Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) is a Canadian non-governmental organization supported by Canadian journalists and advocates of freedom of expression. Canadian Journalists for Free Expression ( CJFE) is a Canadian Non-governmental organization supported by Canadian Journalists and advocates of A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends Freedom of speech is the freedom to speak freely without Censorship or Limitation. The purpose of the organization is to defend the rights of journalists and contribute to the development of press freedom throughout the world. Freedom Constitutional or statutory protections pertaining to freedom of the press CJFE recognizes that these rights are not confined to journalists and strongly supports and defends the broader objective of freedom of expression in Canada and around the world. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
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History
CJFE was established in 1981, and parented initially by the Centre for Investigative Journalism (now the Canadian Association of Journalists). The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ or L'Association Canadienne des Journalistes in French is a Canadian organization of professional Journalists Many of the Centre's members were shocked at the life-threatening conditions for journalists working in Latin America during the early 1980s. From 1979 to 1981, some 150 journalists had been killed or disappeared while in the custody of security forces in the region. A forced disappearance occurs when an organization forces a person to vanish from Public view either by Murder or by simple Sequestration. Moved to action by this violence against their southern counterparts, the CIJ agreed to form a special committee to campaign against the kidnapping, torture and murder of media workers throughout Latin America. Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental is intentionally "Popular press" redirects here note that the University of Wisconsin Press publishes under the imprint "The Popular Press" It was thus that the CIJ Latin American Committee came into being.
Working groups were formed in several cities, including Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, Vancouver and Ottawa. Working Group can mean Working group, an interdisciplinary group of researchers or Working Group (dogs, kennel club designation for Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. Each centre maintained files on violations of freedom of expression for different countries in the region, and a "Red Alert" network was set up to react to reports of attacks.
A few years later, the group changed its name to the Canadian Committee to Protect Journalists and, with it, began to work in other parts of the world.
The past few years have seen another name change - this time to reflect the larger free expression mandate of the organization - as well as a significant expansion of activities of CJFE both in Canada and internationally. Freedom of speech is the freedom to speak freely without Censorship or Limitation. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Throughout all of the changes that the organization has undergone, it has always been committed to watching over regions of the world where journalists are assaulted, threatened, kidnapped and killed for reporting the news. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends News is any new information or information on Current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or Word of mouth
One of the principal activities of CJFE is the management of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX), a global network of more than 80 non-governmental organisations that monitors free expression violations around the world and defends journalists, writers and others who are persecuted for exercising their right to freedom of expression. The International Freedom of Expression Exchange ( IFEX) founded in 1992 is a global network of 81 non-governmental organisations that promotes and defends the right
Awards
The CJFE International Press Freedom Awards, which were launched in 1998, have become the signature event of the organization's press freedom awareness activities in Canada. Freedom Constitutional or statutory protections pertaining to freedom of the press Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The gala dinner brings together some of the biggest names in Canadian media to honour colleagues from Canada and around the world who have been persecuted because of their work.
The majority of the event's proceedings go to the Journalists in Distress Fund, which has given thousands of dollars to persecuted journalists around the world over the years.
Two awards are given each year to foreign journalists who overcome great odds to report the news. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends Past award winners include Tunisian journalist and human rights activist Sihem Bensedrine, Canadian photographer Zahra Kazemi, Kazakhstani journalist Lira Baysetova and Iranian journalist Akbar Ganji. Sihem Bensedrine (born October 28, 1950) is a Tunisian journalist and Human rights activist Zahra "Ziba" Kazemi-Ahmadabadi (زهرا کاظمی احمدآبادی in Persian) (1949 – July 11, 2003) was an Iranian Canadian Lira Baysetova is the former editor of the weekly Respublika newspaper of Kazakhstan. Akbar Ganji ( born 31 January, 1960 in Tehran) is an Iranian Journalist and Writer.
CJFE presents two other awards: the Tara Singh Hayer Press Freedom Award and the Vox Liberas Award. Tara Singh Hayer, OBC ( November 15, 1936 – November 18, 1998) was a Sikh Canadian newspaper publisher and
The Tara Singh Hayer Press Freedom Award honours a Canadian journalist who, through his or her work, has made an important contribution to reinforcing and promoting the principle of freedom of the press in this country or elsewhere. Tara Singh Hayer, OBC ( November 15, 1936 – November 18, 1998) was a Sikh Canadian newspaper publisher and Freedom Constitutional or statutory protections pertaining to freedom of the press The award is named after the Canadian journalist and editor of the Vancouver-based Indo-Canadian Times who was assassinated in November 1998.
The Vox Liberas Award is given to a non-journalist who has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the principles of free expression and who has had made an important and sustained contribution - at home or abroad - to those same principles.
Journalists in Distress Fund
CJFE operates the Journalists in Distress Fund for the benefit of working journalists in defence of democracy, human rights, justice and freedom of expression. The fund exists primarily to encourage freedom of expression and the practice of journalism, and to provide humanitarian assistance to journalists whose lives and well-being are threatened.
The Fund provides financial assistance to journalists and their families whose lives are at risk or whose freedom of expression has been seriously infringed. Examples of fundable expenses are medical costs arising from imprisonment or physical mistreatment, legal costs arising from action taken in the courts against journalists because of their reporting as well as emergency travel costs so that journalists and their families can escape persecution.
Among other cases, the Journalists in Distress Fund has provided emergency assistance to a trio of persecuted Ethiopian journalists who fled to Kenya; a Thai journalist who, after recovering from a shooting, required money to continue publication of his newspaper; and the wife and child of a disappeared Belarusian journalist, who was said to have been abducted on orders of the government.
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The International Freedom of Expression Exchange ( IFEX) founded in 1992 is a global network of 81 non-governmental organisations that promotes and defends the right The Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG is a coalition of 16 free expression organisations that belong to the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX a global networkDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic