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Arhiva priopćenjaUkupno: 2347 Vienna, 6 June 2005 According to information before SEEMO, on Wednesday, 1 June, the leadership of the Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity (VMRO)/People's Party sent an appeal to all owners of television and radio stations in Macedonia to ban the broadcasting of Serbian music for the next three months. This appeal followed the decision of the Serbian Orthodox Church not to recognise the Macedonian Orthodox Church. ...
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Poštovane kolegice i kolege, predsjednica Zbora Radionica za novinare Èetvrtak, 16. lipnja
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Bivši šef SIS-a Markica Rebiæ iziæi æe pred Haaški sud 14. lipnja, u 10 sati, kako bi se oèitovao o optužnici kojom ga se tereti za nepoštovanje suda. U optužnom je aktu, naime, navedeno kako je Rebiæ glavnom uredniku "Hrvatskog lista" Ivici Marijaèiæu otkrio identitet zaštiæenog svjedoka koji je dao iskaz na suðenju Tihomiru Blaškiæu i dostavio mu transkripte njegova svjedoèenja na zatvorenoj sjednici. ...
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BEJRUT - Ugledni libanonski novinar Samir Kassir ubijen je u èetvrtak u atentatu automobilom-bombom u kršæanskoj stambenoj èetvrti Achrafieh u Bejrutu, potvrdila je policija. ...
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Kolumnist Slobodne Dalmacije Josip Joviæ potvrdio je u srijedu za Vjesnik da je, kao osumnjièenik Haaškog suda, dobio poziv za razgovor s haaškim istražiteljima, koji bi ga trebali saslušati 17. lipnja u Zagrebu. ...
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PEKING – Kina je u utorak objavila da je strani novinar, uhiæen prošlog mjeseca, priznao kako je špijunirao za »stranu obavještajnu službu«. Ching Chong (55), dopisnik singapurskog lista Straits Times s boravištem u Hong Kongu, uhiæen je 22. travnja, objavilo je ministarstvo vanjskih poslova u Pekingu. ...
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The International Federation of Journalists, the world’s largest journalists’ organisation, today protested over a series of incidents of intimidation against journalists in Somalia and called for wider protection for media in the country. On 24 May, the Puntland Intelligence Service (PIS) detained two journalists who are among the staff of Somali Broadcasting Corporation in the port town of Bossasso. The two journalists, editor Mowliid Haji Abdi and reporter Mohamud Abdirahman Rod, were imprisoned illegally for a short time, according to the Somali Journalists Network (SOJON) the local affiliate of the IFJ. “These incidents are deplorable,” said Aidan White, IFJ General Secretary. “They reflect a general atmosphere of insecurity and anarchy in which journalists and other innocent civilians are subject to violence and intimidation.” In a recent incident veteran journalist Abdalla Nuradin Ahmed of HornAfrica radio station was shot and wounded in Mogadishu. A man with a pistol attacked Nuradin injuring him in the shoulder, chest and right hand. He is reported to be in a critical condition. Last month the Puntland police targeted journalists and the headquarters of Shacal weekly newspaper in Garowe following claims of defamation by the Puntland president. Shacab journalists have been arrested and some property destroyed. The Puntland Council of Ministers also decided to suspend temporarily the newspaper. “We condemn the latest actions by the Puntland authorities against SBC journalists without reservation,” said White. “Our colleagues should be released immediately and the suspension of Shacab newspaper lifted.” The IFJ says that the Federal government, which is due to relocate to the country as the security situation eases, should take responsibility for the security and protection of all citizens. “In particular, action must be taken to lift the pressure that is currently facing all journalists.” For more information, call +32 2 235 22 07 The IFJ represents more than 500,000 journalists in more than 110 countries ...
