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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has renewed its concerns for the East Timorese media after recent reports of journalists becoming internally displaced persons after their houses were burnt down during continued violence in the world’s youngest nation. Prompted by the recent violence in East Timor, IFJ affiliates in East Timor, the Sindicato dos Jornalistas de Timor Leste (SJTL) and the Timor Lorosa e Journalists' Association (AJTL), held... [more...]
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the brutal killing of journalist Arun Narayan Dekate who died on June 10 from injuries he sustained after he was attacked with stones on his way home two days earlier. Dekate, a rural correspondent with Marathi daily Tarun Bharat , was admitted to a hospital in Nagpur, India, immediately after the attack on June 8, but died from his injuries on June 10. According to local reports, Dekate had... [more...]
The International Federation of Journalists today welcomed the imminent release of Algerian journalist, Mohamed Benchicou who has been in prison for two years for his critical commentaries of the local government and called now for the threat of jail to be lifted from over 20 more. Benchicou, the managing editor of the daily newspaper Le Matin, is due to be released tomorrow from the El Harrach prison after he was detained on 14 June 2004. “We are delighted... [more...]
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