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TURKEY WARNED NO EU MEMBERSHIP WITHOUT FREE MEDIA
TURKEY WARNED NO EU MEMBERSHIP WITHOUT FREE MEDIA

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RELEASE DATE: 19 April 2010
Institute protests at jailing of Kurdish editors
The Chartered Institute of Journalists (CIoJ) has sent a protest at the way Turkey continues to ignore the European Convention of Human Rights, of …

CIoJ welcomes Select Committee findings
CIoJ welcomes Select Committee findings

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RELEASE DATE: 6 APRIL 2010
CIoJ welcomes Select Committee findings
The first job for the ‘Commons Culture, Media and Sports Select Committee after the election should be to push the Department for Communities and Local Government …

Institute urges release of British journalist
Institute urges release of British journalist

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Release time: 19 February 2010
The Chartered Institute of Journalists (CIoJ) has written to Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and asked for the immediate release of film-maker and freelance journalist Paul Martin.
President of the CIoJ, …

CIoJ congratulates Independent campaign

The CIoJ has written to the Editor of the Independent congratulating their successful campaign to free Afghan journalist Sayed Pervez Kambaksh.
Letter to the Editor;
Dear Sir,
The Chartered Institute of Journalists would like to congratulate you on …

CIoJ welcomes release of journalists
CIoJ welcomes release of journalists

THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF JOURNALISTS has welcomed the release of journalists Laura Long and Euna Lee from captivity and hard labour in North Korea.
“This is a positive step by the North Korean authorities,” said CIoJ …

What price democracy? Audit Commission can’t answer…so who will?
What price democracy? Audit Commission can’t answer…so who will?

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Release time: 30 July 2009
The Audit Commission’s inquiry into local authority newspapers, ordered by the Government in its Digital Britain report, will not include an examination of their effect on traditional local newspapers.
Steve Bundred, …

Arrest of journalists deplorable

Release date: 3 July 2009
Statement
The CIoJ deplores the arrest by the Iranian Authorities of more than 30 journalists and the expulsion of some foreign reporters.   The Chartered Institute urges the immediate release of …

JOURNALISTS SHOULD NOT CENSOR NEWS
JOURNALISTS SHOULD NOT CENSOR NEWS

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RELEASE TIME: IMMEDIATE, 17 JUNE 2009
THE Chartered Institute of Journalists believes that the election of BNP members to mainstream politics should be dealt with in the same even handed manner as all other political …

CIoJ urges Kim Jong-un to intervene

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RELEASE TIME: IMMEDIATE, Friday 12 June 2009
THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF JOURNALISTS (CIoJ) is writing to Kim Jong-un to ask him to intervene in the sentencing of two US journalists, Laura Long and Euna Lee, …

CIoJ warns that Human Rights Law should take precedence in protecting journalistic sources

A LOCAL NORTHERN IRELAND court would be guilty of a “serious error” if it ordered journalist Suzanne Breen to disclose her sources, says the Chartered Institute of Journalists (CIoJ) the oldest and most senior professional …