IFJ to Launch 2011 Press Freedom in China Report

 

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) will hold a press conference on Saturday, January 21, in Hong Kong, to launch its latest report, “China’s New Clampdown: Press Freedom in China 2011”.

 

The report reveals that journalists in China during 2011 were routinely subjected to pressure, censorship and intimidation.

 

Many journalists were forced from their jobs, being blacklisted from working in the media, under pressure from authorities.

 

During the protests inspired by the call for a “Chinese Jasmine Revolution”, a number of journalists were assaulted and even tortured by uniformed and plain-clothes police.

 

The report also noted increasing tightening of press freedoms in Hong Kong and Macau, as the space for independent reporting narrowed in the shadow of Mainland government influence.

 

The report also contains personal articles submitted by three journalists invited to write about the situation of press freedom and infringement of journalists’ rights in Mainland China and Hong Kong.

 

Copies of the digital report will be available at the press conference.

 

Details

 

Date:               Saturday, January 21, 2012

 

Time:              3:30 pm

 

Venue:            Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents’ Club

Hugh Room (1/ F), 2 Lower Albert Road

Central, Hong Kong

 

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Serenade Woo at (+852) 9145-9145. 

 

For further information contact IFJ Asia-Pacific on +612 9333 0919

 

The IFJ represents 600,000 journalists in 125 countries

 

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