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Today the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), the European group of the International Federation of Journalists, condemned the attempt by a French judge to access files at the headquarters of French satirical weekly Canard encha?n? and called for a joint European approach to protect journalists? confidential sources.
MANILA — The International Federation of Journalists today joined Russian journalists in a protest over official harassment of independent media just two weeks before the IFJ world congress opens in Moscow with a special focus on the crisis conditions facing media staff in the country. The IFJ condemned a police raid on the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta and the detention of a number of journalists in a separate incident in the town of Samara on 11 May. The raid took place one week before a planned demonstration in Samara by the political opposition group ‘Other Russia’.
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New York, May 14, 2007?The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned that new legislation in Thailand will further weaken press freedom guarantees. On Thursday, the military-appointed National Legislative Assembly (NLA) passed legislation granting the government the power to censor critical online news reports.
New York, May 15, 2007?Broadcast news outlets in Thailand have been heavily censored by the military junta that took power in September 2006, the Committee to Protect Journalists has found in a new report, ?Thailand at a Crossroads.?