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The
following letter is sent to Science University of Malaysia in Penang on
January 6 2004 to protest the university's rising restrictions on students'
rights to organise and express themselves.
SEAPA
protests against Malaysian University's rising restrictions on students'
free expression rights. (Continue)
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UNESCO
Appeal for $ 600,000 Immediate Assistance to Restore Radio Broadcasting
in Aceh, Indonesia
Source:
UNESCO
UNESCO Appeal for $ 600,000 Immediate Assistance to Restore Radio Broadcasting
in Aceh, Indonesia
The programmes and projects relating to emergency relief and post disaster
response will have major difficulties if there are no effective communication
channels available to disseminate information.
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Journalists
Told to Keep Quiet on Aceh Skirmish
Source: The Australian/Pacific Media Watch : From Joyo News
By Martin Chulov: JAKARTA
Excerpts: "Your duties here are to observe the disaster, not the conflict
between TNI (the Indonesian army) and GAM," a Kopassus commander told
The Australian's journalist and photographer before ordering them to leave.
... As one local tried to ride off on a motorbike, a Kopassus soldier shouted
angrily and fired two shots in the air. (Continue)
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Website
under investigation
SEAPA
is gravely concerned by reports that the Malaysian government is stepping
up its censorship of the Internet.
On 13 December 2004, two leading Malay-language dailies, "Berita Harian"
and "Harian Metro", quoted Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak
as saying that the government will investigate the news/opinion website
"Malaysia-Today", for conducting an open debate on privileges
accorded to Muslims.(Continue)
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High
price for press freedom in the Philippines
The Philippines likes
to boast that since the downfall of dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986, the
country has the freest press in Asia but with 13 journalists murdered this
year, freedom has come at a high price for the fourth estate. (Continue)
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Update-Defamation
Law
THAI courts on December
2 acquitted veteran columnist Prasong Soonsiri and three executives of a
local daily of libeling Court judges. The Court said Prasong's article,
published on August 28, 2001, was at most contemptuous of, and improper
to, the judiciary, but that its contents were ultimately factual and beneficial
to public interest. (Continue)
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Thai
security option could be pretext for controlling press, too
The Southeast Asian Press
Alliance (SEAPA) expresses grave concern over reports that the Thai government
is mulling using laws and measures patterned after Singaporean and Malaysian
internal security acts to preempt and counter expected violence in its troubled
southern provinces. (Continue)
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Laos
banned TIME reporter from ASEAN Summit
Laotian government prevented
TIME Magazine's Asia correspondent from entering the country to cover the
recently-concluded 10th summit of Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(Asean). (Continue)
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Reforms
needed on Thai libel laws, say legal and media experts
Bangkok - Legal and media
experts in Thailand are sharing in concerns that the country's libel laws
are being used by the powerful as weapons against critics and the press,
and are no longer serving their intended purpose of protecting the reputations
of individuals. (Continue)
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Thai
court pushes back Supinya trial to second half of 2005
The start of a civil
libel case that has Thai journalists anxious over the security of their
sector has been pushed back to the second half of next year. (Continue)
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'Opening
Philippine media to foreign ownership not easy'
The idea of opening the
Philippine media to foreign ownership may sound good in theory but in practice
it would come only at the cost of a fiercely nationalist and constitutional
debate.(Continue)
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Thai
gov't 'muzzling media'
Buying up stakes, removal
of editors, canning shows cited
BANGKOK - Several government ministers who have powerful business interests
have gained control of influential media outlets to muzzle the press for
their own interest, media academics claimed.(Continue)
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Malaysia
threatens to use Internal Security Act, sedition laws vs webmasters
The Southeast Asian Press
Alliance (SEAPA) is gravely concerned by Kuala Lumpur's stated intent to
wield Malaysia's Internal Security Act and Sedition Act to potentially control
the flow of information and opinion in Malaysia-based Internet operations.
(Continue)
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Tempo
editor gets one-year prison term as reporters acquitted
JAKARTA - The chief editor
of Tempo weekly was sentenced on Thursday to one year in prison, while two
of its journalists were acquitted of all charges in a defamation case filed
by well-connected businessman Tomy Winata.
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Hanoi
Bans media from covering Forum
Communist Vietnam has
banned journalists from covering the fifth Asia-Europe People's Forum in
Hanoi, with organizers saying Monday that there was not enough room to accommodate
them.
(Continue) |
SEAPA
alarmed by Bt400 million-libel suit against Thai media advocate
The Southeast Asian Press
Alliance (SEAPA) is alarmed by a Thai court's recent decision clearing the
way for a Bt400 million (US$10 million) civil libel suit against a media
reform activist in Bangkok.
(Continue) |
TELECOM
WATCHDOG: Doubts over NTC vote
83 senators cast identical
ballots; top ShinSat exec appointed
Some senators and telecommunications industry figures voiced disappointment
yesterday over the list of appointees to Thailand's first national telecom
regulator, suspecting the voting was rigged.
(Continue) |
Suspect
in Filipino journalist's killing surrenders to police
(CMFR/IFEX)
- On 13 September 2004, two years and four months after the death of Pagadian
City journalist Edgar Damalerio, the main suspect in his killing, former
police officer Guillermo Wapille, surrendered to Philippine National Police
(PNP) Chief Edgardo Aglipay in Camp Crame.
(Continue) |
Shin
Corp's criminal libel suit on hold until July
The
historic courtroom battle between the business empire controlled by Prime
Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's family and young activist Supinya Klangnarong
could take place after the next general election.
(Continue) |
Court
delays verdict on 'Tempo'
Jakarta
court delays Tempo verdict as international observers crowd courtroom
Under intense scrutiny from the international media and press advocates
from around the world, a court yesterday delayed its verdict in a criminal
defamation case widely seen as a grave threat to press freedom in Indonesia.
(Continue) |
Assassin
of Filipino journalist sets demands for surrender
ZAMBOANGA
CITY, Philippines - The policeman who was tagged as the killer of Pagadian
City journalist Edgardo Damalerio has reportedly set demands for his surrender
to police authorities, officials said yesterday.