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Na temelju zakljuèaka Središnjeg odbora HND molimo èlanove da što prije na mail adresu pravilnici@hnd.hr pošalju primjedbe na sadašnje pravilnike odnosno prijedloge za nove. Priložene natuknice nisu, dakako, ogranièavajuæe. Primjedbe se oèekuju u najširem rasponu predmetne problematike. Rasprava je otvorena do 5. srpnja, a primaju se i primjedbe poslane obiènom poštom na adresu HND, Zagreb, Perkovèeva 2/1.
Temeljem èlanka 38, 56 i 57 Statuta Hrvatskoga novinarskog društva Središnji odbor HND na sjednici održanoj 27. ožujka 2003. godine donosi Pravilnik o novinarskim nagradama Nagrade HND su slijedeæe: - nagrada za životno djelo: Otokar Keršovani 1. Nagrade Hrvatskog novinarskog društva dodjeljuje se za najbolje radove objavljene u kalendarskoj godini u kojoj se na kraju godine natjeèaj raspisuje 2. Natjeèaj za novinarske nagrade HND-a raspisuje Izvršni odbor HND kraja prosinca godine za koje se nagrade dodjeljuju, a otvoren je do kraja veljaèe slijedeæe godine. 3 Autore za nagradu HND-a mogu predlagati svi pojedinci, svi ogranci, redakcije, - èlanovi HND-a , te ocjenjivaèke skupine, Izvršni odbor HND i sami autori. 4. Prijedlozi se šalju na adresu Hrvatskog novinarskog društva zakljuèno do kraja veljaèe. Uz pismeni prijedlog valja priložiti i fotokopije kandidiranih tekstova 5. Za nagrade koje vrednuju ukupnu razinu redovite autorske rubrike (kolumne ili emisije i slièno) dovoljno je priložiti kopije tri teksta/emisije. 6. Ocjenjivaèke skupine za godišnje nagrade Hrvatskog novinarskog društva - za 7. Odluke o novinarskim nagradama donose tri ocjenjivaèke skupine. U bilo kojoj kategoriji nagrada se može i ne dodijeliti u sluèaju da ocjenjivaèka skupina smatra da nijedan predloženi rad u pojedinoj kategoriji ne zadovoljava kriterije nagrade. 8. Odluku o nagradi za životno djelo Otokar Keršovani na temelju prispjelih obrazloženih prijedloga donosi ocjenjivaèki odbor, kojeg èine sve tri ocjenjivaèke skupine i to na temelju posebnih Pravila (kriterija). Ocjenjivaèki odbor na sjednici donosi odluke o nagradama veæinom glasova. 9. Odluka o nagradi Novinar godine donosi se na temelju glasovanja èlanova HND 10. Novinarske nagrade sastoje se od samostojeæe plakete s likom osobe èije ime 11. Godišnje nagrade Hrvatskog novinarskog društva uruèuju se dobitnicima 12. Novinarska nagrada ne može se dodijeliti novinaru koji je prekršio Kodeks èasti HND. 13. Središnji odbor može poništiti odluke ocjenjivaèkih odbora i skupina ako se ustvrdi da nisu poštovane odredbe ovog pravilnika. Kategorije nagrada: Nagrade u svim kategorijama mogu se dodjeljivati novinarima iz svih medija (novine, agencije, radio, televizija, internet portali). 1. Vijest 2. Reportaža 3. Intervju / razgovor 4. Komentar/kolumna 5. Istraživaèko novinarstvo 6. Najbolje ureðena rubrika - emisija 7. Karikatura, ilustracija, foto-montaža 8. Nagrada za unapreðenje novinarskog izraza 9. Snimateljski prilog Žarko Kaiæ 10. Novinska fotografija Nikša Antonini Predsjednik HND Dragutin Luèiæ
2. Ocjenjivaèki odbor, koji èine èlanovi svih ocjenjivaèkih skupina (za pisano novinarstvo, radio i TV - produkciju, agencije i internet portale) pri odluèivanju o kandidatima za nagradu mora uzeti u obzir slijedeæe odrednice. 3. Ocjenjivaèki odbor predlaže izmeðu pristiglih kandidatura najmanje dva, a najviše èetiri imena. Ocjenjivaèki odbor može procijeniti da ni jedan kandidat ne udovoljava kriterijima pa se te godine nagrada neæe ni dodijeliti. 4. Konaènu odluku o dobitniku nagrade donose svi èlanovi Hrvatskog novinarskog društva, s tim da pravo glasa imaju redovni, pripravni i pridruženi èlanovi. Glasuje se tajno nakon što imena kandidata budu objavljena javno, a svaki èlan Društva na kuænu adresu dobije glasovnicu koju mora vratiti u roku od 30 dana. Vrijedi samo onaj listiæ na kojem je zaokruženo samo jedno ime. Nagrada se dodjeljuje kandidatu koji je dobio najviše glasova. U sluèaju da dva kandidata dobiju isti broj glasova dodijelit æe se dvije ravnopravne nagrade. 5. Da bi nagrada bila dodijeljena u glasovanju mora sudjelovati najmanje 20% 6. Pristigle glasovnice bit æe deponirane u odabranom odvjetnièkom uredu koji æe 7. Dobitniku nagrade pripada novèani iznos od 5.000 kuna.
