Protecting Confidential Sources

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Fighting Secrecy and the National Security State: An Interview With Birgitta Jonsdottir, the Co-Producer of WikiLeaks's "Collateral Murder" Video
Bernstein, Dennis
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2013
An interview with Iceland Member of Parliament Birgitta Jonsdottir of the Pirate Party on the status of the international struggle against government secrecy and surveillance.

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Another reporter threatened with contempt for refusing to reveal sources
Sources News Release
2009
Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter not to hold the journalist in contempt of court for refusing to identify confidential sources.
Confidentiality
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Confidentiality is an ethical principle associated with several professions (e.g., medicine, law, religion, professional psychology, and journalism). In ethics, and in law, some types of communication...
Ideale FM radio station closed for refusing to reveal sources
Sources News Release
2009
Reporters Without Borders condemns the 8 April 2009 closure of IdA#ale FM, a privately-owned radio station in Haiti for allegedly "obstructing justice" by refusing to reveal sources.
IFJ Condemns New Attack on Journalists' Sources in UK
Sources News Release
2009
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its European group, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) today joined their affiliate, the National Union of Journalists in the UK and Ire...
IFJ Hails Milestone Victory of Journalist on Protection of Sources in Northern Ireland
Sources News Release
2009
The IFJ welcomes a court decision to dismiss the police application to force journalist Susanne Breen to reveal her source for a story on the murder to two British soldiers as a historic victory for t...
Journalists Welcome European Call to Review Anti-Terrorism Laws
Sources News Release
2009
Ministers of the human rights network of the Council of Europe have called on their governments to review anti-terrorism laws in the face of strong criticism from journalists that some laws are in pra...
Protection of sources
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Ruling recognizes Detroit Free Press reporter's right to protect his sources
Sources News Release
2009
Reporters Without Borders is thrilled with U.S. District Judge Robert Clelandâ##s ruling that Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter does not have to reveal his confidential sources from a 2004...