(Continue) |
SEAPA
alarmed by Bt400 million-libel suit against Thai media advocate
The
Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) is alarmed by a Thai court's recent
decision clearing the way for a Bt400 million (US$10 million) civil libel
suit against a media reform activist in Bangkok.
(Continue) |
IFJ
Demands Philippines Brings Killers to Justice As Media Death Toll Mounts
The
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called upon the Philippines
to establish an independent inquiry over the failure of the authorities
to prosecute suspects in the investigation of the murder of 55 journalists
in the country.
(Continue)
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"Don't
jail journalists" Say Free Press Advocates to Indonesia
The
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the global organisation
representing over 500,000 journalists worldwide, has launched a global
campaign to demand that Indonesia doesn't jail its journalists under draconian
defamation laws which allow journalists to be tried in both the criminal
and civil jurisdictions.
(Continue)
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Opposition
seeks protection for journalists after broadcaster slaying
The
Philippine Senate has been asked to investigate the murder of broadcaster
Roger Mariano and the failure of law enforcement authorities to solve
the string of killings of practicing journalists over the last two decades.
Senate Minority Leader
Aquilino Pimentel Jr. and opposition Senator Jamby Madrigal are seeking
an inquiry of the Mariano slaying and the adoption of reforms to protect
media practitioners in the exercise of the freedom of the press. Another
opposition legislator, Sen. Alfredo Lim, signed the resolution as co-author.
(Continue)
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Academics
Urge Thaksin to Rein In State-owned TV Stations
Executive
order needed to prevent channels from undermining NBC
Prime Minister Thaksin
Shinawatra needs to issue an executive order to prevent state-owned television
stations from further undermining the authority of the yet-to-be-formed
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and to prepare them for far-reaching
reform, academics, independent programme producers and media activists
said over the weekend.
(Continue)
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Govt
intervenes, forces TV channels to halt expansions
The
government yesterday slammed the breaks on most new ventures or expansion
plans of the three main terrestrial TV stations.
The move follows uproar over a scramble to control or reap benefits from
the electronic media before it undergoes Constitution-mandated reform. (Continue) |
IFJ
Calls on Berlusconi-style Thai Government To End "Vendetta" Against
Media Campaigners
The
International Federation of Journalists said that developments in Thailand,
where a media campaigner faces ruin in a Government court action, mirror
the media crisis in Italy where politics and media ownership mix at the
highest level.
"We witness the same political arrogance, the same conflict of interest
and the same intolerance when it comes to dealing with people calling for
democratic reform," said Aidan White, IFJ General Secretary in a statement
issued on June 25, 2004. "Thai legislators are sacrificing pluralism
and democracy to give unyielding control of major media to Prime Minister
Thaksin Shinawatra." (Continue)
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Time
for a fresh look at press freedom: Musa
By
Claudia Theophilus
Malaysiakini, May 6, 2004
A former deputy prime minister today said there was a need to take a "fresh
look" at the "formal restrictions" to press freedom in this
country. Referring to existing laws, and rules and regulations that govern
the print and broadcast media industry here, Musa Hitam said the situation
was different now.
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PM
Must Guarantee Media Freedom
Source:
Kavi Chongkittavorn, The Nation
March 1, 2004
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has two approaches for dealing with
the media - one is to demonise journalists and the other is to treat any
issue relating to freedom of expression as a private-sector one. Since
taking power in early 2001 he has been quite effective on both lines of
attack, even though he continues to appear surprised by accusations of
media meddling.
(Continue)
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Foreign
Journalists Alarmed
Source:
The Nation
February 29, 2004
Bangkok-based
foreign journalists have expressed alarm over the loss of press freedom
in Thailand, following recent censorship rows at the Bangkok Post and
Siamrath weekly news magazine. (Continue)
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Editor
Quits Over Censorship
Source:
The Nation
February 25, 2004
Rungruang
Preechakul’s unceremonious resignation as editor of the longestablished
Siamrath Weekly News magazine earlier this month might have seemed a lowkey
affair, but yesterday he finally broke his silence and told The Nation
things were not quite as they seemed. (Continue)
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Association
wants some answers on Veera's removal
Source:
The Nation
February 21, 2004
The Thai Journalists Association yesterday demanded that the Bangkok Post's
board give its reasons for removing Veera Prateepchaikul as editor of
the newspaper. (Continue)
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Crisis
of Credibility for the Media
Source:
The Nation
February 23, 2004
February 2004 will be remembered as one of the darkest months in the history
of the Thai media. A ruling by an arbitration panel not only favoured
compensation for iTV but also allowed the television network alter its
news-heavy programming in favour of more entertainment. And then on Friday
the board of directors of Post Publishing Co removed Veera Prateepchaikul
as editor of the Bangkok Post. The journalists on the English-language
daily issued an unprecedented statement seeking editorial independence.
But it appears that political interference and business interests have
won the day. (Continue)
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Reporters
Decry Editor’s Removal
Source:
The Nation
February 21, 2004
Journalists at the Bangkok Post yesterday demanded assurances from their
employer that editorial independence would be maintained at one of Thailand's
oldest newspapers following the murky transfer of editor Veera Prateepchaikul.
