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CPBF CONDEMNS ISRAELI TREATMENT OF JOURNALIST
The Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom has condemned the Israeli Government for its treatment of journalist Ewa Jasiewicz. Ewa Jasiewicz landed at Tel Aviv airport last Wednesday and was detained by the authorities, who claim she is a political activist and that her reporting would not be objective.She was interrogated by Defence Ministry Officials for seven hours. They told her she would be deported on Sunday morning, but she has decided to appeal against this.
Ewa Jasiewicz, who is a correspondent for the British left-wing magazine Red Pepper, is being detained in prison pending an appeal hearing.
CPBF National Organiser Barry White said: “We call for Ewa's immediate release from prison, and the right to report in Israel and Palestine. The Bristish Government should raise the matter with the Israeli authorities and demand her release and we ask individuals to contact the Israeli Embassy in London to protest at the unwarranted action of the Israeli authorities. Ewa Jasiewicz is a bona fide journalist who has travelled to Israeli to research a story. She holds an NUJ Press Card and an IFJ International Press Card, and it is disgusting that she should be treated in this way."
Last modified: Saturday, August 21, 2004
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World Press Freedom Day
More reporters are currently imprisoned in Turkey than in any other country in the world. Only a matter of weeks ago lawyers failed to persuade a Turkish court to release a 76-year-old journalist from a Turkish internet news station.
World Press Freedom Day on Friday May 3, 2013 is being marked in Britain by a rally to highlight the dangers facing journalists in Turkey and in this podcast, Nicholas Jones speaks to Barry White, Organiser at the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom, and Sam Bamford, the TUC's policy officer for Eastern Europe and Africa about the importance of a campaign to highlight international press freedom.
The World Press Freedom Day rally is being staged by the National Union of Journalists at the NUJ head office, Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1 on Thursday May 2, 6pm-8pm.
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A European Citizens' Initiative is an official petition, like a Downing Street petition. If it succeeds in gathering a million signatures across the EU, the Commission is obliged to respond.
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