Media Alert
September 15, 2009
| Source: AJI
An Indonesian court on 14 September found journalist and free expression advocate Upi Asmaradhana not guilty of defaming a police commander. A...
September 14, 2009
Vietnamese police released blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh after she promised to stop her blog, which had been critical of the government, media...
September 14, 2009
The Indonesian House of Representatives is set to pass into a law at the end of this month a state security bill that would penalize with the death...
September 14, 2009
| Source: Mizzima
The senior leader of the Burmese opposition party – the National League for Democracy (NLD) – U Win Tin, was released by the police special branch...
September 10, 2009
The Office of the Ombudsman of the Philippine government is under fire for an order tightening rules on the release of Statements of Assets,...
September 4, 2009
An online Chin language weekly magazine in Burma has been banned because of carrying news broadcast by the Washington based RFA Burmese news recently...
August 28, 2009
| Source: CMFR
The Philippine Supreme Court granted the petition for the transfer of the trial venue of the case against the alleged killers of broadcaster Dennis...
August 26, 2009
| Source: CMFR
Editors of a newspaper in southern Philippines received death threats on 20 August 2009 for publishing stories that are allegedly in favor of the...
August 26, 2009
| Source: CIJ
The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) and Writers Alliance for Media Independence (WAMI) are concerned about the confiscation of hundreds of...
August 21, 2009
| Source: CMFR
Three government media staff members aboard a military helicopter survived an attack by still unidentified gunmen in Basilan province in southern...
August 11, 2009
The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) condemns the guilty verdict and 18-month extended house arrest meted out to Burmese opposition leader Aung...
August 7, 2009
| Source: CMFR
A columnist based in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte in northern Philippines survived a grenade attack on 31 July 2009. Laoag City is approximately 402...
July 23, 2009
The University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication issued on 23 July 2009 its assessment of the media under the administration of...
July 16, 2009
| Source: AJI
A South Jakarta court dismissed on 15 July 2009 a libel suit filed against local newspaper "Koran Tempo". Presiding judge Syahrial Sidik considered...
July 16, 2009
The Phnom Penh municipal court sentenced on 14 July 2009 the chairman of the Khmer Civilization Foundation to two years' imprisonment and fined him a...