(Continue)
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Channel
11 Should be Made Independent: Researcher
Source:
The Nation
January 30, 2004
State-owned Channel 11 should be transformed into an independent public
television station to break up media monopolies and better serve the public,
a recent study on media reforms recommended. (Continue)
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Press
'Contributed to Flu Whitewash'
Source:
The Nation
January 30, 2004
The bird-flu epidemic could have been contained if the media were allowed
to function independently and journalists were given better access to
information, the assistant editor of Nation Multimedia Group said yesterday.(Continue)
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A
News Editor Lost His Court Battle Against Violator of Press Freedom
January
21, 2004
Four defendants in the 2000 shooting of a news editor of Thailand’s northern
daily were acquitted in Chiang Mai court’s verdict today. (Continue)
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2003:
A Year Thai Media was Reined In
Source:
Thai Journalists Association
December 30, 2003
Thai Journalists Association (TJA) declared Year 2003: a year Thai media
was reined in. Having to succumb to Thaksin government associates’ advertisement
pressure and subtle and systematic interference in media mechanism, the
media resorted to self-censorship and restrained itself from being critical
of the government. (Continue)
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Press
Freedom Under Attack Across the Region
Source: Bangkok Post
Story by Nissara Horayangura
December 22, 2003
All around the world, press freedom is under attack. How is the press
to defend the human rights of a civil society when its own fundamental
rights are being violated? (Continue)
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FFFJ
Statement on the Killing of Davao City Broadcaster
Source:
IFEX
September 13, 2003
The Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ), organized to address
the numerous and unremitting attacks against journalists and news organizations
around the country,
condemns the killing of Davao City broadcaster Juan "Jun" Pala September
6, 2003. (Continue)
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Study
Reveals Dark Side of Journalism
Source:
The Nation
September 9, 2003
Thai print media journalists are among the world's most susceptible to
bribes, a global survey revealed yesterday. (Continue)
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Philippine
Journalist Shot Dead
Source:
Committee to Protect Journalists
September 8, 2003
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns the recent spate of
attacks on journalists in the Philippines. CPJ is currently investigating
the murders of three reporters killed during the last three weeks. (Continue)
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IFJ
Calls on Thailand Prime Minister to Drop Anti-Union Case
August 5, 2003
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the global organisation
of journalists representing over 500,000 journalists worldwide, has written
today to Thailand’s Prime Minister The Right Honourable Thaksin Shinnawatra
demanding that he intervene to ensure the television network ITV, owned
by his family’s company Shin Corp, withdraw the appeal currently underway
in the Thailand Supreme Court against 21 workers sacked by ITV for forming
a union. (Continue)
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U.S.
Journalist on Trial in Aceh Province
Source: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), New York
July 23, 2003
INDONESIA: U.S. journalist on trial in Aceh Province New York, July 23,
2003-American free-lance journalist William Nessen went on trial today
in the restive Indonesian province of Aceh for immigration violations.
He faces up to five years in prison if convicted. (Continue)
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Report
on the Media and the Military Aceh
By: A.Lin Neuman, Committee
to Protect Journalists
July 16, 2003
JAKARTA -- Journalists trained in combat awareness and embedded
with military units. Daily press briefings detailing the latest government
victories. Official appeals encouraging journalists to be patriotic. Strict
controls preventing journalists from entering enemy territory. (Continue)
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Journalists
and Translator Released from Laotian Prison
Source: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), New York
July 9, 2003
NEW YORK -- The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) welcomes
the release today of Belgian journalist Thierry Falise, French cameraman
Vincent Reynaud, and their American translator and guide, Rev. Naw Karl
Mua. Their release comes one week after the three were each sentenced
to 15 years in prison for their alleged involvement in the murder of a
village security guard. (Continue)
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Two
Arrested in Broadcaster’s Slay
Source:
Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR)
May 30, 2003
Two men believed to be bodyguards of a local politician were arrested
on 22 March 2003 in connection with the killing of a community broadcaster
in Lucena City, Quezon, central Philippines. (Continue)
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Baying
for Blood
By: Mustafa K Anuar
Source: Alrian Volumn 23 (2): 2003
April 23, 2003
There are some disturbing patterns in the coverage of the Iraq crisis
by the international mass media, particularly those that are based and/or
owned by US interests. Although there have been a number of news reports
and analyses critical of the unilateralist Bush administration, by and
large these large news media groups are supportive of the war against
Iraq. Or at the very least, they tone down criticisms of the bellicose
Anglo-American axis. (Continue)
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Correspondent
Threatened
Source:
Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR)
March 24, 2003
A correspondent for the Philippines' most widely circulated broadsheet
has been threatened with death after she submitted a news story about
the chief of a staff of a provincial vice governor who is also the son
of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. (Continue)
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Radio
Show Gets The Axe
Source:
The Nation
March 3, 2003
INN staffers say 'Ruam Duay Chuay Kan' taken off the air for telling bitter
truths (Continue)
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Thai
Media Advocates Joint Forces Against Government’s Attempt to Curb Media
Freedom
February 21, 2003
SEAPA/TJA Press Release
Three journalists' associations on Thursday protested against a government
bill they say curbs press freedom. (Continue)
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Govt
MPs Back Media Curbs Bill
Source: Bangkok Post
February 20, 2003
Twenty Thai Rak Thai party MPs have backed a bill creating a media council
to set "ethical"' standards for broadcast media, and take them
off the air if they don't meet them. (Continue)
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TJA
Protested Killing of A Provincial Reporter
February 14, 2003
Thai Journalists Association (TJA) on Wednesday protested against a fresh
killing of a provincial reporter in Phuket Province and urged police
to quickly bring culprits to justice. (Continue)
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Cop-Suspect
in Journalist’s Slay Escapes Police
Custody
Source: Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility
February 7, 2003
The alleged killer of Pagadian City journalist Edgar Damalerio has escaped
from police custody after the local judge hearing his case ordered his
arrest. (Continue)
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Suspect
in journalist’s killing escapes from Philippine National Police camp
Source:
Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR)
February 6, 2003
The widow of a murdered Filipino journalist recently filed both criminal
and administrative cases against a former provincial police commander
after the primary suspect in the killing, a policeman under restrictive
supervision within the commander’s camp, escaped after an arrest warrant
was issued against him. (Continue)
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Post
editor re-elected chairman, Matichon
captures `best news' award
Sourece:
Bangkok Post
February 5, 2003
Veera Prateepchaikul, editor of the Bangkok Post, was re-elected chairman
of the Thai Journalists Association yesterday. (Continue)
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PM
Shuns Pointed Queries
Source: Bangkok Post
February 5, 2003
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, upset with the headlines after his
outburst over pointed questionning about the anti-drugs campaign, says
he will no longer take impromptu queries from reporters on political issues.
