporters without Borders works on all fronts
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    World Press Freedom Day, 3 May, is an occasion for Reporters Without Borders to reaffirm the values it defends, the right to inform and the right to access information, without which democracy is impossible.
  104. Robert Menard and staff leave Doha Centre for Media Freedom
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    International press freedom campaigner Robert MA#nard has resigned as director-general of the Doha Centre for Media Freedom along with other members of the staff.
  105. RSF backs newspaper under attack from President Erdogan
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Reporters Without Borders condemns Turkish government pressure on the newspaper Cumhuriyet, which is under judicial investigation for publishing alleged evidence that Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MIT) delivered arms to Islamists.
  106. RSF calls for firm EU stance if Poland does not abandon new media law
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2016
    Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the European Commission to be firm with Poland if the two-month-old national-conservative 'Law and Justice' (PiS) government fails to abandon the media law that was adopted last week.
  107. Ruling recognizes Detroit Free Press reporter's right to protect his sources
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Reporters Without Borders is thrilled with U.S. District Judge Robert Clelandâ##s ruling that Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter does not have to reveal his confidential sources from a 2004 article about a failed terrorism prosecution.
  108. Sad anniversary for Eritrean press freedom
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Dawit Isaak, a journalist with Swedish and Eritrean dual nationality who used to work for the Eritrean newspaper Setit in Asmara, is spending his 5,000th day in prison today, May 2, 2015. He has never been sentenced or even charged.
  109. Saudi journalist detained over outspoken newspaper columns
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    Reporters Without Borders condemns the detention of Tariq al-Mubarak, a blogger and columnist who writes for the London-based Saudi newspaper Asharq al-Awsat. He has been held by the Criminal Investigation Department for the past four days.
  110. Senators introduce bipartisan FOIA amendment
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Two senators crossed party lines in support of legislation that would strengthen the current Freedom of Information Act and diminish agencies’ excuses for withholding documents.
  111. Shadow of 9/11 Attacks Hangs over Journalism, Says IFJ on World Press Freedom Day
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) marks this year's World Press Freedom Day by focusing on the legacy of the terrorist attacks on 11 September in New York and Washington ten years ago.
  112. Sources welcomes OrangeWebsite
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Sources welcomes a new member: OrangeWebsite. OrangeWebsite is an Icelandic web hosting service provider. Most of our clients are foreign journalists, bloggers, leakers and publishers.
  113. Spinwars
    Politics and New Media

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1999
    An examination of media manipulation in late 20th Century North American politics.
  114. Substantial setback for press freedom in Egypt
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    A new requirement by the Egyptian military that local print media obtain approval for all mentions of the armed forces before publication is the single worst setback for press freedom in Egypt since the fall of President Hosni Mubarak.
  115. Thailand: Police close a dozen community radio stations, carry out arrests
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Reporters Without Borders condemns the closure of a dozen community radio stations linked to the opposition “Red Shirts” in a major police operation yesterday in Bangkok and the surrounding provinces.
  116. Turkey's journalists call for solidarity in struggle for their right to report
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    During a conference hosted by the Journalists Union of Turkey (TGS) and the Journalists Association of Turkey (TGC) leading journalists from across the political spectrum united in condemning the surge in attacks on press freedom led by the governmen
  117. 23 IFEX members and other organisations raise concerns about proposed mechanisms to combat racial and religious intolerance
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    23 IFEX members and other organisations raise concerns about proposed mechanisms to combat racial and religious intolerance.
  118. 2011 IPA Freedom to Publish Prize awarded to Vietnamese publisher Bui Chat
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Bui Chat, founder of Giay Vun publishing in Vietnam, has been named as the recipient of this year's IPA Freedom to Publish Prize for his exemplary courage in upholding freedom to publish.
  119. 2013-14 Review of Free Expression in Canada
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Evaluates people, policies and institutions that help and hinder freedom of expression. The 2013-14 Review of Free Expression in Canada contains feature articles about some of the most pressing areas of free expression, such as access to information, digital surveillance, and the failure to protectwhistleblowers. Also: a Report Card and Cross-Canada Reports.
  120. Ukraine: the Ugly Truth
    Kiev's War Against Freedom of Speech

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The US State Department has given its support to the military operation undertaken by Kiev in Donbass.
  121. US military must explain why marines censored Haitian photographer
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    Homère Cardichon, a photographer working for the daily Le Nouvelliste in Haiti, had his camera confiscated by US marines while covering a demonstration by disgruntled residents outside the US embassy in the Port-au-Prince.
  122. Vienna Declaration calls on governments to respect media freedom in fight against terrorism
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Effective security and respect for freedom of expression and press freedom are not incompatible but, rather, complementary.
  123. World Press Freedom Day: Commission launches 2009 Lorenzo Natali Prize for committed journalists
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    On World Press Freedom Day the Commission is officially launching the Lorenzo Natali Prize for 2009. The prize is awarded to journalists who have demonstrated a commitment to human rights, democracy and development.
  124. The Wrong Solution To The Wrong Problem
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    What is it to have free press?
  125. Yesterday's News
    Why Canada's Daily Newspapers are Failing Us

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1998
    Illuminates the decline of print journalism, suggests reasons for this decline and proposes solutions to reverse this downward trend.

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