The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the conviction of Malaysian journalist and union leader Ha’ta Wahari on charges of “tarnishing the image” of his employer Utusan Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on April 14.

A letter of support for National Union of Journalists (NUJ) Malaysia president Mohamed Ha’ta Wahari, from the Bangkok-based Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), a network of journalist and media freedom groups in Southeast Asia, of which CIJ is an associate member.

The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) disagrees with the barring of reporter from Utusan Malaysia by the Selangor Pakatan Rakyat, from its press conference. CIJ believes that media professionals, regardless of the owners' political affiliations, should be allowed to cover all public functions organized by the state.

The Centre for Independent Journalism condemns the arrest tonight of demonstrators at the anniversary of the free and fair elections rally as well as a videographer from Malaysiakini.tv. We call for their immediate and unconditional release and to respect their fundamentalright to gather and express themselves.

The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) and Writers' Alliance for Media Independence (WAMI) urges political parties to respect the role of media professionals and to stop their personnels from using force to restrict them from discharging their duties. The latest assault of a photographer by security personnels of the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (People's Justice Party), [...]

The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) is deeply concerned about the ban imposed by the parliament on journalists in the parliament lobby. The presence of journalists in the parliament lobby should not be seen as a security liability as they have an important duty to report to the public. Restricting the number of journalists in [...]

The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) is concerned that the media was reportedly restricted from covering the public hearing on crime, organized by the Parliamentary Caucus on human rights in the state of Selangor.

The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) is concerned that police in the district of Sibu, of the state Sarawak is barring crime reporters access to crime stories by reportedly introducing several restrictions and threatening to arrest them under the Official Secret Act (OSA) if they breached the restrictions. More seriously, the police directive means reporters [...]