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2. Ocjenjivaèki odbor, što ga èine sve tri ocjenjivaèke skupine, na temelju prispjelih prijedloga utvrðuje da li predloženi kandidati ispunjavaju uvjete propisane Pravilnikom o novinarskim nagradama i posebice istaknutim kriterijima. 3. Temeljem obrazloženja uz prijedloge za nagradu i procjene Ocjenjivaèki 4. Ako ni jedan kandidat nije dobio dovoljan broj glasova, u drugom krugu glasuje se izmeðu dva kandidata s najveæim brojem glasova iz prvog kruga. 5. Izvršni odbor može poništiti odluku ocjenjivaèkog odbora, ako se utvrdi da nisu poštovane sve odredbe Pravilnika i ovih kriterija. 6. Dobitniku nagrade pripada novèani iznos od 15.000,00 kn. Na temelju èlanka 36 Statuta Hrvatskog novinarskog društva, a u svezi sa èlanovima 56 i 58, Središnji odbor HND na sjednici održanoj 29. ožujka 2000. godine donosi P r a v i l n i k
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U Hrvatskoj se godišnje dogaða oko 90.000 prometnih nesreæa, a za veliku veæinu njih kao glavni i jedini krivci u policijskim su izvještajima i prijavama oznaèeni vozaèi, kojima se na teret stavlja oko 95 posto nesreæa. U isto vrijeme prijave protiv cestarskih poduzeæa još su rijetke, iako su nam ceste u lošem stanju, a loše postavljeni znakovi i cjelokupna infrastrukturna rješenja mogli bi se nabrajiti unedogled. Sve ovo bilo je povod Zboru automobilskih novinara da prošlog tjedna organizira okrugli stol "Vozaè (ni)je uvijek kriv". Raspravljalo se o tome je li krivnja vozaèa zaista toliko velika i zašto uopæe vozaèi griješe, ali takoðer je istaknuta potreba jaèe javne pozornosti na nedostatke u prometnoj infrastrukturi, kao i na potrebu rješavanja tih nedostataka. U radu okruglog stola sudjelovali su Ivan Dadiæ i Jerko Èamber s Instituta za promet, Goran Zovak s Prometnog fakulteta, Mladen Gledec, nezavisni prometni konzultant i predavaè na Policijskoj akademiji, Sinan Alispahiæ i Darko Brozoviæ iz Hrvatskog autokluba, sudski vještaci Èedomir Èoviæ i Zvonko Ivašiæ, Ante Gašpar iz MUP-a i novinar specijaliziran za prometnu problematiku Dražen Jambroviæ. Na skup se bez isprike nisu odazvali iz Hrvatskih autocesta i Autoceste Rijeka-Zagreb. Ivan Dadiæ, poznat, meðu ostalim, i po javnim nastupima u kojima inzistira na podjeli odgovornosti u omjeru 1/3 èovjek, 1/3 vozilo, 1/3 cesta, smatra da je neodrživo stanje u kojem se 95 posto krivnje svaljuje na vozaèe. - Moja teza o treæini odgovornosti za vozaèa, vozilo i cestu je samo polazište za prouèavanje njihovih složenih meðuodnosa, jer toèni su omjeri razlièiti ovisno o situacijama. Primjerice, istraživanja i sanacija opasnih mjesta na prometnicama pokazala su da je na tim mjestima za 90 posto nesreæa kriva bila cesta. Kako smo došli do tog podatka? Nakon sanacije, koja je bila jednostavna i jeftina, na istim tim mjestima dogaða se 90 posto manje nesreæa nego prije - rekao je dr. Dadiæ. Darko Brozoviæ iz HAK-a prezentirao je rezultate ankete o prometnim znakovima, u kojoj su zajedno s europskim vozaèima sudjelovali i vozaèi iz Hrvatske. Zakljuèeno je da loše postavljeni znakovi mogu imati suprotni uèinak od željenog, odnosno poveæavaju nesigurnost prometa. Brozoviæ je istaknuo važnost ovakvih javnih testiranja pojedinih segmenata prometa, kao primjer navodeæi lanjsko testiranje naših tunela. Nakon što su kritizirani, vlasnici tunela Uèka i Tuhobiæa napravili su poboljšanja. Mladen Gledec bio je kritièan