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French Bill On Journalist Sources Stirs Controversy
Posted by Tocqueville Connection on 16 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom
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By Tocqueville Connection The French government introduced a bill recognizing a journalist’s right to protect sources while stating there may be special cases when they will have to name names. |
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Study: Cox, Comcast Internet Subscribers Blocked
Posted by AP on 15 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom
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By AP According to research obtained by The Associated Press, Cox Communications appears to be interfering with file-sharing by its Internet subscribers |
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China’s Earthquake Candor Contrasts With Tibet Media Clampdown
Posted by Bloomberg on 14 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom
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By Dune Lawrence, Bloomberg Footage of victims trapped under buildings and news that 86 giant pandas were safe, have been captured in minute-by-minute updates by government-owned media. |
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French Left Accuses Sarkozy of Intimidating Media
Posted by Reuters on 13 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Europe, FR, Media Freedom
| By Reuters France’s opposition Socialists have accused the ruling UMP party of trying to intimidate the media in the latest of a series of debates on press freedom since President Nicolas Sarkozy took office a year ago. |
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Journalist, Six Others Die in Kashmir Gun Battle
Posted by Gulf Times on 12 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Asia, IN, Media Freedom
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By Gulf Times Jammu-based photojournalist Ashok Sodhi died of gunshots wounds suffered while covering a 10-hour gun battle between Kashmiri militants and security forces. |
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More Journalists Detained in Zimbabwe
Posted by RTE News on 09 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Africa, Media Freedom
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By RTE News The editor of a Zimbabwean independent weekly newspaper has been arrested for publishing an opinion piece written by an opposition leader. |
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2007: A Year of Declining Press Freedom in Africa
Posted by African Path on 08 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Africa, Media Freedom
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By African Path Press freedom declined on a global scale in 2007, with particularly worrisome trends evident in the former Soviet Union, Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. |
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BBC Journalist Deported from Myanmar: State Media
Posted by Agence France Press on 07 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Asia, Media Freedom
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By Agence France Press Myanmar has deported a BBC journalist who tried to enter the country to report on a cyclone that has killed 22,000 people, saying he had violated visa regulations. |
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Egypt TV boss to be tried after attacks on Mubarak posters
Posted by Agence France Press on 06 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom, Middle East
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By Agence France Press An Egyptian television agency boss was charged by a Cairo court on Monday over helping to broadcast images of protesters tearing down portraits of President Hosni Mubarak during deadly food riots in April. |
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British Journalist Richard Butler Tells How He Survived A Brutal Iraqi Kidnapping
Posted by The Sunday Times on 05 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom
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By Jon Swain, The Sunday Times Blindfolded, his wrists tied and his body stuffed between the seats of a minibus, clad only in a T-shirt and underpants, an AK-47 assault rifle jammed into his side, Richard Butler thought he was going to die. |
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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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Kuwait has freest press in Arab World
Posted by Kuwait Times on 01 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom, Middle East
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By Kuwait Times Kuwait topped the list of freedom of the press in the Arab world, according to an annual survey of independent media in 195 countries and territories. |
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Getting away with murder
Posted by Committee to Protect Journalists on 30 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom
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By Committee To Protect Journalists CPJ’s impunity index ranks countries where killers of journalists go free. |
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New Report Finds Global Media Freedom Down in 2007
Posted by VOA News on 30 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Africa, Media Freedom, Middle East
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By Kent Klein, VOA News The U.S. based organization Freedom House says media freedom declined in many parts of the world last year. |
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Hispanic Congressmen Demand Corporate Action Against CNN Host
Posted by guardian.co.uk on 29 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, USDemocrats, Free Speech, Politics, Hillary, Media Freedom, Policy, 08 Election, Latin America
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By Elana Schor, guardian.co.uk Latino members of Congress condemned the TV network for failing to recognise the “potentially dangerous” consequences of Dobbs’s “divisive commentary”. |
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