Posts Tagged ‘legal’
August 9th, 2010
A Swedish newspaper has claimed that
Wikileaks is
not fully protected by Swedish law and so could be vulnerable to demands to reveal its sources. Håkan Rustand, deputy to the acting Chancellor of Justice, claims that simply placing Wikileaks’ server in Sweden does not mean that it is automatically protected by Swedish law. The article in the Sydsvenskam newspaper claims that Wikileaks does not have the necessary licence to publish material in Sweden, thus leaving it
only partially protected by law.
May 20th, 2009
The World Press Freedom Committee provides leadership in the fight against licensing of journalists, mandatory codes of conduct, mandatory tasks for journalists and other news controls. It was originally created to wage a global struggle in and around intergovernmental organisations to beat back authoritarian proposals for a restrictive “new world information and communication order”.
May 20th, 2009
The Freedom of Expression Institute fights for and defends freedom of expression, opposes censorship and fights for the right of equal access to information and knowledge. FXI proactively develops policy to ensure the free flow of information and fight for media diversity.
May 20th, 2009
The Free Media Movement is a collective enterprise of journalists and media personnel in Sri Lanka active in all areas relating to media freedom, defending the rights of journalists and media people, calling for reform of repressive legislation, agitating against censorship and intimidation of media personnel and standing for broad principles of democratic and human rights. The FMM has become the watchdog of media freedom in Sri Lanka.
May 20th, 2009
Formación Jurídica para la Acción is an organisation whose principal objective is to contribute to the improvement of access to justice and fundamental human rights in Chile. FORJA works towards the full respect for, and exercise of, the right to freedom of expression.
May 20th, 2009
The Centre for Journalism in Extreme Situations is a human rights organisation created to assist the establishment and realization of freedom for mass information and the strengthening of the legal basis for all actors in the arena of mass information. CJES aims to protect journalists’ rights and freedoms.
May 20th, 2009
The Association of Independent Electronic Media comprises 28 radio stations and 16 television companies which strive to broadcast news programmes of the highest professional standards throughout Serbia and Montenegro. ANEM aims to establish a politically independent legal framework and to develop electronic media, and provide help and support to media outlets.
May 14th, 2009
ARTICLE 19 fights for hostages of censorship, defends dissenting voices that have been muzzled, and campaigns against laws and practices that silence. It monitors, researches, publishes, lobbies, campaigns, sets standards and litigates on behalf of freedom of expression wherever it is threatened.
