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The Board of WAN-IFRA, the global organisation for the world’s news publishers that represents 18,000 newspapers, 15,000 online sites and more than 3,000 companies in 120 countries

 

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has called on governments worldwide for greater protection for media personnel working in conflict areas, in the wake of the widely reported murders of two photojournalists in the Middle East.

 

A resolution issued by the Board of WAN-IFRA, meeting Sunday on the eve of the World Publishing Expo in Amsterdam, also called for a concerted global effort to end the impunity of the killers of journalists.

 

 “The targeting of journalists represents a serious threat to maintaining free, independent media. Stronger protections, more resources and better practices are needed to prioritise safety,” said the Board of WAN-IFRA, the global organisation for the world’s news publishers that represents 18,000 newspapers, 15,000 online sites and more than 3,000 companies in 120 countries.

 

 The Board also issues resolutions condemning new anti-terrorism legislation in Australia that endangers the work of journalists, and Venezuelan government actions that are strangling the independent press.

 

 The resolution on the safety of journalists in conflict areas calls for greater focus on the issue of impunity, for better support to governments seeking to revise legislation to combat crimes against the media, and greater assistance to news organisations in implementing mechanisms designed to protect journalists’ safety.

 

 The recent murders of American photojournalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff have contributed to a total of 40 journalists killed so far this year. The WAN-IFRA Board noted that at least 980 journalists have been murdered in the past decade, and that in the vast majority of cases their killers go unpunished.  The full resolution can be read at http://www.wan-ifra.org/node/118991/

 

WAN-IFRA issued two other resolutions:

 

 - Calling on Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to revise new national anti-terrorism legislation to better protect the work of journalists and guarantee media freedom in the country (http://www.wan-ifra.org/node/118993/);

 

 - Calling on President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela to end limits on imported newsprint, which is strangling the independent press in the country. (http://www.wan-ifra.org/node/118994) More on WAN-IFRA’s press freedom and media development activities can be found at http://www.wan-ifra.org/pressfreedom  The World Publishing Expo, that took place in Amsterdam this week, is the largest global trade exhibition for the news publishing and news media industries. More than 8,000 visitors, 250 exhibitors and 100 speakers gathered in Amsterdam for the event.

 

 WAN-IFRA, based in Paris, France, and Frankfurt, Germany, with subsidiaries in Singapore and India, is the global organisation of the world’s newspapers and news publishers. Its core mission is to defend and promote press freedom, quality journalism and editorial integrity and the development of prosperous businesses.  

 


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