Therefore, the EFJ/IFJ Code of Conduct provides the basis for a common European understanding on ethical issues through voluntary adoption of journalists and publishers.

The Report also condemns slur campaigns targeting women journalists and activists, and calls for the implementation of CEDAW s recommendations, especially in favour of the adoption of anti-discriminatory legislation, to help empower women to exercise their right of freedom of expression.

He also sought support for the launching of a new framework for dialogue between journalists and media around the Mediterranean to combat the rise of intolerance in reporting of issues related to migration and asylum policy.

4. Strongly condemns restrictions on Internet content, whether they apply to the dissemination or to the receipt of information, that are imposed by Governments and are not in strict conformity with the guarantee of freedom of expression; strongly condemns the harassment and imprisonment of journalists and others who are expressing their opinions on the Internet; calls, in this respect, on the Council and the Commission to take all necessary measures vis-à-vis the authorities of the concerned countries for the immediate release of all detained Internet users;

The conference recognised that globalisation in media threatens freedom of information and worsens working conditions for journalists and freelance writers, and it has a particular impact on the struggle to obtain equality between nbsp; men and women journalists.

Predsjednik Hrvatsko-katarske udruge, član upravnog odbora u FIJET (World Association of Journalists and Authors in tourism), član IABC-a, član CPRA-e (Croatian Association for Public Affairs), član slovenskog društva za odnose s javnošć, član IPRA-e (International Public Relations Association),

1.4 The EFJ/IFJ considers that the treatment of news and information as a commodity must not override or interfere with the duty of journalists and media to inform the public.

Due to a continuing refusal by the publishers to renew the national collective agreement for journalists and technical editorial staff, which expired in August 2004, journalists are confronted with a situation of legal uncertainty unheard of in most of western EU and EFTA member states.

The club ' s management and police tried to transport the majority of Serbian journalists and photographers back to the hotel (RTS journalists remained in the Hall).

The International Federation of Journalists today warned that 2004 may turn out to be the worst year on record for killings of journalists and media staff as news of the deaths of reporters in the Philippines, the Ivory Coast and Nicaragua shocked the world of journalism.

6.1 The EFJ/IFJ supports the creation of structures for dialogue between journalists and editors and publishers, both in the written and audiovisual media in order to promote better understanding and a common approach on professional, social and economic development of media.

Three journalists and trade unionists of the state-owned Congolese National Radio and Television station were arrested and detained in July after they decided to organize a general assembly in order to discuss with colleagues their demand for a bonus that had been ignored for more than a year.

2.2 The EFJ/IFJ considers the implementation of the principle of editorial independence (editorial statutes) in all European media as a necessity to guarantee the professional independence of journalists and a pluralistic press.

These proposals are of particular concern to journalists and media staff and may have a detrimental impact on the capacity of journalists to work in protected social conditions that are needed for journalism to flourish.

The campaign was initiated by a meeting of the IFJ s Middle East affiliates in Beirut last month and has the backing of the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate, the Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate in Iraq, the Federation of Arab Journalists and the Association of Journalists in the United Arab Emirates, which hosted the launch conference in Dubai s Media City.

At the same time, the meeting is unanimous in the view that the ethical and professional duties of journalism are the sole responsibility of journalists and other media professional in the free exercise of their work.

IFJ Calls for Justice for Journalists and Appeals for End to Tunisia Hunger Strikes

" The government must ensure journalists and media can work in total freedom and independence in the country. "

BELGRADE, September 16, 2005 - The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) calls on the appropriate authorities, particularly the Interior Ministry and the Culture and Information Ministry, to protect the journalists and editor of Radio OK.

The International Federation of Journalists today condemned the killing of a television technician in Mosul, the third media victim in the town over the past week and a shooting that brings to 99 the number of journalists and media staff killed in Iraq since the invasion of the country in March 2003.

The board of the European Federation of Journalists, meeting in Berlin this weekend, has endorsed a plan to have increased dialogue with OLAF in order to open up a frank and honest dialogue over relations between journalists and the anti-fraud authorities at national and international level.

The ordeal of journalists in Iraq continued this week with the killing of two more local journalists in separate incidents in Baghdad and the province of Diyala on Wednesday bringing to 32 the number of journalists and media staff killed worldwide since the start of the year, said the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).

The IFJ Executive Committee meeting in Sydney Australia at the beginning of December reiterated the Federation s support for efforts by the Association of Tunisian Journalists and the Syndicate of Journalists, both members of the IFJ, who are striving to defend journalists rights in difficult conditions.

The International Federation of Journalists today condemned the continued targeting and assassination of journalists and media staff in Iraq following the abduction and assassination of a local reporter in the southern city of Basra.

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on authorities in Benin to decriminalise defamation after three journalists and the director of a private media company were each sentenced to six months in jail for slander.

To mark International women s day the International Federation of Journalists and the its regional branch the European Federation of Journalists are calling for fresh actions by unions and media organisations to end all forms of discrimination that stop women from getting to the top both in media and in professional organizations.

Al Shaygi is also the President of the Bahrain Journalists Association, a group that has promoted the rights of journalists and a free and open media both in its home country and in neighboring countries in the region.

Our mission is to enable journalists and media producers to tell the stories of the world ' s children, while creating greater public awareness, emotional involvement and social participation.

Attacks on journalists and guests of the television shows diametrically oppose the proclaimed goals of nbsp; media policy in the country and principles of media independence.

Two meetings took place up to now under the umbrella of the Intergroup, one on safety of journalists and kidnapped journalists in war zones, and the other on the impact of media concentration on journalists independence.