by admin | Dec 15, 2010 | international, media freedom
The story of Julian Assange remains a distraction from the even more serious retribution being inflicted on WikiLeaks by other agencies, including internet service providers, PayPal, Master Card and Visa, some under US pressure. And there was no hiding the pleasure of...
by admin | Dec 15, 2010 | international
Greek workers, including media workers, are staging a fresh general strike in protest at government austerity measures. The day of action has grounded flights, disrupted public transport and closed schools across the country. It is the seventh general strike this...
by admin | Dec 4, 2010 | international, nuj
Last weekend’s NEC received a very disturbing report from Foster Dongozi the General Secretary of the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) who has been in the UK and Ireland, touring newsrooms explaining recent developments affecting journalists and promoting the call...
by admin | Nov 30, 2010 | international, unions
Greece’s journalists and media workers are holding a 24-hour nationwide strike declared by their trade unions in protest against the abolition of collective labor agreements, the violation of labour and pension insurance rights, and mass-scale layoffs.The country’s...
by admin | Nov 7, 2010 | international, media freedom
On 5 November the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and its affiliates marked ‘Stand Up for Journalism Day’ and its adopted the motto “journalism as a public good” to rekindle the spirit of mission and solidarity in journalists’ work. In...
by admin | Oct 5, 2010 | international, Press
Please take a minute and sign the e-card to Turkey ’s Prime Minister by clicking this link. http://www.ifj.org/en/pages/set-turkish-journalists-free Journalists currently in jail in Turkey must be set free immediately, says the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)...