Censorship News

• World
• US
• Canada

World:

• Newsworld Media News One of the best sources for news about the media -- everything from freedom of the press, deaths in Iraq, to controversies on the screen -- comes from the London-based Newsworld.
• IFEX Internet Service     Action alerts and news about press freedoms around the world
• IFJ   International Federation of Journalists      News and views on press freedoms
• IFJ resources on Public Accountability and Censorship
• Article 19-- The International Centre Against Censorship
• Index on Censorship
• The International Press Institute (IPI)
• Committee to Protect Journalists, (CPJ)
• Freedom Forum, African Center
• Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI)  South Africa
• International War and Peace Reporting   For the latest news on press freedoms amidst the turmoil of Yugoslavia, check out the IWPR web site's special Balkans report.  Includes independent news from Serbia, plus many useful outside links.  See also their Filopovic File, about a journalist jailed for exposing Yugoslav war crimes.
• HK97     Hong Kong newsletter that deals, among other things, with human rights and freedom of the press after July 1st 1997
• Pulso del Periodismo  International Media Center at Florida International University's journalism review, updated weekly, in English and Spanish, with an emphasis on news involving freedom of the press violations
• Freedom Forum   The London Headquarters at Stanhope House, Stanhope Place has an exhibit of photos taken by French freelance Brice Fleutiaux, hostage of a rebel group in Chechnya since October last year. The exhibition runs to May 31
  

Canada

Main sites:

• Canadian Journalists for Free Expression          Devoted to protecting journalists and media freedoms around the world
• Project Censor          What were the top ten stories ignored by the Canadian media?

Aspers:

• Southam Boycott Page

Other sites:

• Censorship in Canada     History of press unfreedoms
• Canada Customs Hit List     Partial list of what you're not supposed to see
• Banned books in Canada
• Index of Under-reported Stories on Corruption  To highlight the stories of corruption that have been under-reported,  the Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society is gathering submissions. An international panel of leading journalists will select up to ten of the most important stories of under-reported corruption

United States:

• Committee to Protect Journalists, (CPJ)
• Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
• ProjectCensored 2001   The annual hit list of investigative stories ignored by the mainstream media is out for 2001 and it's always a great read. You can get fascinating background on 25 stories -- everything from the selling of water to nuclear waste and GM foods.  Plus an introduction by Noam Chomsky.
• 20th anniversary of Project Censored          The Albion Monitor has a special feature on the past and future of the project, including interviews with founder Carl Jensen and incoming Director Peter Phillips.
• Censored Year in review - 2000    Avoid the usual media summaries of the year and check out Project Censored (US) for insight into the stories we misssed, including  Yearbook 2000 for the previous year's top ignored stories and archives from the past decade.
• Bonfire of the Libraries          Nice title, eh? The Texas Humanities Resource Centre looks at censorship through the ages.
• ACLU Freedom Network Everything from censorship battles to news headlines
• First Amendment Studies American press freedom information
• American Reporters Handbook Press Freedom guide for U.S. law

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