prema prometnim znakovima rekavši da ih ima previše. - Znakovi se èesto postavljaju bespotrebno, samo kao alibi cestarskih poduzeæa radi pranja ruku od odgovornosti u sluèaju nesreæe. Preniska ogranièenja brzine su evidentan primjer takva pranja ruku, ali za takvo nerazumno postavljanje znakova nitko ne snosi odgovornost, a kad doðe do nesreæe onda se okrivi vozaè - tvrdi Gledec. M. Gledec kaže da je vozaè uvijek kriv, jer je uzrok svake nesreæe pogrešno ponašanje sudionika, ali bitno je zapravo utvrðivanje svih èimbenika koji su doveli do pogreške. Osim subjektivne greške samog vozaèa, uzroci se dalje mogu tražiti u cesti i njezinu poveæanom riziku. Gledajuæi s aspekta prostorne distribucije, ako su na nekom mjestu èeste nesreæe, radi se o crnoj toèki, i onda bi policija u takvim sluèajevima uz vozaèa trebala dodatno prijaviti još nekoga, npr. projektanta ili cestarsko poduzeæe. ...
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Women journalists today urged media leaders across Europe to strengthen gender equality in media as part of a campaign to improve working and living conditions of women in the expanding European Union. The European Federation of Journalists conference Women Journalists in the European Integration Process, on 27-29th May in Nicosia, Cyprus, brought together 30 women journalists representing 22 unions and associations from all over Europe to address gender, quality and union rights in European media. The conference established an EFJ women jounalists´ network, agreed to organise a Europe-wide study of the status of women journalists and adopted Guidelines for Action to improve conditions for women journalists. The conference also called for the immediate release of French journalist Florence Aubenas and her interpreter, Hussein Hanoun al-Saadi, who are being held hostage in Iraq. “Women journalists represent almost 50 per cent of the press room and more than half of media consumers are female,” said Annegret Witt-Barthel, European Coordinator of the International Federation of journalists’ Gender Council. “However, media employers show a deplorable unwillingness to support equal treatment in the work place, including equal pay and equal rights of promotion to leadership positions.” She said inequalities at work were also highlighted in continuing media stereotypes of women in society. “Quality journalism also requires fair gender portrayal in the media,” she said. Although the meeting welcomed European Union initatives on gender equality, there is little practical impact in the media sector. Women journalists are among those most affected by the growth of precarious freelance work. They suffer most from falling social standards and cuts in pay as well as increasing hours of work. There is a persistant lack of support to reconcile work and family needs and women often suffer from bullying and harrassment. The conference recognised that globalisation in media threatens freedom of information and worsens working conditions for journalists and freelance writers, and it has a particular impact on the struggle to obtain equality between men and women journalists. The meeting said the European Union and national governments should consider the right to information as a social issue and not subject it to the dictates of the market. The participants held three training workshops on union and media leadership as well as on the portrayal of women in media and emerged with practical guidelines for improving the status of women at work. “Media globalization is rolling back improvements gained over the past 20 years,” said Witt-Bartel. “Our unions need to give priority to gender equality. They can do that by ensuring proportional representation of women in unions’ decision making bodies. ” For further information please contact +32 2 235 22 15 ...
