Dear Colleagues and Friends in Media, Civil Society, Politics and Academia,
While the nation’s attention is drawn to Sabah and Sarawak on possible sea-change party politics, we would like to draw yours back to the larger picture of democratization and one of the most vital legal-institutional changes needed - media law reform.
A memorandum calling for media […]
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Please sign memorandum on Media Freedom - our target is 5,000 signatures!
Published by July 20th, 2008 in Press and Civil Liberties. 0 CommentsRequest for Sponsorship or Donation for an Community Radio Fest
Published by June 27th, 2008 in Press, Civil Liberties and Malaysian NGOs. 0 CommentsGreetings from the Centre for Independent Journalism, Malaysia (CIJ)! My name is Thanam Subramaniam and I am the coordinator of an exciting program that conducts radio production trainings with several communities of women living in Klang, Selayang, Rawang and Sarawak.
As mentioned above, we are writing in to make a request sponsorship or donation from […]
A memorandum calling for media law reform was launched on May 3 2008 (World Press Freedom Day). It has three simple demands:
(a) a parliamentary select committee on media law reform (the terms of reference is being drafted by civil society with the help of Human Rights Committee of the Bar Council);
(b) the shelving of the […]
Repression on Press Freedom; Reverse Arbitrary Banning of Tamil-language Paper Immediately
Published by April 19th, 2008 in Press and Malaysian NGOs. 1 CommentSUARAM is alarmed by the Home Ministry’s refusal to renew the publication permit of Tamil-language paper, Makkal Osai. We strongly condemn the Malaysian government’s disregard for press freedom, especially given the highly arbitrary nature of its decision to deny the paper its publication permit.
It was reported that the Home Ministry issued a letter to the […]
Congratulations on Mkini’s now four-language site
Published by February 25th, 2008 in Press. 0 CommentsThe Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) would like to congratulate news portal Malaysiakini.com for its new Tamil version. Malaysians across all races stand to benefit from this latest addition of independent and objective news source. It is hoped that the new Tamil site will further encourage the development and the demands for critical and objective […]
Media must be independent in reporting the elections
Published by February 25th, 2008 in Press and Freedom of Information. 0 CommentsThe Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) and Writers’ Alliance for Independence (WAMI) note with concern developments that will create an unfair environment for media coverage that would certainly benefit the incumbent candidates and caretaker government. Subtle as it may be for the members of the public, media professionals should recognize them immediately as compromising fair […]
Ministry keeps Makkal, Oriental in suspense over permits
Published by February 21st, 2008 in Press and Freedom of Information. 0 CommentsThe Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) is concerned that two dailies, Makkal Osai and Oriental Daily, seen to be critical newspapers, have not received their publication permits for 2008 from the Internal Security Ministry. The denial of permit is a source of pressure on the media, seen in the recent departure from their usual critical […]
PRESS CONFERENCE ON FREE MEDIA AND LAUNCH OF MEDIA MONITORING INITIATIVE FOR THE 12TH GENERAL ELECTIONS
Published by February 14th, 2008 in Press, Event and Education. 0 CommentsCentre for Independent Journalism
27C Jalan Sarikei, off Jalan Pahang
53000 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03 4023 0772, 03 4024 9840
Fax: 03 4023 0769
14 February 2008
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PRESS CONFERENCE ON FREE MEDIA AND LAUNCH OF MEDIA MONITORING INITIATIVE FOR THE 12TH GENERAL ELECTIONS
The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ), Writers Alliance for Media Independence (WAMI) and Charter 2000-Aliran cordially […]
Lingam clip inquiry: CIJ regrets threat of contempt towards critics
Published by February 4th, 2008 in Press, Law and Justice and Freedom of Information. 0 CommentsThe Centre for Independent Journalism is concerned that the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Lingam video clip (Commission of Inquiry on the Video Clip Recording of Images of a Person Purported to be an Advocate and Solicitor Speaking on the Telephone on Matters Regarding the Appointment of Judges) is taking a narrow view of […]
theSun Takeover: Keep Integrity Despite Changes
Published by January 31st, 2008 in Press and Freedom of Information. 0 CommentsThe Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) and Writers Alliance for Media Independence (WAMI) are deeply concerned that the recent acquisition of majority shareholding by tycoon Vincent Tan in theSun signals the end of relative independent space provided by the free paper. CIJ and WAMI echo public sentiment that the return of the newspaper to the […]
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