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Thursday, 22 October 2009 |
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The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) calls for more political
will from the government to improve the state of press freedom in the
country and and the right of Malaysians to access to information.
Malaysia's standing in the latest Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press
Freedom Index, at 131, compared to 132 last year, is still low and
indicative of the lack of progress in translating rhetoric to concrete
reform measures.
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Thursday, 15 October 2009 |
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The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) is deeply concerned about
the targeted condemnation against a network of women's rights
organisations.The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) has been
raising questions over the absence of human rights standards in a
recent Syariah court decision to whip a woman for consuming alcohol.
JAG has also called for the repeal of the syariah criminal offences
law, which has been criticised by 40 Muslim organizations and two wings
of the ruling party UMNO, for allegedly insulting Islam and the nine
Malaysian monarchs, in their role as guardians of Islam.
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Tuesday, 13 October 2009 |
The Singapore Appeals Court upheld on 7 October 2009 an earlier ruling
that the "Far Eastern Economic Review" magazine and its editor, Hugo
Restal, had defamed Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his father,
former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, media reports said.
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Thursday, 08 October 2009 |
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Sisters
In Islam and Centre For Independent Journalism are proud to present the
“Right To Read Festival”, a gala promoting creative ideas and
independent thought, and a celebration of free expression and the right
to information.
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Thursday, 08 October 2009 |
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Alecks Pabico, a journalist who helped turn the Philippine Center for
Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) into an early and leading online source
for in-depth news, died Wednesday afternoon. He was 42. www.gmanews.tv/story/174046/online-journalism-pioneer-alecks-pabico-dies
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