(Continue)
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Court
Rejects Nominations, Adamant
Selection Panel Refuses To Quit
Source:
Bangkok Post
February 5, 2003
The Supreme Administrative Court invalidated the nominations of 14 people
for seats on the National Broadcasting Commission yesterday. (Continue)
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“Overcome
Fear, If We Are To Counter Totalitarianism”, Participants Agreed.
By:
Kulachada Chaipipat
February 5, 2003
Politicians and rights advocacy groups on Tuesday urged the public including
the media to overcome “Fear Syndrome” to restore people’s strength in
fighting against the authoritarian government. (Continue)
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Radio
Station Row INN On Air For Another Year
Source:
Bangkok Post
February 5, 2003
The army has renewed the airtime contract of Independent News Network
for another year. (Continue)
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A
Suspected Killer of Damalerio Arrested
Source:
Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility
February 3, 2003
A local judge has ordered the arrest of a policeman suspected of killing
a journalist eight months ago in Pagadian city, southern Philippines,
after the Department of Justice (DOJ) dismissed the suspect’s petition
for review of the criminal case proceedings against him. (Continue)
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World
Publishers and Editors Back Malaysiakini's Non-Disclosure Policy
Sources: Malaysiakini.com
January 30, 2003
Two major international organisations representing the newspaper industry
have supported malaysiakini for refusing to divulge the identity of the
letter writer which resulted in a controversial police raid on the online
news daily's office last Monday. (Continue)
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PM's
Office Requests Copy of The Petrof Letter
January 29, 2003
The Prime Minister's Office yesterday requested a copy of the letter published
by malaysiakini which had led Umno Youth to lodge a police report claiming
its content was seditious. (Continue)
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Journalists,
Be Warned: You Are Not Immune From Prosecution for Sedition
Sources:
Malaysiakini.com
January 26, 2003
Freedom comes with a very high price. There is no immunity for journalists.
What you say, write or publish can be taken against you but whether your
action constitutes sedition or not depends largely on the ‘goodwill’
of the judge. (Continue)
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Umno
Youth: Teach Malaysiakini a Lesson
Source: Malaysiakini.com
January 24, 2003
The police
raid on independent online daily malaysiakini is "appropriate" and must
serve as a "warning" to other media to be more responsible in their job,
said Umno Youth. (Continue)
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Umno
Youth Ready For Dialogue On Media Issues With Malaysiakini
Source: Malaysiakini.com
January 23rd, 2003
Umno
Youth is prepared to have a dialogue with malaysiakini journalists on
press freedom and media issues, its information chief Azimi Daim said
today. (Continue)
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4
More Computers Released By Cops
Source:
Malaysiakini.com
January 23, 2003
The police returned four more computers belonging to malaysiakini today.
They were part of the 19 central processing units that were taken from
malaysiakini during a controversial raid early this week.(Continue)
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Encourage
Open And Free Media, Gov’t Told
Source:
Malaysiakini.com
January 23, 2003
More international support pour in for malaysiakini as the Canadian Journalists
for Free Expression (CFE) expressed its grave concern over the recent
police raid on the independent web-based news company. (Continue)
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Four
More Quizzed, Police Accused of ‘Rudeness’
Source:
Malaysiakini.com
January 22, 2003
Four more malaysiakini editorial staff were questioned by the police today
over the publication of a controversial letter as the news site’s supporters
lodged two reports against the police over their unruly behaviour. (Continue)
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Police
Return Six Seized Computers
Source:
Malaysiakini.com
January 22, 2003
Two days after the police raided the office of news website malaysiakini
and confiscated 19 computers, six of the units were returned today. (Continue)
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Police
Raid Wrong, Says Bar Council
Source:
Malaysiakini.com
January 22, 2003
Joining other groups in condemning the raid on malaysiakini was the Bar
Council which described the action as “unreasonable and unwarranted”.
(Continue)
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Raid
a Blow to Press Freedom, Say Human Rights Groups
Source:
Malaysiakini.com
Jan 22, 2003
Several local human rights organisations today urged the police to return
the computer hardware seized from malaysiakini’s office during yesterday’s
raid as soon as possible. (Continue)
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Malaysiakini
Supporters Hold Candlelight Vigil
Source: Malaysiakini.com
January 21, 2003
Supporters of malaysiakini staged a candlelight vigil outside its office
in Bangsar Utama, Kuala Lumpur yesterday evening to protest police action
in seizing computers from the organisation and causing its temporary closure.
(Continue)
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Suhakam
To the Defence
Source:
Malaysiakini.com
January 21, 2003
Human rights commissioner Prof Hamdan Adnan today described yesterday’s
police raid on the malaysiakini office in Kuala Lumpur as a measure to
silence critical views and political dissent. (Continue)
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Malaysiakini
Online Again
Source:
Malaysiakini.com
January 21, 2003
Malaysia’s only independent online daily, malaysiakini, resumed
publication 10 hours after the site was temporarily disabled due to a
police operation yesterday. A report on the police investigation and a
press statement were posted at about 10.30pm. (Continue)
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Police
Raid Malaysiakini Office
Source: Malaysiakini.com
January 20, 2003
The police today raided and seized 19 computers from malaysiakini
today following a report lodged by Umno Youth last Friday. (Continue)
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Malaysian
Police Raid Internet Newspaper Office After Ruling Party Complains
January 20, 2003
KUALA LUMPUR (AP) --Police raided the offices of an online newspaper
Monday that angered Malaysia's governing party by publishing a letter
critical of government affirmative action policies. (Continue)
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Malaysian
Police Raid Independent Web Site Offices
January
20, 2003
KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) -- Malaysian police raided the offices
of independent Web site Malaysiakini on Monday, days after ruling party
activists accused it of sedition and inciting racial hatred. (Continue)
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Malaysian
Police Raid Office of Internet Newspaper
January
20, 2003
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) -- Malaysian police Monday raided the office
of a popular Internet newspaper and took away all its computers in a probe
into complaints that it had published a seditious letter, editor Steven
Gan said. (Continue)
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IGP:
Police Will Probe “Sedition” Report Against Malaysiakini
Source:
Malaysiakini.com
January 18, 2003
The police will carry out investigation into the report lodged by Umno
Youth yesterday against malaysiakini for publishing a letter which the
political movement claimed was seditious. (Continue)
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Ministry
Cannot Stop Malaysiakini From Publishing Letter
Source:
Malaysiakini.com
January 18, 2003
Deputy Home Minister Chor Chee Heung said today that his ministry does
not have the right to stop malaysiakini or anyone from publishing their
articles or views on the Internet. (Continue)
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Umno
Youth Lodges Report Against Malaysiakini
Source:
Malaysiakini.com
January 17, 2003
Umno Youth today lodged a police report against popular online daily malaysiakini
over a letter which was published on the website on Jan 9. (Continue)
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Journalist's
Killer Dismissed
Source:
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
January 17, 2003
A policeman accused of killing Pagadian City journalist Edgar Damalerio
has been ordered removed from the police force. His immediate superior
was also dismissed. (Continue)
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Broadcaster
Threatened
Source: Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility
January 8 2003
The mayor of a city in Pangasinan province, Northern Philippines allegedly
threatened to harm and kill a radio station manager and commentator last
January 3, 2003 after the latter reported that an illegal numbers game
was widespread in the mayor’s city. The mayor later apologized. (Continue)
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Where
Should the Media Stand in Controversial Thai-Malaysian Gas Pipeline Project?
