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Journalists call for safeguarding their association’s independence

By Petra - Mar 30,2014 - Last updated at Mar 30,2014

AMMAN — Media professionals on Sunday called for holding a national conference to draw up a strategy to defend journalists and enhance the independence of the Jordan Press Association (JPA).

At a meeting organised by the Centre for Defending the Freedom of Journalists (CDFJ), journalists called for expanding the association’s membership umbrella and drafting laws that protect its members from being targeted for their personal opinions.

CDFJ President Nidal Mansour urged the JPA to adopt a supportive programme to protect and defend journalists.

Mansour added that the association has faced difficulties in past decades because of the absence of a proper institutional structure that guarantees its independence.

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