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Samo su usputni promatraèi ostali zateèeni napadom HDZ-ovih ministara i saborskih zastupnika na Hrvatsku radioteleviziju, no, s obzirom da se bliži trenutak kada æe se u Saboru naæi prijedlog izmjena Zakona o HRT-u, èini se da se radi o zapoèinjanju konaènog obraèuna za najutjecajniji medij u Hrvatskoj. S. VEJNOVIÆ ...
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The International Federation of Journalists today condemned a new series of “regular” prison sentences handed down by the Algiers Tribunal every Tuesday against journalists. On 24 May, Ali Dilem, the cartoonist of the daily Liberté was charged with a fine of fifty thousand dinars (approximately 550 euros) “with an offence against the President of the Republic”. Mustapha Hammouche, another columnist working for Liberté who is also being pursued for the same “offence”, has been acquitted. The former managing editor of Liberté, Farid Alilet, was falsely sentenced to one year in prison and the newspaper was fined 250 thousand dinars (approximately 2850 euros). “These Tuesday proceedings organised on weekly basis are a parody of justice aimed at crushing editorial independence,” says Aidan White, IFJ Secretary General. “They demonstrate the emergence of an institutional inquisition which seeks to impose self-censorship on Algerian journalists”. Ali Dilem and Mustapha Hammouche were targeted for the publication of eight sketches and one chronicle in 2003. Farid Alilet was charged on the basis of two publications he issued since he became managing editor. On 10 May, during the first round of proceedings the state attorney delivered a one-year sentence against all three journalists accused of offending the Head of State. The State Prosecutor in Algiers went after the journalists in question without any formal grounds for complaint from neither the President nor the President’s office. The IFJ is calling for the abolishment of amendments to the penal code on defamation which hangs over the media since June 2001 and which recommends imprisonment and fines for defamation. “We are renewing our call on the international community and all media organisations to appeal to the Algerian authorities to end these grave violations of freedom of expression,” said White. For more information, call +32 2 235 22 06 ...
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The International Federation of Journalists today expressed its solidarity with Hafez Al-Bukari, Secretary General of the Yemen Journalists Syndicate (YJS) and his wife Rahma Hujaira, Chairperson of the Yemen Female Media Forum, following the publication of an article in a newspaper called Al-Bilad, which makes “unfounded, untrue and shocking” allegations against the two journalists. The attack sparked a spontaneous demonstration by journalists who denounced the “dirty, baseless and evil accusations” directed by the paper against the journalists. The publication of the article followed an editorial by Rahma Hujaira published in Al-Thawri newspaper, which made a hard-hitting critique of the ruling party in its handling of recent elections. “This insidious and personal attack against prominent journalists and active defenders of civil liberties is extremely worrying,” said Aidan White, IFJ General Secretary. “It comes from a newspaper which has suddenly been launched with official support only days after colleagues criticised the authorities and therefore is politically compromised”. Yemeni journalists, from the YJS, underlined in a press release that the editor-in-chief of the newspaper was granted a license by the Ministry of Information and therefore is not recognised as a journalist and is not a member of the syndicate. Mahboob Ali, chairman of the syndicate, blamed the ministry for giving licenses to non-syndicate members and to those who are not journalists. Local journalists demanded the suspension of the newspaper and also criticized the authorities. “It is of major importance that journalists stand in solidarity and firmly condemn such insidious harassment against colleagues” said White. “The strong reactions by our colleagues demonstrate the need to organise a reliable and professional response to the violation of journalism deontology in Yemen through a mechanism of self-regulation”. The IFJ is calling on the authorities to respect freedom of expression and to ensure a constructive environment for the development of quality journalism in Yemen. Hafez Al-Bukari is also the IFJ Coordinator on a project aiming to strengthen the capacities of the Syndicate and which aims to improve the working conditions of journalists in the country. For further information please contact +32 2 235 22 06 The IFJ represents over 500,000 journalists in more than 100 countries ...