By:
Kulachada Chaipipat
December 27, 2002
A police’s fresh crackdown on opponents of controversial Thai-Malaysian
gas pipeline project in Hat Yai has turned a spotlight once again on the
role the media played in this incident. (Continue)
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Islamic
Moderates, Hard-Liners Wage Battle in Media
By:
Berni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post
December 24, 2002
A number of local publications have recently rejected or become overly
wary of articles critical of Islam after an opinion piece by a moderate
Muslim drew condemnation and a death threats from Islamic hardliners,
two Muslim intellectuals said on Monday. (Continue)
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Clerics
Seek Indonesian Police Probe Of Islamic Leader
Source:
Associated Press
Dec 18 2002
A group of Indonesian clerics on Wednesday formally asked Indonesian police
to investigate a prominent Islamic intellectual for writing an article
urging a reinterpretation of Islamic law. (Continue)
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A
Dangerous Place to be a Journalist
Source: Philippine Center for Investigative
Journalism
December 16, 2002
PAGADIAN
CITY — On a bulletin board outside the local office of the National
Bureau of Investigation (NBI) hang photos of the city's most wanted criminals.
Right smack in the center is that of a man in uniform, with crew-cut hair,
under a heading that reads: "Killer of Broadcast Journalist Edgar Damalerio."
(Continue)
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Thai
Media Show Solidarity Fighting Against Press Freedom Violation
October
9, 2002
BANGKOK -- Representatives of media organizations and editors from
national and provincial dailies met on Tuesday to brainstorm on issues
related to free media violations. They come together to articulate views
and find measures to halt what they described as “growing unfair treatment
of the media”. (Continue)
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Thai
Media under Attacks
By
Kavi Chongkittavorn
16 September 2002
It was 167 years ago that a missionary introduced the first printing press
to Thailand. Since then, the Thai press has been a major social force
that brought about democratic changes. Content of media reflected social
and political changes--some were peaceful while others were violence.
In earlier years, the Royal courts used press as the official medium for
acts, decrees, ministerial proclamations and public announcements of newly
promulgated laws. In early 1910’s, Siam, former name of Thailand, had
20 dailies, including one Chinese and two English-language dailies. Today,
there are more than 150 newspapers but only 29 national dailies with 12
in Thai, 6 in Chinese, 3 in English with combined circulation of 2 million
copies per day. (Continue)
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Indonesia
Cracks Down on Media
September 6, 2002
Source: Australian Financial Review
The Indonesian Parliament is set to clamp down on the explosion of new
television and radio stations since the downfall of former president Soeharto
with draconian new legislation. (Continue)
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TV
Station Defends Threatened Program
September 5, 2002
Source: The Jakarta Post
JAKARTA -- Although the final draft of the broadcasting law restricts
local radio and television stations from relaying foreign-made news, an
official with private Indosiar said on Wednesday his TV programing would
remain unchanged. (Continue)
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Media
Go Overboard on Buffer State Issues: Thaksin
Source:
Bangkok Post
June 11, 2002
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra denies having mentioned the existence
of buffer state policy along the border with Burma. (Continue)
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CPJ
Releases New Statistics: 389 Journalists Killed Between 1992 and 2001
June 5, 2002
JOURNALISM'S
TERRIBLE TOLL: CPJ releases new statistics 389 journalists killed between
1992 and 2001, most murdered with impunity (Continue)
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RSF
Calls Attention to Human Rights Situation in Five Football World Cup Qualifying
Countries
May 30, 2002
With
one day to go before the World Cup football tournament kicks off, Reporters
Without Borders is launching a campaign to alert the world to the human
rights situation in five of the countries that have qualified. (Continue)
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IPI
Re-Affirms Countries on the Watch List
May
10, 2002
At its meeting, held in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 9 May 2002, the Executive
Board of the International Press Institute (IPI) unanimously agreed to
keep Russia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Venezuela and Zimbabwe on the "IPI
Watch List". (Continue)
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Media
should not be ‘dog of western media imperialists’: Zam
By
Claudia Theophilus/Malaysiakini
May 2, 2002
Malaysia’s media practitioners should redefine press freedom according
to the country’s racial and economic sensitivities instead of being the
“dog of the western media imperialists”, said parliamentary secretary
to the Information Ministry Zainuddin Maidin today. (Continue)
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Thai
Press Hit Back at Thaksin’s Claim they Had Hidden Agenda in Attacking
Him
April 5, 2002
Confederation of Thai Journalists (CTJ), a local media advocacy group
comprising nine local media organizations today rebutted Prime Minister
Thaksin Shinawatra’s claim Thai media had hidden agenda, saying this was
an attempt to divert public attention from his administration’s abuses
of press freedom and individual’s freedom of expression (Continue)
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Bribes
for Beggar Journalists
By
Louise Perry
Source: The Australian/Alliance for Independent Journalists (AJI)
March 28, 2002
YOPIE Hidayat remembers when a fellow Indonesian journalist, one of his
closest friends, slipped from his high ethical platform. Over a couple
of months his friend's stories about a contentious company started to
become increasingly positive. Soon he seemed almost to be their PR."When
I confronted him about it, he admitted that he was taking envelopes from
this company, but said he needed the money to feed his family," says Yopie,
the editor of the weekly business paper Kontan. "We don't speak any more."
