The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned ?threats to independent journalism and free expression? in Senegal after a politician threatened radio journalists and a judge sentenced the director of a newspaper to jail for slander.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on Nigerian authorities to put an end of media intimidation ahead of tomorrow?s presidential elections after the recent raid of a television station in Abuja by intelligence service and the shut down of two other media outlets in the last 10 days.
Woodside, New York ? Anakbayan NY/NJ, the local Filipino American youth advocacy group, took it upon themselves last Saturday to inform the Filipino community on the Felisa Garcia case. They sponsored a full investigation for the unexplained death of Felisa “Fely” Garcia, 58, a Filipina domestic caregiver who died from an alleged suicide last March 14 in the Bronx.
MANILA — Anakpawis Representative and political detainee today said that the Commission on Elections should stop dilly-dallying on the issue of fake and government-funded party-lists and take action to immediately disqualify these.
NEW YORK, NY, April 20, 2007 — FIND, Inc. is appalled at the nightmarish event that occurred on March 14, 2007 as a Filipina Catholic-school girl was heavily beaten on a New York City MTA bus and was further ignored by the bus driver who insensitively told her to “Go talk to a priest.” 17-year old Marie Stefanie Martinez was attacked by 13 African American teenagers after stepping onto a B82 bus in Brooklyn. After being taunted, being called a “Chink” and being pushed around, Martinez finally decided to fight back and that is when things took a turn for the worse.