Assange ruling ‘a great injustice’
Picture shows supporters of Julian Assange outside the High Court in London. ————————————— The journalists’ campaigning organisation Reporters Without Borders has launched a petition to block the potential extradition of Julian Assange to the United States. See here to add your support: https://mailchi.mp/rsf.org/assange-petition?e=86f319fda7 —————————————- On 10 December the UK High Court ruled that the United […]
Apply for our Young Journalists Mentoring Scheme
The Commonwealth Journalists Association is proud to be launching our first ever mentoring scheme for young journalists in the new year. We are giving 10 people around the UK the chance to be mentored by an experienced journalist or media specialist for six months, with the aim of helping them to make the next steps […]
David Spark, dedicated to development journalism
A CJA stalwart from the organisation’s earliest days, David Spark, has died in London. He was 89. This appreciation is from CJA President Chris Cobb: In his autobiography My Paper Chase the legendary British newspaper editor Harold Evans recalls an encounter with a young writer in the newsroom of the Northern Echo, a daily in the North East of England. The year was 1961. It was a short-staffed Sunday […]
CJA demands justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia on 4th anniversary of her murder
The CJA joined leading international press freedom organisations in a vigil outside the Maltese High Commission in London, pictured, on October 15, the eve of the 4th anniversary of the murder of the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia who campaigned against government corruption. They issued a joint demand for the Maltese government to deliver justice over Daphne’s […]
Indian editors speak out over mysterious death of journalist
The Editors Guild of India has expressed shock over what it says is the cavalier manner in which Uttar Pradesh Police is treating the mysterious death of TV journalist, Sulabh Srivastava, pictured, in Pratapgrah. Mr Srivastava, who had been threatened by the a criminal gang for exposing their wrongdoings, had recently written a letter to […]
African journalists call for media freedom and quality
African journalists’ leaders have called on the African Union and national governments to institute a comprehensive framework for media freedom and quality journalism in Africa and launched campaigns in support of media freedom and the safety of journalists. The call came at the end of a two-day African Journalists Leadership’ Conference on “Building Stronger Unions […]
I. A. Rehman, who put journalism at the heart of democracy in South Asia
A tribute by SYED BADRUL AHSAN A bold voice in Pakistani journalism and human rights activism, I. A. Rehman, has died in Lahore. He was uncompromising in his belief that democracy and rule of law were fundamental to the functioning of a state in contemporary times and that in defence of people’s rights it was necessary for journalists […]
Indian editors welcome court move protecting journalists
The Editors Guild of India (EGI) has welcomed the Supreme Court judgment on the sedition case against senior journalist Vinod Dua, pictured. A statement from the Guild said the court not just quashed the criminal complaint against Dua, but also underlined the importance of protecting journalists from sedition cases. “While the reference to the earlier […]
CJA backs editors over colonial-era laws
The Commonwealth Journalists Association calls on the government in India to withdraw the First Information Reports issued against leading editors and journalists for their coverage of the farmers’ protest in Delhi on January 26. The CJA is particularly alarmed at the use of laws pertaining to sedition and criminal conspiracy against journalists who were simply […]
Indian cartoonist facing charges
Following the Indian supreme court decision to authorize a contempt case against a Delhi-based cartoonist over a series of cartoons satirising the court, the lobby group Reporters Without Borders has urged judges to respect the right to free speech as proclaimed in the constitution and dismiss the charges. The supreme court gave the go-ahead for […]