INDONESIA: Rioting soldiers attack journalists, confiscate equipment PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 30 April 2009
Several Indonesian journalists are in danger in Jayapura in Papua province after hundreds of soldiers in the area rioted on 29 April.

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Malaysian lawyer crowned champion of free expression PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
Pioneering British free-expression magazine Index on Censorship announced its annual Freedom of Expression Awards last week, and Malaysian human rights lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar was one of the honorees.

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INDONESIA: Court ruled in favour of Time in multi-million defamation case PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) welcomes the landmark ruling of the Indonesian supreme court in favor of "Time Magazine" in a US$106-million defamation suit filed against the magazine by former dictator Suharto.

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THAILAND: Political crisis inflicts fresh blow on free expression PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 16 April 2009
Both the government and opposition protesters targeted the press in Thailand's recent political drama, report the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), the Thai Journalists Association (TJA) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

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TIMOR LESTE: Draft media laws seriously threaten free press PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 15 April 2009
A set of draft laws prepared by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on behalf of the government of East Timor, while containing several positive legal protections, are rife with dangerous provisions that would undermine the media's ability to perform their vital role in the recently independent nation.

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