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Colombian Journalists Mark Press Freedom Day with Historic Launch of National Union

In the early hours of May 3rd delegates from around Colombia finalized the launch of a new national union ? a landmark event in one of the world?s most dangerous regions for journalists.

The foundation of the Colombian Federation of Journalists, the country?s first national union, was welcomed by the International Federation of Journalists at United Nations celebrations for World Press Freedom Day held in the city of Medellin in Colombia, a notorious centre of crime and drug-running, which has seen dozens of attacks on journalists over the past decade.
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Colombian Journalists Mark Press Freedom Day with Historic Launch of National Union

In the early hours of May 3rd delegates from around Colombia finalized the launch of a new national union ? a landmark event in one of the world?s most dangerous regions for journalists.

The foundation of the Colombian Federation of Journalists, the country?s first national union, was welcomed by the International Federation of Journalists at United Nations celebrations for World Press Freedom Day held in the city of Medellin in Colombia, a notorious centre of crime and drug-running, which has seen dozens of attacks on journalists over the past decade.
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Colombian Journalists Mark Press Freedom Day with Historic Launch of National Union

In the early hours of May 3rd delegates from around Colombia finalized the launch of a new national union ? a landmark event in one of the world?s most dangerous regions for journalists.

The foundation of the Colombian Federation of Journalists, the country?s first national union, was welcomed by the International Federation of Journalists at United Nations celebrations for World Press Freedom Day held in the city of Medellin in Colombia, a notorious centre of crime and drug-running, which has seen dozens of attacks on journalists over the past decade.
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In Philippines, president?s husband withdraws 46 libel suits

New York ?Jose Miguel Arroyo, husband of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, has withdrawn 46 criminal libel suits he had filed against 11 journalists. The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomed today?s news but said the suits should never have been brought.

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Surveillance, abductions: Bayan bucks emerging police state in Philippines

The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) was not the least surprised that the phone of former president Corazon Aquino was bugged.

?We are not surprised. Killings, abductions, surveillance; these are clear signs that we are now living in a police state. All our movements are being watched by a paranoid and unstable government. Just imagine how things will be when the anti-terror law is implemented in July,? said Bayan secretary general Renato M. Reyes, Jr.

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