(Continue)
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Chalerm's
Paper
March
25, 2002
Source: Bangkok Post
Politician Chalerm Yubamrung's weekly newspaper will make its debut
on April 2 with a front-page story on the Bang Na-Chon Buri expressway
compensation scandal. (Continue)
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Amlo
Scandal: Thaksingate?
March 20, 2002
Even before the dust had a chance to settle after the Defense Energy Department’s
suspension of Nation Multimedia Group’s news programs on its 9o.5 MHZ
radio station, Thaksin’s government has launched another strike on media,
the “fishy” order of Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) to 17 commercial
banks to disclose the assets of prominent journalists and publishers as
well as their family’ members.
While the findings
of a panel set up by the government concluded the Amlo order was wrongfully
issued, without solid grounds to justify the investigation and that officials
involved would face disciplinary actions, it fails to clear one big question
regarding who masterminded the order.
Prime Minister Thaksin
Shinawatra who by law supervises this quasi-independent body has distanced
himself from the order. He said only sane man can do that and such investigation
could only be initiated only if there were sufficient grounds. Nevertheless,
at the height of his administration’s heavy-handed approaches to silence
critics among the media, Thaksin failed to dispel doubts over why those
who were being investigated by Amlo appeared to include strong critics
of himself and his administration.
Click here to find
news clips complied from Bangkok Post and The Nation that
followed the events surrounding the Amlo’s unlawful investigation since
it was leaked to the public on March 6, 2002 (Continue)
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Academics
join the fray
Marcgh 15, 2002
Source: Bangkok Post
Three hundred and eighty-four academics opened another battlefront against
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday to win back the right to freedom
of speech. (Continue)
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Senate
Accepts Media Petition Against Govt
March
12, 2002
Source: Bangkok Post
BANGKOK -- Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra could face senate
inquiries into allegations he abused press freedom, for which he is liable
to expulsion from office if found guilty. (Continue)
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FEER
Journalists Permitted to Stay
March
8, 2002
Source: Bangkok Post
The two Far Eastern Economic Review journalists facing the threat of expulsion
will be allowed to stay after all. (Continue)
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Nation
Will No Longer Talk Politics
March
6, 2002
Source: Bangkok Post
The Nation Channel is taking all its political coverage off the air
following a ban on its radio programmes, saying the political climate
did not allow it to work with independence. (Continue)
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Nation
Radio Programmes Taken Off Air
March
5, 2002
Source: Bangkok Post
The government has ordered the Nation Multimedia Group to cease its radio
programmes starting today. (Continue)
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`Review'
Apologises for Controversy
March 5, 2002
Source: Bangkok Post
The
Far Eastern Economic Review yesterday made a formal apology for the ``misunderstanding
and controversy'' involving Thailand's monarchy. (Continue)
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Police
Refuse to Press Charges
March
5, 2002
Source: Bangkok Post
Police yesterday decided against pressing lese majeste charges against
two Bangkok-based journalists of the Far Eastern Economic Review magazine
and senator Somkiat Onwimon. (Continue)
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Thaksin
hits back at US 'concern'
Feb 27, 2002
Source: The Nation
Prime
Minister Thak-sin Shinawatra yesterday reacted strongly to an official
statement from the Bush administration expressing concern over press freedom
in Thailand, saying: "Thailand's sovereignty is our business." (Continue)
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FEER
CRACKDOWN: Police tell pair to leave
Feb
25, 2002
Foreign reporters' 'contempt' for laws behind move
Authorities have revoked the visas of two senior Far Eastern Economic
Review journalists and the government now appears set to put the pair,
and two other FEER staff on an immigration blacklist. (Continue)
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Cambodian
Journalists Vowed to Fight Against Abuses of Their Rights
January 24, 2002
SIHANOUKVILLE -- Cambodian journalists have agreed the legal intimidation
by authorities posed a major threat to their freedom and vowed to unify
their fights against this malpractice during a workshop being held here
from January 11-13, 2002 (Continue)
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NEWSPAPER
SURVEY: Freedom of speech 'essential'
January 4, 2002
Sources: The Nation
BANGKOK -- Most newspaper readers in Bangkok believe that a
free press is "essential", but less than half think the media is living
up to its role as a public watchdog, a recent survey found. (Continue)
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Year
2001 `year of interference', TJA reports
Janurary
3, 2001
BANGKOK -- The Thai Journalists Association (TJA) has dubbed Year
2001 ``the year of media interference'', citing five major incidents for
attempts by Thaksin administration to both directly and indirectly interfere
with news reporting. (Continue)
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SEAPA,
PCIJ Launchs Book Describing The State of Access To Information in SEA
November
27, 2001
BANGKOK -- A book that describes the state of information access
in eight countries in Southeast Asia was launched at the Foreign Correspondents
Club of Thailand on December 6. (Continue)
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Press
Freedom in Asia to be Hit by Freedom Forum’s Closure of Overseas Office
October
10, 2001
By: Kulachada Chaipipat
BANGKOK --The last month’s decision by US-based Freedom Forum
to reduce staffs and close its international offices in four countries
including Hong Kong will surely hurt efforts in Asia to promote freedom
of press and freedom of speech at the time of the global economic downtown.
