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Nov 30, 2010
- Posted by Claude
Adams
The vast majority of Mexicans who apply for refugee status in Canada are rejected. Luis Horacio Najera is an exception. He spent years as an investigative reporter in the badlands along the Mexico-U.S. border, writing stories on the drug trade and corruption. Then one day he learned his name was on a death list. Claude Adams takes up the story.
Nov 29, 2010
- Posted by Dana
Lacey
In Mexico and the Republic of Cameroon, journalism has become dangerous work. Yesterday, five reporters from the two countries were awarded International Press Freedom awards by Canadian Journalists for Free Expression for overcoming impossible odds to simply report the news.
Nov 29, 2010
- Posted by Grant
Buckler
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression has released its report on allegations of police misconduct and the treatment of journalists during the G20 meeting in Toronto in June. It’s not a pretty picture.
Nov 23, 2010
- Posted by Grant
Buckler
The University of Waterloo called off a speech by Globe and Mail columnist Christie Blatchford last Friday night after a small group of protesters accusing Blatchford of racism occupied the stage. Blatchford was there to talk about her book Helpless: Caledonia’s Nightmare of Fear and Anarchy, and How the Law Failed All of Us.
Nov 16, 2010
- Posted by Grant
Buckler
The October issue of Adbusters juxtaposed photos of the
Warsaw Ghetto with photos of Gaza. The Canadian Jewish Congress accused
the magazine of anti-semitism, and now Shoppers Drug Mart has pulled it
from its shelves, Grant Buckler reports. Did the magazine cross a line?
Nov 16, 2010
- Posted by Cecil
Rosner
The recent release of more than 400,000 documents relating to the war in Iraq has focused unprecedented attention on the practice of whistleblowing. It has also divided journalists themselves on whether WikiLeaks, the site that published the material, is promoting transparency or treason.
Nov 15, 2010
- Posted by Jaclyn
Nardone
Magazines have been banned in a Toronto hospital -- not by censors, or literary watchdogs or because of controversial commentary -- because of germs that could lead to the spread of disease.
Nov 08, 2010
- Posted by Julie
Payne
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) is deeply concerned by reports that have surfaced that Canadian journalist Khadija Abdul Qahaar may have died.
Nov 08, 2010
- Posted by Jaclyn
Nardone
France's top reporters are being robbed, not only of their belongings, but also of their free speech. French President Nicholas Sarkozy, with security service leader Bernard Squarcin, is said to have been spying on his country's journalists. Sarkozy's methods of surveillance and censorship give us a new adage: keep your political friends close, but your media enemies closer.
Nov 04, 2010
- Posted by Jaclyn
Nardone
Two high school students were suspended over posting a photo of a teacher on Facebook and making negative comments, highlighting the battle between appropriate conduct versus free speech. In an age of cyberbullying and defamation, a solution should be simpler than we think -- don’t be someone online you wouldn’t be offline.
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