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Philippines: Broadcaster shot dead in front of his home

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Post Views: 58 Originally From: https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/press-releases/article/philippines-broadcaster-shot-dead-in-front-of-his-home.html Radio broadcaster Federico ‘Ding’ Gempesaw was shot and killed in broad daylight in front of his home in Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City, Mindanao on June 29. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), condemn the murder and urge the local authorities immediately bring the perpetrators to justice. Gempesaw was a political commentator and host of the daily block-time program ‘Bitayan Sa Kahanginan’, which aired on the local community radio network, Radyo Natin. According to…

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Cambodia: Government needs to pass Access to Information Law

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Post Views: 43 Originally From: https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/press-releases/article/cambodia-government-needs-to-pass-access-to-information-law.html The legislation process to pass the Cambodian Law on Access to Information has been continually delayed since the initial plan was introduced in 2021. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Cambodian Journalists Alliance Association (CamboJA), in calling on the Cambodian government to accelerate the finalisation of the draft and deliver it to the National Assembly for approval. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen pledged that the new information law would be passed in 2021, with a draft finalised in August 2021. However,…

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නිදහස් වෙළඳ කලාපවල කම්කරුවන්ට උයාගෙන කන්න ක්‍රමයක් නැහැ.

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Post Views: 33 From: Chandra Devanarayana නිදහස් වෙළඳ කලාපවල කම්කරුවන්ට උයාගෙන කන්න ක්‍රමයක් නැහැ. ගෑස් නැහැ භූමිතෙල් නැහැ. වැඩි වැටුප් නැහැ. කෑම පැකට්ටුවක් රුපියල් හාර සියයකටත් එහා. මෑන්පවර් සේවකයන්ට වැඩ නැහැ ආයෝජකයෝ ඔවුන්ට සේවාවන්ට අවශ්‍ය පහසුකම් නොමැති යැයි කියමින් රට හැර යන්න සූදානම් වෙනවා. සේවකයෝ දැනටත් වැඩ නැතිව දවස් ගනන් බෝඩිං වල ලතවෙනවා කෑමක් බීමක් නැතුව. සමහර ආයතන හිමිකරුවෝ ආයතන වහන්න සැරසෙනවා. සේවකයින්ට ලැබෙන වැටුප ජීවන වියදමට සාපේක්ෂ නැහැ. එකෙන් පුළුවන් ලෙවකන්න විතරයි. තනි මව්වරුන් වැන්දඹුවන් දරුවන් එක්ක හාමතේ පුංචි බෝඩිං කාමර වල ගත කරනවා. දරුවන්ගේ පන්තියේ නවත්වලා. දරුවන්ගේ ඉගෙනීම…

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Marxism fighting for Diversity

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Post Views: 38 By Raju Prabath Lankaloka The LGBTIQ+ community across the world hold many celebrations throughout June celebrating Pride month. In recent years the discussion and the struggle against gender oppression and sexual orientation-based discrimination have developed into mass movements in many countries.  Even though the presence of the community is significant, its members face many socio-economic and political issues. People all over the world face violence and inequality sometimes including torture and murder based on whom they love, what they look like, or who they are. Sexual orientation…

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மார்விசம் பன்முகத்தன்மைக்காக போராடுகிறது

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Post Views: 39 BY Raju Prabath Lankaloka உலகெங்கிலும் உள்ள LGBTIQ+ சமூகம் ஜூன் முழுவதும் பெருமை மாதத்தைக் கொண்டாடும் பல கொண்டாட்டங்களை நடத்துகிறது. சமீபத்திய ஆண்டுகளில் பாலின ஒடுக்குமுறை மற்றும் பாலியல் சார்பு அடிப்படையிலான பாகுபாடுகளுக்கு எதிரான விவாதமும் போராட்டமும் பல நாடுகளில் வெகுஜன இயக்கங்களாக உருவாகியுள்ளன. இந்த சமூகம் குறிப்பிடத்தக்க அளவில் காணப்பட்டாலும், அவர்கள் பல சமூக-பொருளாதார மற்றும் அரசியல் பிரச்சனைகளை எதிர்கொள்கின்றனர். உலகெங்கிலும் உள்ள மக்கள் வன்முறை மற்றும் சமத்துவமின்மையை எதிர்கொள்கின்றனர், சில சமயங்களில் அவர்கள் யாரை நேசிக்கிறார்கள், அவர்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறார்கள் அல்லது அவர்கள் யார் என்பதன் அடிப்படையில் சித்திரவதை மற்றும் கொலை உட்பட. பாலியல் நோக்குநிலை மற்றும் பாலின அடையாளம் ஆகியவை எங்களின் பொதுவான குணாதிசயங்கள் மற்றும் ஒருபோதும் பாகுபாடு காட்டப்படவோ அல்லது தவறாகப் பயன்படுத்தப்படவோ கூடாது. ‘ஜனரஞ்சகவாதிகள்’…

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India: Journalist arrested for hurting religious sentiments

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Post Views: 42 Originally From: https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/press-releases/article/india-journalist-arrested-for-hurting-religious-sentiments.html Indian journalist and AltNews co-founder, Mohammed Zubair, was arrested on June 27, for a Twitter post police alleged hurt religious sentiment in the country. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) condemn the arrest and call for Zubair’s immediate release.   The Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations unit of the Delhi Police initially summoned Zubair for questioning regarding a 2020 case over social media posts, to which he already had protection against arrest from the Delhi High…

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South Africa – NUM and NUMSA joint statement on the developments in the Eskom wage negotiations

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Post Views: 45 28 June 2022 The leadership of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) represented by the NUM General Secretary, William Mabapa and the leadership of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), represented by the NUMSA General Secretary, Irvin Jim met with the Eskom leadership represented by the Group Chief Executive Officer, Andre de Ruyter and Group Executive Human Resources, Elsie Pule yesterday 27 June 2022 and again today 28 June 2022 to discuss the current deadlock in the Eskom wage negotiations between the parties. NUM…

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විවිධත්වය වෙනුවෙන් සයටන් වදින මාක්ස්වාදය

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Post Views: 56 රාජු ප්‍ර‍භාත් ලංකාලෝක විසිනි ලොව පුරා වෙසෙන LGBTIQ+ ප්‍රජාව අභිමානයේ මාසය සමරමින් ජුනි මාසය පුරා බොහෝ සැමරුම් පවත්වයි. මෑත වසරවලදී ස්ත්‍රී පුරුෂ සමාජභාවය නිසා ඇතිවන පීඩනයට සහ ලිංගික දිශානතිය මත පදනම් වූ වෙනස්කම්වලට එරෙහි සාකච්ඡාව සහ අරගලය බොහෝ රටවලදී මහජන ව්‍යාපාර දක්වා වර්ධනය වී තිබුණි. සමාජය තුළ මෙම ප්‍රජාවේ නියෝජනය සැළකිය යුතු ප්‍රමාණයකින් දැකිය හැකි වුවත්, ඔවුන් සමාජ-ආර්ථික හා දේශපාලන ගැටලු රාශියකට මුහුණ දෙයි. ලොව පුරා මෙම ප්‍රජාව අසමානතාවයට සහ වධහිංසා පැමිණවීම සහ මරා දමීමද ඇතුළත් ප්‍රචණ්ඩත්වයට මුහුණ දෙන්නේ ඔවුන් ආදරය කරන අය, ඔවුන්ගේ පෙනුම හෝ ඔවුන්…

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