The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) is the only regional organization focused on promoting and protecting press freedom and freedom of expression in Southeast Asia. Established as a non-profit organization in November 1998, the alliance works to unite independent journalists and press-related organizations in the region into a force for free expression advocacy and mutual protection.

SEAPA's board of trustees is composed of representatives from the alliance's Founding Members, including:

Thai Journalists Association Institute for Studies on Free Flow of Information (Indonesia) Alliance of Independent Journalists (Indonesia) Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (Philippines) Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism

SEAPA is registered in Manila as a regional non-governmental organization. It has offices in Manila and houses its main secretariat in Bangkok.

SEAPA is an associate member of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX), a global network of non-governmental organisations that work to promote and defend the right to free expression.

Members The following are SEAPA's member organizations:

Cambodia

Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM)

Indonesia

Aliansi Jurnalis Independen (Alliance of Independent Journalists, AJI-Indonesia) Institut Studi Arus Informasi (Institute for Studies on the Free Flow of Information, ISAI, Indonesia) Forum Jurnalis Perempuan – Indonesia (Forum of Women Journalists in Indonesia, FJP Indonesia) – associate member

Malaysia

Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ, Malaysia)

Myanmar

Burma News InternationalBNI-wide (BNI) – associate member Myanmar Journalist Network (MJN) – associate member

Philippines

Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR, Philippines) Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) National Union of Journalists in the Philippines – associate member

Thailand

Thai Journalists Association (TJA)

Timor Leste (Timor Lorosae)

Asosiasaun Jornalista Timor Lorosa’e (Timor Leste Journalist Association, AJTL)

See also

International Freedom of Expression Exchange

External links SEAPA blog

References