(Continue)
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Thai
Media Role in Last Month's Attacks on America Lauded
October 10,2001
By: Kulachada Chaipipat
BANGKOK
-- The fallouts of last month’s attacks on America could have on positive
effect. That is a growing professionalism of Thai media toward balanced
news coverage, which in this case helped better expose Muslim world to
Thai society, a seminar here was told on Thursday. (Continue)
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Terror in
Aceh: A Special Report
Media Stalked by Violence,
Intimidation
By Solahudin, Advocacy Coordinator, SEAPA Jakarta
June 20, 2001
JAKARTA -- Being a journalist in Aceh means you are damned if you
do and damned if you don’t. ( It is like eating the Indonesian simalakama
fruit: If you eat it your father will die, if you don’t eat it your mother
will die.) (Continue)
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International
Free Expression Confab in Bangkok:
SEAPA, TJA Host Successful
Gathering
June
11, 2001
BANGKOK – The eighty-odd delegates from around the world who came
to Bangkok June 2-8 for the annual general meeting of the International
Freedom of eXpression Exchange went away refreshed and renewed in their
commitment to campaign for greater press freedom worldwide. (Continue)
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Asiaweek
Magazine Names SEAPA Members, Friends to “Power 50”
June
11, 2001
BANGKOK
– Free press advocates associated with the Southeast
Asian Press Alliance cracked Asiaweek’s “Power 50” of Asia's top communicators
for the first time this year, as the magazine recognized some of the revolutionary
changes sweeping across the region’s media industry.
(Continue)
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SEAPA Chairman
Off to Harvard University as Nieman Fellow
June 20, 2001
BANGKOK -- SEAPA chairman Kavi Chongkittavorn has been appointed
to the 64th class of the Nieman Fellows at Harvard University
in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Continue)
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With
a Little Help From His Friends
By A. Lin Neumann
June 4, 2001
BANGKOK
-- Tipu Sultan says that the measure of fame he has received since
the men with the baseball bats, hockey sticks and iron bars shattered
his arms has only strengthened his resolve. (Continue)
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Chiang
Mai Journal: A Courageous Editor's Lonely Quest
Febuary
27, 2001
Source: NYTimes
BANGKOK -- It's not much of a newspaper office — three little computers
and an ailing 30-year-old printing press squeezed into a converted beauty
salon. But it's a pretty good bunker. (Continue)
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IPI
Announces Free Media Pioneer Award Winner
On
Monday, 29 January 2001, during the IPI World Congress in New Delhi (26-29
January 2001), the International Press Institute (IPI), in cooperation
with The Freedom Forum, presented its 2001 Free Media Pioneer Award to
Malaysiakini.com, an independent on-line newspaper based in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. (Continue)
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East
Timor Journalists Gather in Dili
By: Kavi Chongtkittavorn and Lin Neumann
January 12, 2001
DILI
-- Journalists gathered here this week for the inaugural congress
of the Timor Lorosa'e Journalists Association (TLJA), declared their desire
to build an independent and free press for their new nation out of the
ashes of destruction left behind by the Indonesian occupation. (Continue)
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SEAPA
backs iTV reporters
January 4, 2001
BANGKOK
-- Journalists working for the Independent Television Station (iTV),
a private-run television station based in Bangkok, protested on Wednesday,
3 Janauary 2000, against the editorial intrusion by the station's chief
executive. (Continue)
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Writing
Without a Net: Burmese
Journalist Seeks a Safe Haven Abroad
By A.
Lin Neumann
December 21, 2000
BANGKOK -- Being a journalist in Burma is a lot like walking on
the high wire without a net. One false move and you might plunge into
the abyss of a political prison.
That fear is what finally drove writer and publisher Tin Maung Than, 46,
to flee across the border in late November with his wife and two children
for exile in Thailand and, hopefully, eventual political asylum in the
United States. (Continue)
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Battling
the System: Thai
Newspaper Editor Fights for Justice After Assassination Attempt
By
A. Lin Neumann
December 4, 2000
CHIANG MAI -- Outspoken newspaper editor Amnat Khunyosying survived
the brutal gunshot intended to take his life. Now he is fighting to keep
justice alive. (Continue)
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Malaysiakini.com
Editor Receives International Press Freedom Award
November
22,2000
NEW YORK -- Steven Gan, the editor of the online newspaper malaysiakini.com
(http://www.malaysiakini.com)
was honored by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in New York
on Tuesday for his courage in bringing uncensored journalism to Malaysia.
At a dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel attended by over 800 journalists
and media figures, Gan received one of CPJ's Tenth Annual International
Press Freedom Awards. He is the first Malaysian and the first Internet
journalist to receive the honor.
Malaysiakini
has been supported by SEAPA since its founding in November 1999. Below
aqre Gan's remarks upon receiving the award. (Continue)
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More
than a Political Crisis: the Philippines has an Information Crisis
By Luis V. Teodoro
November 12, 2000
MANILA
-- In addition to the economic and political crisis spawned by the
scandals that have rocked the Estrada administration, the Philippines
is also in the throes of an information crisis despite its relatively
well-developed educational and media systems. (Continue)
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Journalists
to meet minister; publisher's office raided
By Ajinder Kaur
Nov 10,2000 - Malaysiakini.com
Minister
in Prime Minister's Department Dr Rais Yatim is scheduled to meet a group
of local independent media activists, Kami, in Putrajaya on Monday.
Kami spokesperson Ahmad Lutfi Othman said he would lead a six-member delegation
to discuss with the defacto law minister legislation affecting media freedom
in the country. (Continue)
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Journalist
seeks return of 'lost' camera
By
Zakiah Koya
Nov
8,2000 - Malaysiakini.com
Journalist Bazuki Muhammad posted a request on the Internet stating
that a man in a dark green T-shirt snatched the camera away when the latter
saw his colleague taking pictures during a commotion. (Continue)
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Thai
Delegations Walk Out from CAJ's General Assembly: Relations Suspended
October
25, 2000
Source: Confederation of Thai Journalists (CTJ)
BANGKOK
-- Confederation of Thai Journalists (CTJ) has suspended its relations
and activities with the confederation representing Asean journalists after
25 years of cooperation.
