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Sami al-Hajj hits out at US captors
Posted by Aljazeera on 02 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom, Iraq War, Human Rights
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By Aljazeera Al Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Hajj has hit out at the US treatment of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay military prison where he was held for nearly six and a half years. |
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Journalists Call for Global Solidarity to Overcome Threats to Media
Posted by International Federation of Journalists on 01 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Journalism, Democracy, Human Rights
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By International Federation of Journalists In a statement marking World Press Freedom Day 2008, the International Federation of Journalists has called for a renewal of global solidarity among journalists to combat the threats facing media |
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Russian Media To Face Restrictions
Posted by AP on 28 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Europe, Free Speech, RU, Media Freedom, Journalism, Libel, Human Rights, Censorship
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By AP The legislation, passed by the State Duma 339-1, is the latest attempt by the government to squeeze the country’s increasingly embattled news media. |
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Zimbabwe: Post-election violence on the rise
Posted by Global Voices on 28 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Politics, Human Rights
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By Ndesanjo Macha, Global Voices The election crisis in Zimbabwe continues: there are reports from the mainstream media, bloggers and human rights organisations about state organised post-election violence against supporters of the opposition. |
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Inhuman Torture in China: the Tip of the Iceberg
Posted by Nigerian Times on 17 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Human Rights
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By Nigerian Times With the Chinese regime’s roundup of Falun Gong practitioners in anticipation of the Beijing Olympics, the massacre in Lhasa, Tibet, and the clampdown on the media, the spotlight has been shining ever brighter on China’s horrendous human rights abuses. |
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Iraqi Troops Free Kidnapped Briton
Posted by The Globe and Mail on 14 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom, Journalism, Middle East, Iraq War, Human Rights
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By Angela Balakrishnan, The Guardian Richard Butler, a photographer for CBS, was freed during a military operation in the southern city. |
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AP Photographer Granted Iraqi Amnesty
Posted by AP on 10 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Media Freedom, Middle East, Judicial, Human Rights
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By Robert H. Reid, AP An Iraqi judicial committee has dismissed terrorism-related allegations against Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein. |
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Parliament Passes Media Legislation, Opposition Threatens To Block EU Treaty
Posted by AP on 10 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Europe, Free Speech, Media Freedom, Human Rights, Censorship
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By AP The law was passed by 81 votes to 62 despite complaints by the Slovak opposition that the move would limit press freedoms. |
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Journalists Released In Zimbabwe
Posted by The Guardian on 08 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, New York Times, Media Freedom, Journalism, Human Rights
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By John Plunkett, MediaGuardian NY Times reporter Barry Bearak and the second man, reportedly a journalist from the UK, were among four people picked up by police. |
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War Reporter’s Widow Demands Truth Over Killing
Posted by The Independent on 20 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Iraq War, Human Rights, Censorship
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By James Macintyre, The Independent The widow of Terry Lloyd, the ITN war correspondent killed by American “friendly” crossfire during the Iraq invasion, has called on the US military to reveal the name of the soldier responsible. |
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A Company Promises The Deepest Data Mining Yet
Posted by NY Times on 20 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Ethics, Media Freedom, New Media, Google, Clear Channel, Books, privacy, Human Rights, Internet
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By Louise Story, NY Times The company, called Phorm, has created a tool that can track every single online action of a given consumer, based on data from that person’s Internet service provider. |
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Iran: Media Bans Imposed After Election
Posted by Adnkronos International on 18 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom, Journalism, Human Rights, Media
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By Adnkronos International Iran has launched a fresh offensive on the media after the country’s election in which the conservatives strengthened their hold on the parliament. |
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Foreigners, media barred from Tibet, mass arrests reported (2nd Roundup)
Posted by Monsters and Critics on 17 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Asia, Media Freedom, Journalism, Human Rights
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By Monsters and Critics China on Monday expelled journalists from Lhasa, the capital of its Tibet Autonomous Region, and suspended permits for foreigners to travel to the region. |
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Four BBC Journalists Held In Irish Anti-Terror Operation
Posted by Guardian Unlimited on 17 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom, Human Rights
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By Henry McDonald, The Guardian Four of its journalists have been arrested during an Irish police anti-terrorist operation in Co Donegal against dissident republicans. |
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Journalist to be executed
Posted by Guardian Unlimited on 11 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Journalism, Activism, Human Rights
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By Peter Tatchell, Guardian Unlimited Iranian journalist and civil rights campaigner Yaghub Mehrnehad faces imminent execution after an unfair trial. |
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