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IFJ in the news this week
Every week the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is compiling a list of the top news articles from across the world in which it is mentioned. Read some of the news highlights from Saturday 4th of August to Friday 10th of August. 1. Pressure Is Mounting in Hong Kong Over Attempts to Ban a Pro-Independence Activist From Speaking, The Time2. Cease threats against Foreign Correspondents’ Club, press groups tell former Hong Kong leader CY Leung, South China Morning Post3. Media Licensing Fees “A Blatant Attack On Press Freedom” in Mozambique, Zitamar News4. World News You Missed in July, Media Life5. Bangladesh Photographer Shahidul Alam Detained After Facebook Post on Dhaka Protests, The Wire6. Glossary critics pile pressure on journalists’ union, Cyprus Mail Online7. Hong Kong's autonomy in focus amid calls to cancel speech by pro-independence politician, CNBC8. Taipei denies journalist groups' accusations of press intervention, Focus Taiwan9. Attack on Journos: Outrage over journo attack, The Daily Star10. Taipei City Government criticized for interference in media, Taiwan News11. Release Shahidul immediately, The Daily Star12. Turkish journalist Emeç sentenced to prison for reporting death of Kurdish man during police raid, Stockholm Center of Journalism13. DARE: AMERICANS’ VIEWS ON THE MEDIA, PEN America14. Taiwan News: Tsai Braces for Trade War Fallout, MoFA Deletes Pooh Tweet, The News Lens15. Libyan journalist Moussa Abdel Karim abducted and killed in Sabha, IFEX16. Abukalloub reconnu réfugié, L’Avenir
17. Journalistes, droit et déontologie en débat à Rabat, Libération
18. Accusations of Authoritarianism Against Ko Wen-Je On The Rise Before Elections, New Bloom Magazine
19. Shahidul Alam Taken Back Into Custody After Medical Tests, The Wire