Southeast Asian Press Alliance
The Southeast Asian Press Alliance 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:[1]
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)