IFJ in the news

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.

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Read some of the news highlights from Saturday, March 15th to Friday, March 22nd 2019:

    1. Global media back call for UN to adopt convention on safety of journalists, The Shift
    2. Media groups back call for UN convention on safety of journalists after rise in killings, Press Gazette
    3. Proposed UN convention aims to better protect journalists, SwissInfo
    4. Press groups call on UN to adopt Convention on journalists' safety, IFEX
    5. UN Human Rights Council: an answer to burning injustice?, SwissInfo
    6. Union leaders attend the UN Conference on the Status of Women, Rabble.ca
    7. IFJ and EFJ critical of protesters storming RTS building, Serbian Monitor
    8. Turkey sentences 18 lawyers to over 150 years in prison on terror charges, Ahval News
    9. Rare protests erupt against Hamas' 12-year rule over Gaza, City News 1130
    10. 'Hamas doesn't want us to scream, it wants us to die in silence', Israel Hayom
    11. [Obituary] India loses its pioneering environment journalist, Mongabay
    12. A courageous journalist who was committed towards sustained ecological growth, CounterView
    13. BBC makes human rights appeal to UN to protect Iranian staff, Asia Radio Today
    14. Exclusive - ISIS Slogans in Baghouz Say Group ‘Here to Stay’, Asharq Al-Awsat
    15. Gaza protests meet sharp Hamas response, The Daily Star
    16. Jugoslav Cosic, Programme Director of N1 TV: State is campaigning against us, Serbian Monitor
    17. Rechazo unánime de los periodistas al veto de Vox a Diario de Mallorca, Diario de Mallorca
    18. “La seguridad de los periodistas es una cuestión que concierne a todos, ya que sin protección no pueden responder a su función de informar”, Rebelion
    19. La FAPE traslada al Gobierno su voluntad de colaborar "en todo tipo de acciones" para erradicar la violencia de género, La Vanguardia
    20. Buscan reforzar la protección de los periodistas, SwissInfo
    21. FAPE, FIP y el Sindicato de Redactores de Prensa de México condenan el asesinato de Santiago Barroso, Notimérica
    22. 73% DE MUJERES QUE LABORAN EN MEDIOS HAN SUFRIDO ACOSO SEXUAL EN EL TRABAJO, Sopitas.com
    23. Superviviente del ataque de la OTAN a la TV serbia aún se pregunta el porqué, La Vanguardia
    24. “Tuve que elegir entre denunciar o conservar mi empleo”: las periodistas mexicanas hablan del acoso sexual, El País / Verne
    25. El periodista afgano Sultan Mahmod Jairjaw sucumbe a las heridas tras recibir varios disparos en Jost, Europa Press
    26. ANP expresa solidaridad con periodistas de Venezuela, Crónica Viva
    27. Une convention pour renforcer la protection des journalistes, SwissInfo
    28. L’ONU au secours des journalistes?, Le Courier

    Coverage of the interview to our General Secretary, Anthony Bellanger

    1. AGENCE ECUPRES /Argentine
    2. https://ecupres.com/2019/03/19/para-un-periodismo-realmente-independiente-contra-la-impunidad-mas-seguridad/
    3. EL MERCURIO DIGITAL/Espagne
    4. https://www.elmercuriodigital.net/2019/03/por-una-convencion-internacional-en-el.html
    5. AGENCE PACO URONDO/Argentine
    6. http://www.agenciapacourondo.com.ar/internacionales/contra-la-impunidad-mas-seguridad-para-el-oficio-periodistico
    7. AGENCE ALAI/Equateur- Amérique Latine
    8. https://www.alainet.org/es/articulo/198790
    9. REBELION /Espagne
    10. http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=253770
    11. FB SERGIO FERRARI
    12. https://www.facebook.com/sergio.ferrari.9655/posts/704826589914297
    13. DIARIO DOMINICANO /République Dominicaine
    14. http://diariodominicano.com/justicia-y-derecho/2019/03/18/288426/contra-la-impunidad-mas-seguridad-para-un-periodismo-realmente-independiente
    15. SWISSINFO ESPAGNOL
    16. https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/convenci%C3%B3n-internacional_buscan-reforzar-la-protecci%C3%B3n-de-los-periodistas/44827254
    17. SWISSINFO ALLEMAND
    18. https://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/uno-menschenrechtsrat_konvention-zum-schutz-von-journalisten/44833992
    19. SWISSINFO ANGLAIS
    20. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/media-under-pressure_proposed-un-convention-aims-to-better-protect-journalists/44832164
    21. SWISSINFO FRANçAIS
    22. https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/conseil-des-droits-de-l-homme_une-convention-pour-renforcer-la-protection-des-journalistes/44831902
    23. SWISSINFO ITALIEN
    24. https://www.swissinfo.ch/ita/consiglio-dei-diritti-umani-onu_una-convenzione-per-rafforzare-la-protezione-dei-giornalisti/44833774
    25. FB ASSOCIATION E-CHANGER
    26. https://www.facebook.com/associationechanger/?ref=bookmarks
    27. BLOG SEÑALES
    28. https://seniales.blogspot.com/

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