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AMARC members in North America include not only radio stations and production companies, but also organizations of radio stations . Both the US and Canada have well developed organizational infrastructure to represent community radios inside their own countries. read more

AMARC and Pakistan Press Foundation Appeal for Setting up Community Radio in Flood Affected Areas in Pakistan

August 24, 2010, Kathmandu. The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) and the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) appeal to the Government of Pakistan and Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to allow setting up of emergency community radio stations in areas that have suffered from the current floods in Pakistan.

Resolution In Support of Media and Communications Workers in the Americas

NFCB and AMARC-NA – enacted June 12, 2010

The National Federation of Community Broadcasters (United States) and AMARC (World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters) being committed to freedom of expression, communication rights, and the importance of journalism including grassroots media call on the President of the United States as well as the governments of Colombia, Mexico, Honduras, and El Salvador to:

AMARC Deplores Murder of Community Radio Worker

July 26, 2010

The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, AMARC expresses deep shock and anger at the murder of Devi Prasad Dhital (Hemraj) Chairman of Community Radio Tulsipur on 22nd July 2010. According to initial reports, Dhital was shot at Urahari, about 12 kilometers from Tulsipur in western Nepal on Thursday around 8:45 p.m.

AMARC Africa Johannesburg Declaration

Johannesburg 22nd July 2010

We the members of AMARC AFRICA representing community radios and networks of community radios from 13 Western, Eastern and Southern African countries (South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Chad, Uganda and Zimbabwe), gathered in Johannesburg with the objective to contribute to the strengthening of national Community Radio Networks, the improvement of their content and the empowerment of women in community radio in order to enhance the impact of community radio in African Human Development ,

On World Press Freedom Day, AMARC asserts communication rights of disaster hit communities

Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 3, 2010 - On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day (3 May) AMARC, the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, calls on governments and international agencies to respect the communication rights of communities struck by disaster and to recognise the vital role of community media in disaster response and reconstruction.