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Javna televizija pretvorila se u privatnu govornicu, a mene se stavlja u isti kontekst s èetnicima. Oni koji stvaraju takvu klimu u društvu koristeæi javne medije moraju se suoèiti s kriviènom i politièkom odgovornošæu. Tražit æu kao zastupnik da se prikaže sporni prilog da to vide zastupnici, ravnatelj HRT-a i urednik – kazao je juèer Milorad Pupovac na konferenciji za novinare, dodajuæi da se sada na HTV-u širi mržnja prema njemu, SDSS-u i politici koju zastupa. Glavni ravnatelj HRT-a Mirko Galiæ, meðutim, ne smatra da je HTV napravio nešto nedopušteno i odbija svaku optužbu za raspirivanje mržnje. – Èinjenica je da su došli autobusi, da su dovezli glasaèe i da je HTV to prenijela. Previše sam se borio da ova televizija govori slobodno, istinito, objektivno i bez cenzure. Stoga nas nitko ne može prozivati zato što ne želimo raditi cenzuru – kaže Galiæ. Zloupotrebom slobode Galiæ bi smatrao kada bi se radilo o izvuèenom detalju. – Ako se radi o tipiènoj izjavi, onda za to nije kriva televizija koja to prenosi. Odrekli smo se uloge televizije koja frizira stvarnost – kaže Galiæ, dodajuæi da treba dokazati da je prilog bio tendenciozan. Urednik Goran Miliæ, štoviše, tvrdi da je »sirovi« materijal kojeg je Škovrlj toga dana snimio bio »10 puta gori« od onoga što je prikazano u prilogu. – Taj je materijal bio toliko strašan i izazovan da sam zamolio Škovrlja da ga odmah izbriše, jer sam pretpostavio da æe do toga doæi i razni manipulatori. Taj je prilog mogao biti još puno, puno gori – kaže Miliæ, dodajuæi kako Škovrlju apsolutno vjeruje da je prenio stvarnu situaciju. – Da smo htjeli praviti naboj prema realnosti mogli smo napraviti puno gori i puno nabrijaniji prilog. Stvarno smo se èuvali toga, ali mislim da je zadaæa i Pupovca i SDSS-a da objasni tim ljudima kako Hrvati baš i ne vole da se Krajina spominje 2005. godine – kaže Miliæ koji tvrdi da mu nitko od šefova još nije prigovorio. ...
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EPH u privatizaciju Slobodne Dalmacije ulaže ukupno 371 milijun kuna, a prvotna ponuda iznosila je 535 milijuna kuna. Konaènu odluku o prodaji trebala bi donijeti Vlada do 6. lipnjaZAGREB - Upravni odbor Hrvatskog fonda za privatizaciju prihvatio je na sjednici u petak ponudu Europapress holdinga za kupnju Slobodne Dalmacije.
