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Kenyan Govt. Threatens To Shut Radio Station
Posted by Afriquenligne on 27 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, Africa, Media Freedom
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By Afriquenligne The Kenyan government has threatened to shut down a radio station for allegedly stoking ethnic tensions that culminated in the post-election violence. |
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Government Threat To Ban Association Of Iranian Journalists
Posted by Reporters Without Borders on 26 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom, Middle East
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By Reporters Without Borders Systematic harassment of the Association of Iranian Journalists by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government took a new turn when labour minister Mohammad Jahromi threatened to dissolve the organisation. |
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Zimbabwe: ‘Worst Time For Journalists In Country’s History’
Posted by Allafrica on 25 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, Africa, Media Freedom
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By All Africa Journalists trying to report on Zimbabwe’s violent presidential runoff election have faced the harshest press crackdown in memory, veteran reporters told the Committee to Protect Journalists in “Bad to Worse in Zimbabwe,” a report released on 23 June 2008. |
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Kidnapped Journalist Freed After 3 Months
Posted by Scotsman.com on 24 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, Europe, Media Freedom, Middle East
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By Scotsman.com A journalist kidnapped by a group associated with the Taleban was due back in the UK last night following his release on Saturday. |
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Above The Law?
Posted by Inside Higher Ed on 23 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, Media Freedom
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By Doug Lederman, Inside Higher Ed Student newspaper advisers are something of an endangered species these days |
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Belarus: Lower house approves bill reinforcing government’s power to censor media
Posted by News Watch on 20 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, Europe, Media Freedom
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By Newswatch The adoption by the Belarus chamber of representatives of a media bill that would reinforce media registration procedures and extend media regulation to the Internet has free speech advocates worried. |
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Four Charged As Politkovskaya Murder Inquiry Ends
Posted by Agence France Press on 19 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom
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By AFP Four men have been charged in connection with the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, investigators said Wednesday, but her former editor complained the case was far from solved. |
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OSCE expresses concern over intimidation of Uzbek reporters
Posted by AP on 18 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, Asia, Media Freedom
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By The Associated Press An international security and democracy group expressed concern Tuesday about the intimidation and harassment of independent journalists in Uzbekistan. |
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Blogger Arrests Hit Record High
Posted by BBC News on 17 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom
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BBC News More bloggers than ever face arrest for exposing human rights abuses or criticising governments, says a report. |
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BBC roof memorial to mark journalist casualties
Posted by Financial Times on 16 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom, BBC
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By Ben Fenton, Financial Times Rarely the first casualties of war, but among its least revered, journalists who have died in conflicts across the world will be commemorated in a memorial unveiled tonight at the BBC’s London headquarters. |
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Nine women, including five journalists, arrested in latest attempt to intimidate cyber-feminists
Posted by Reporters Without Borders on 13 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, IR, Media Freedom, Middle East
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By Reporters Without Borders At least 14 websites that defend women’s rights were blocked by Iranian authorities. |
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Italy: Journalists targeted by Mafia for 40 years, says rights group
Posted by Adnkronos International on 12 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom
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Adnkronos International Italian journalists have been targeted by the Mafia for more than 40 years in their efforts to expose the organisation’s criminal activities, according to a media watchdog. |
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Somalia: NUSOJ Leader Assassinated
Posted by IFEX on 11 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom
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By IFEX The vice-president of IFEX member the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) was gunned down last week, days after the group had appealed to the UN Security Council to protect journalists in the conflict-ridden country. |
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IFJ Calls for Immediate Release of Journalist Held by Guerillas in Colombia
Posted by IFJ on 10 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, South America, Media Freedom
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By IFJ The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today launched an international campaign for the release of Colombian journalist Mario Alfonso Puello who has been held by a guerilla group for 113 days. |
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BBC reporters in Afghanistan, Somalia killed
Posted by CBC News on 09 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom
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By CBC News Two BBC journalists were killed over the weekend, one in Afghanistan and one in Somalia, the British public broadcaster said. |
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