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30 Apr

Access to information among concerns in CJFE Review of Free Expression in Canada

<p><strong>By Grant Buckler</strong></p>

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20 Mar

CJFE calls for donations in support of annual Review of Free Expression in Canada

<p>Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) is calling for donations in support of its fifth annual <em>Review of Free Expression in Canada</em>.</p>

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11 Mar

Updated: Canadian photojournalist Ali Mustafa killed in Syria

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6 Mar

Surveillance in Canada: A balance between freedom of expression and national security

<p>Last week, PEN Canada hosted a panel discussion on the challenges of balancing freedom of expression with national security. </p><p>The panel, called Surveillance after Snowden, was moderated by Canadaland media critic Jesse Brown and featured Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert, <em>Globe and Mail</em> investigative reporter Colin Freeze and Wesley Wark, former national security adviser to the prime minister.</p>

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4 Mar

Canadian journalists ramp up efforts to free jailed Al Jazeera colleagues in Egypt

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27 Feb

Live Blog: CJFE/Al-Jazeera vigil to free journalists arrested in Egypt

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23 Feb

Al-Jazeera, CJFE plan vigil for jailed journalists

<p><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Al-Jazeera English</a> and <a href="http://www.cjfe.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Canadian Journalists for Free Expression</a> will hold <a href="http://www.cjfe.org/resources/media_releases/journalism-not-crime-al-jazeera-english-and-cjfe-hold-day-action" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a vigil on Feb. 27</a> for three imprisoned Al-Jazeera journalists. Canadian Mohamed Fahmy, Australian Peter Greste and Egyptian Baher Mohamed have been imprisoned in Egypt since Dec. 29 on charges of spreading false<sup> </sup>news.</p>

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21 Feb

Five media outlets ordered to turn over photos, video of New Brunswick protest to RCMP

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Rexton_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of RCMP</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p><by associate="" p="" tamara="">The RCMP have obtained a court order compelling five media outlets—the CBC, Global, APTN, Brunswick News and Rogers—to turn over footage and photos of the Oct. 17 riots in Rexton, NB.</by></p>

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19 Feb

The Unknowable Country: What does Reporters Without Borders’ press freedom index actually mean?

<p><strong>By Sean Holman</strong></p><p>Last year, the country's freedom of information commissioners <a href="http://seanholman.com/2013/10/28/the-unknowable-country/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> for a modernization of the antiquated laws that are supposed to allow, but in many cases, now frustrate journalists' access to public records.</p><p>Indeed, <a href="http://www.law-democracy.org/live/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Nov-2013-Chart2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Centre for Law and Democracy, 55 other nations have stronger information rights laws than we do.</p>

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6 Feb

Live blog: Al Jazeera/ CJFE press conference calling for release of detained journalists in Egypt

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