Media Alert
October 3, 2008
| TJA
A candidate for Bangkok's gubernatorial post punched and kicked a TV anchorman on October 2 after a heated televised interview, media reports said...
September 26, 2008
Thailand's Court of Appeals upheld a two-year jail term on former Thailand Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej for defaming a former deputy city governor...
September 19, 2008
Malaysian blogger Syed Azidi Syed Abdul Aziz, the second to be arrested in a week's time, will be transferred to Kuala Lumpur for further...
September 13, 2008
| CIJ
The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) and Writers Alliance for Media Independence (WAMI) condemn the arrest of prominent blogger Raja Petra...
September 13, 2008
| AJI
The Jakarta-based Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) is deeply concerned that a recent law on the electronic media might pose a threat to...
September 13, 2008
| SEAPA/CIJ
At least two bloggers, a journalist, and one opposition politician were arrested under Malaysia's Internal Security Act yesterday, 12 September 2008...
September 5, 2008
The chief of reporters for a Burmese publication, the "Flower News" journal, was arrested by the Kyauktada Township police for submitting a news...
September 5, 2008
A public survey commissioned by a media watchdog found that a significant majority of Malaysians want media independence, with close to half...
September 3, 2008
| CIJ/SEAPA
Cases of assaults and threats against journalists and photographers in Malaysia used to come and go quietly. It has become almost a tradition that...
August 26, 2008
| SEAPA
The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) joins its member, the Thai Journalists Association (TJA), in condemning a mob attack on a state-run...
August 26, 2008
| SEAPA
BANGKOK -- Protesters idenitifed with Thailand's People's Alliance for Democracy – an anti-government movement – broke through a police-fortified...
August 19, 2008
| SEAPA/CIJ
Two news photographers were reportedly beaten up by supporters of the Parti Keadilan Rakyat, or People's Justice Party (PKR) on August 16.
August 16, 2008
| SEAPA/Mizzima News
Several Burmese journalists, student leaders and an actor were charged for various offenses on 15 August, according to SEAPA partner Mizzima News...
August 15, 2008
| Mizzima News
The Burmese junta's Minister of Information refused to accept the resignation of the regime's chief censor, said a government official who requested...
August 15, 2008
| SEAPA/CIJ
The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) and Writers' Alliance for Media Independence (WAMI) expressed deep concern about the defamation suit...