Media Alert
November 18, 2008
| Source: CMFR
A broadcaster was shot dead November 17 by a gunman onboard a motorcycle in Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental, a province about 785 kilometers south of...
November 13, 2008
Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary-General of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), called on Southeast Asian journalists to promote the...
November 13, 2008
| AIPMC
The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC), held a membership drive at the Malaysian Parliament on 10 November 2008 in its bid to step up...
November 12, 2008
| Source: CIJ
The Centre for Independent Journalism condemns the arrest tonight of demonstrators at the anniversary of the free and fair elections rally as well as...
November 12, 2008
| Source: Mizzima News
A court in Rangoon's notorious Insein prison on November 10 meted out a combined prison term of 20 years to popular blogger Nay Phone Latt. On the...
November 10, 2008
It certainly has. Even Surin Pitsuwan, the new Asean chief, who was present at its birth on 8 November 1998 at Bangkok’s Dusit Hotel, conceded that...
October 27, 2008
| Source: CMFR
The Philippine Court of Appeals denied on 15 October 2008 the petition for certiorari and prohibition filed by the alleged masterminds to stop the re...
October 22, 2008
| Source: Mizzima News
The chief correspondent of the "Flower" journal, detained for over a month for covering a double murder in Thigangyun, Rangoon, was released from...
October 22, 2008
| Source: CMFR
A local court in Sultan Kudarat province in the southern Philippines has ordered the arrest of the alleged masterminds in the 2005 killing of a...
October 21, 2008
| Source: Mizzima News
The Rangoon-based humour magazine, "Pyaw Pyaw Shwin Shwin" had to postpone publication of its October issue as the censor board rejected one-fourth...
October 20, 2008
| Source: CMFR
Murder charges against the alleged masterminds in the 2005 killing of Filipino journalist Marlene Esperat have been filed before a local court in...
October 16, 2008
The following is a statement from the Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ), a SEAPA partner based in Kuala Lumpur: ...
October 15, 2008
The websites of Mizzima News, an independent Burmese multi-media group based in New Delhi, were suspended by its hosting server on the evening of...
October 9, 2008
| Source: CMFR
Two Filipino radio broadcasters based in the southern island of Mindanao received death threats after reporting alleged extortion activities...
October 8, 2008
| TJA
The Thai Journalists Association (TJA) would like to express grave concern over the violent incidents and the ensuing injuries and damages caused by...