Over 40 journalist leaders met in Taipei, Taiwan over July 7-10 at an International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Asia-Pacific conference called "Media for Democracy - the Challenge in Asia".
Hosted by the IFJ's Taiwan affiliate, the Association of Taiwan Journalists, and supported by the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, the meeting brought together leaders of journalists' organisations from: Australia, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand.
The meeting passed the following resolution:
This meeting of over 40 journalists' leaders from the International Federation of Journalists Asia-Pacific group, led by the IFJ President Christopher Warren, meeting in Taipei from 7-10 July:
CONDEMNS the sentence of up to four months jail on 6 July for New York Times journalist Judith Miller for failing to reveal her confidential sources to the grand jury in the United States of America;
REAFFIRMS the principle that journalists should never be forced to reveal their confidential sources;
SUPPORTS Miller in her principled stand of refusing to reveal her confidential sources and offers solidarity with her union and IFJ affiliate, the Newspaper Guild, in condemning the jail sentence;
NOTES the two minutes' silence being held in the United States' newsrooms organised by the Newspaper Guild in support and solidarity with Miller.
For further information, please contact Christopher Warren on +61 411 757 668.
The IFJ represents over 500,000 journalists in more than 110 countries
