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After public turmoil, what comes next for Canadian Journalists for Free Expression?

CJFE board members are taking the next few months to review, refocus, and ensure CJFE is an organization that continues long into the future. Continue Reading After public turmoil, what comes next for Canadian Journalists for Free Expression?
Robyn Doolittle, Kim Bolan, to be honoured at 2017 CJFE gala

Elena Milashina, a Russian reporter, will also be honoured with an International Press Freedom Award. Continue Reading Robyn Doolittle, Kim Bolan, to be honoured at 2017 CJFE gala
Rally to call for release of kidnapped Pakistani journalist

Zeenat Shahsadi was abducted while investigating a politically explosive story. Continue Reading Rally to call for release of kidnapped Pakistani journalist
CJFE condemns MP’s ‘fake news’ attack on media

MP for Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke spoke about the government’s recent payment of $10.5 million to Omar Khadr in the video. Continue Reading CJFE condemns MP’s ‘fake news’ attack on media
Free expression organizations protest charges against reporter

By Grant Buckler Media and freedom of expression organizations are protesting after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police charged Justin Brake, a reporter for The Newfoundland and Labrador Independent, with mischief and disobeying a court order for entering the site of a controversial hydroelectric project. A group of Indigenous activists cut a lock at the Muskrat…
Upcoming Day of Action calls for protections for journalists

By Grant Buckler A Day of Action set for February 25 will call for an end to mass surveillance, repeal of the Anti-Terrorism Act and new legislation to protect activists, whistleblowers and journalists. The Day of Action was originally to have taken place February 4, but was delayed to avoid conflicts with mass demonstrations against…
Court order threatening arrest of journalist covering Muskrat Falls must be rescinded

By Duncan Pike for Canadian Journalists for Free Expression Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) strongly condemns the court order threatening journalist Justin Brake with arrest for covering the peaceful occupation of Muskrat Falls in Labrador. The order is a clear violation of freedom of the press and an unacceptable assault on the public’s right to know.…
Note of optimism in CJFE’s annual review of free expression

CJFE stressed that much of the positive news is promises by a new government, and momentum could still be lost.
Alberta government to let Rebel Media reporters attend events after all

By Grant Buckler The Alberta government has reversed its earlier position that reporters for Ezra Levant’s online publication The Rebel were “not journalists” and will admit them to government media events. Canadian Journalists for Free Expression welcomed the government’s about-face, but said it was “concerned that this violation of freedom of expression occurred at all.”…
Right to information request reveals important ‘daycare deficiencies’

By Madison Farkas for Canadian Journalists for Free Expression This story was written for Professor Sean Holman at Mount Royal University. It is the latest installment in CJFE’s #ATIreform series, where journalists, public interest researchers and other professionals share their stories about Canada’s Access to Information system. Telegraph-Journal reporter Karissa Donkin’s Right to Information request exposed a lack of proper regulation in…

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