On
Monday, the 9-member of CTJ delegation walked out from the General Assembly
of Confederation of Asean Journalists (CAJ) in Singapore, to protest against
the lack of transparency and accountability among the executive members
of CAJ. (Continue)
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Malaysian
Internet Editor Receives Press Freedom Award
By A. Lin Neumann
October 24, 2000
BANGKOK
-- The courageous editor of Malaysiakini.com, Malaysia's first independent
on-line daily newspaper, has been named a recipient of the prestigious
International Press Freedom Award by the US-based Committee to Protect
Journalists, the group announced on Monday . (Contimue)
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Journalist
Body Slams Banning of 'Eksklusif', 'Wasilah'
September
8,2000
Source: Malaysiakini.com
KUALA
LUMPUR -- The recent banning of weekly tabloid Eksklusif and monthly
teen magazine Al-Wasilah by the Home Ministry was condemned by an international
journalist body today. (Continue)
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Indonesian
Journalist Beaten as Police Clash
September 3,
2000
Source: Detikworld, Jakarta
By Abdul Haerah HR/GB
JAKARTA -- Tahar, a journalist from the Berita Kota newspaper,
has been beaten by two members of the military police after finding himself
in the middle of an altercation between the military police, out partying
after hours, and a local policeman. (Continue)
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Response
of ATMAKUSUMAH ASTRAATMADJA
2000 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Journalism, Literature and Creative
Communication Arts
August 31,2000
MANILA
- - It is a great honour and privilege for me to become the second or
third (former) Indonesian journalist to receive the prestigious Ramon
Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication
Arts in 42 years.
The
second Awardee, in 1995, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, in a way was also a
journalist although he is best known internationally as a literary writer.
The first Awardee from Indonesia for the same category, in 1958, happens
to be my former superior, Mochtar Lubis, the editor-in-chief of Indonesia
Raya (Greater Indonesia), an independent daily publishing in Jakarta.
The daily -- a crusading newspaper, as people call it -- was banned
six times during the "guided democracy" of President Soekarno and once,
but fatally, by President Soeharto's government in January 1974. (Continue)
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Thai
Broadcasting: Journalists Face a New Battlefield
By Prangtip
Daorueng
August 16, 2000
BANGKOK - - The good news is that decades of state control over
Thai radio and television will soon be over. The 1997 reform constitution
has opened the door for public participation in the broadcasting industry.
(continue)
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FIGHTING
AND (ALMOST) DYING:
Thai Newspaper Editor Battles Back After Assassination Attempt
By A.
Lin Neumann
August 8, 2000
BANGKOK
- - In many parts of the world, running a provincial newspaper can be
a deadly business. Away from the relative fame and protection afforded
by national newspapers and major media in capital cities, journalists
who stir passions at the local level with aggressive stories are often
at great risk. Even in Thailand, which prides itself on having one of
the freest presses in Asia, journalists can still find themselves staring
at the wrong end of a gun barrel. (Continue)
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Starting
the Presses in Cambodia
by A.
Lin Neumann
August 7, 2000
PHNOM
PENH - - Recently, the Kingdom of Cambodia's biggest daily newspaper
splashed three photographs on its front page. Two were of corpses: an
eight-year-old girl who had been murdered by robbers for the equivalent
of US$10, and a municipal official killed in a dispute with a local company.
The third image showed 17 young thugs who had been arrested for gang-raping
a female market vendor. . (Continue)
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Bearer
of the Sword
Abu Sayyaf has Nebulous Beginnings and Incoherent Aims
(Reprinted from the Philippine Center for
Investigative Journalism)
by Glenda
M. Gloria
August 7, 2000
MANILA
- - In themiddle of 1997, a brash Muslim youth met with two senior police
generals at Camp Crame to discuss the likely surrender of his older, rebellious
brother. The 23-year-old told the generals there would be no promises.
He'll merely try his best, he said, as he turned to his sparring partner
present at the meeting, Edwin Angeles, who nodded in agreement.
(Continue)
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Indonesian
Journalist and Educator Named Magsaysay Awardee
August 1, 2000
BANGKOK - - A tireless Indonesian
advocate for press freedom has been named a recipient of one of this year's
prestigious Magsaysay prizes. Educator and journalist Atmakusumah Astraatmadja
was cited in the category of Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communications
Arts by the board of trustees that presents the prizes, Asia's equivalent
of the Nobel Prize. (Continue)
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The State of the President's
Finances: Can Estrada Explain his Wealth?
By: Yvonne T. Chua, Sheila S. Coronel
and Vinia M. Datinguinoo
July 28, 2000
MANILA
-- President Joseph Estrada says his life is an open book. He does not
deny the complications of his private life - that he has several mistresses,
and that he has sired children by them.
The President, however, has not exactly
been forthright about the financial aspects of his private life and the
complex ethical issues - such as conflicts of interest - posed by the
many and varied business involvements of his various families. (Continue)
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Following the Money in Indonesia One
Reporter's Story of Torture and Terror
By: A.
Lin Neumann
July 26, 2000
JAKARTA
-- Hoesin Kalahapan thought that an independent small-town newspaper could
make a difference in the new Indonesia. So with a group of friends, the
40 year old editor went back to journalism in 1999 as the managing editor
of the new weekly Tabloid Menara in Samarinda, the capital of the remote
Indonesian province of East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. With the
press freed from the constraints of the Suharto era, Hoesin wanted to
investigate local corruption, speak his mind and go back to the work he
had left almost a dozen years before. (Continue)
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East Timor: Putting the Media Back Together Again
By: Prangtip
Daorueng
December
22, 1999
BANGKOK -- Maria-Gabriala Carrascalao, a journalist who had lived
in exile in Australia for more than 18 years, recently returned home to
East Timor with hopes of a fresh start not only for herself but for the
profession she belongs to. (Continue)
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