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IFJ poziva Kubu da oslobodi sve zatoèene novinare buduæi da Havana protjeruje strane izvještaèe The International Federation of Journalists today protested to Cuban President Fidel Castro over the arrest and expulsion yesterday of journalists from Poland and Italy and called on the country to end its long-running campaign against independent journalists which has seen dozens of reporters and jailed. The foreign journalists were trying to cover a meeting of dissidents when they were arrested and detained. The Polish journalists arrested and finally expelled from Havana were Seweryn Blumsztajn of the daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, Jerzy Jurecki of the regional daily Tygodnik Podhalanski, and Wojciech Rogasin of Newsweek and who had come to cover a congress of dissidents taking place there. Also held was their interpreter Maciej Sarna. The IFJ supported also the protests of its affiliate in Italy the Federazione della Stampa Italiana (FNSI) over the arrest and expulsion of Francesco Battistini, the correspondent of the Corriere della Sera. “These arrests and the continued imprisonment of more than 20 journalists and writers are shocking evidence of the intolerance that dictates media policy,” said Aidan White, IFJ General Secretary. “The Cuban regime loses all credibility and international support drains away because of its bullying and intimidation of media. All journalists in jail – from home and abroad – should be released immediately.” Two years ago the Cuban government launched a crackdown on freedom of expression by arresting dozens of dissidents and journalists. The journalists were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 14 to 27 years. Press freedom groups have protested that the imprisoned journalists have been held in unsanitary prison conditions and have inadequate medical care. "They are denied the same rights as other prisoners and their families have been harassed for campaigning against their incarceration and calling for their release," said White. For further information please contact +32 2 235 22 07 The IFJ represents over 500,000 journalists in more than 110 countries ...
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Thousands of BBC staff have voted for strike action in opposition to the Corporation's plans to axe jobs and cut budgets. In this ballot, 83.9% of NUJ members voted to strike. Members of the other two unions, BECTU and Amicus, also voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action. ...
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Three Iraqi journalists have been assassinated in “cold-blooded and ruthless executions” on the roadside south of Baghdad reports the safety office of the International Federation of Journalists in Iraq. The attack took place on Sunday when the journalists were travelling to Kerbala from Baghdad. They were among 13 passengers in a minibus that was stopped by an armed group who picked out the journalists when they showed their press cards. The rest of the passengers were freed, but Najem Abd Khudair, the Kerbala correspondent for the newspaper Al Mada, Ahmad Adam, a freelance writer for Al Mada and trainee journalist, Ali Jassem Al Rumi, working for Al Safeer newspaper in Baghdad were then killed. “These colleagues were savagely murdered,” said Aidan White, IFJ General Secretary. “They had their throats cut in cold-blooded and ruthless executions that are a cruel demonstration of the horrors of working in journalism in Iraq today.” These latest killings bring to 85 the number of journalists and media staff killed in Iraq since the US and British invasion in March 2003. Of this number some 62, almost 80 per cent, are Iraqi. The number also includes 14 deaths at the hands of US troops, which have prompted the IFJ and others to demand independent reports on the circumstances. The IFJ is also demanding that US and Iraq authorities free eight Iraqi journalists, most working for western media, who were arrested in March allegedly because “they pose a security risk to the Iraqi people and coalition forces.” “These arrests, without formal charges, are nothing short of intimidation,” said White. “Journalism in Iraq is in the deepest crisis and the authorities should bring forward clear charges or release these journalists immediately. The uncertainty and injustice of arrest and arbitrary detention is intolerable.” The IFJ opened its safety office in Baghdad last month with the support of Iraqi journalists who have created the Iraqi National Journalism Advisory Panel to improve levels of protection for journalists, to campaign for journalists’ rights and to encourage journalists to work together in the current crisis. “Iraqi journalists get no training, they have no safety equipment, they have no insurance or social protection,” said White. “The Baghdad centre, which is drafting guidelines on safety precautions for journalists in Iraq, provides much-needed support.” The centre has produced and issued media and journalists in Iraq with a special safety package -- an Iraqi edition of the safety manual Live News in Arabic, first aid kits, and a CD-Rom guide to security and protection for media staff. For further information please contact +32 2 235 22 07 ...
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