Al-Hammadi has received the International Press Freedom Award 2011 from the
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression as first ever Yemeni journalist get this award.
A journalist for the Mississauga, Ont.-based newspaper The Pakistan Post was assaulted by two men, one armed with a cricket bat, who warned him to stop "writing against Islam" and a Pakistan-based religious organization, the
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) reported Thursday.
I am pleased, then, that last year the
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression recognized Michel for his courage and commitment with the Tarn Singh Hayer Memorial Award.
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The
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression believe that publications bans are overused and often too broad (Peter Jacobsen, "The Problems with Publication Bans" (29 May 2015)) online: < http://www.cjfe.org/the_problems_with_publication_bans) ("CJFE").
In peaceful Canada, Tahir Aslam Gora, who fled Pakistan in 1999 because of death threats, is receiving them in Toronto from Muslims angry about his weekly newspaper Watan,
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression reported.