Media Alert
January 19, 2010
The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) strongly protests the government's ban on the usage of the word "Allah" by the non- Muslims in the...
January 13, 2010
The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) expresses grave concern over the Thai military's attempts to restrict the news coverage of its deportation...
January 12, 2010
A coalition of Philippine media organizations expressed concern on 12 January 2010 at what it described as the continued refusal of the court to...
January 6, 2010
| Source: Mizzima
The Pakokku District court in Magwe Division, Burma, meted out an additional 20-year prison term to an undercover female reporter, a judicial court...
December 14, 2009
| Source: CMFR
The media are demanding justice for the victims of the November 23 Maguindanao massacre in which 31 of the 57 killed were journalists. But in the...
December 8, 2009
| Source: Mizzima
A layout designer and poet has been released after being detained by Rangoon Division Special Branch of the police for about 10 days. Khant Min Htet...
December 8, 2009
The following is a statement from the November 23 Movement, a coalition of media groups, including SEAPA, "calling for justice to fellow journalists...
December 8, 2009
The following is a statement from the Burma News International (BNI): Statement from the 14th Bi-annual Meeting ...
November 24, 2009
| Source: CMFR
Armed men believed to be followers of a provincial warlord killed at least 12 local journalists who were accompanying the wife, relatives and lawyers...
November 18, 2009
The Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER), which is scheduled to fold next month, has agreed to pay Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and...
November 16, 2009
| Source: CIJ
Malaysians rely on the mainstream media for information on corruption but they are concerned with biased reporting on the issue, according to the...
November 10, 2009
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court's ruling on 6 November 2009 convicting freelance journalist Rus Sokhet of spreading disinformation and sentencing him...
November 10, 2009
King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia has indicated to Prime Minister Hun Sen his interest in granting amnesty to Hang Chakra, the opposition newspaper...
November 9, 2009
| Source: PCIJ
The following is a press release from the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), a SEAPA member based in Manila: One clamor: Right to...
November 4, 2009
| Source: Mizzima
The family of Burmese poet and "Ahlinkar Wutyee Journal" layout designer Khant Min Htet said they have not heard from him yet ever since he was...