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Thai Press Turns against Anti-Government Protests
Posted by Reuters on 27 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Asia, Media Freedom
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By Reuters Protesters who stormed Thailand’s Government House, a TV station and key ministries went too far in their bid to oust the administration, newspapers said on Wednesday, suggesting the movement has lost public support. |
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Editor of Daily El Periodico Abducted and Drugged and a Journalist Assaulted within 24 Hours
Posted by Reporters Without Borders on 26 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, South America, Media Freedom
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By Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders voiced its support and called for stepped up protection for the staff of the daily El Periodico |
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Somali government says hunting for abducted reporters
Posted by Agence France Press on 25 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, Africa, Media Freedom, Australia
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By AFP The Somali government said that a hunt has been started for Australian, Canadian and Somali journalists abducted near the dangerous capital of Mogadishu on Sunday. |
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Baluchi Journalist and Activist Executed, Others At Risk
Posted by IFEX on 22 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom, Middle East
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By IFEX Iran is using the death penalty against several journalists and activists for their work, say rights groups. |
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Community Broadcasting Attacked in Three Countries, Promoted in Uruguay
Posted by IFEX on 21 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom, Latin America
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By IFEX In Mexico, Guatemala and Chile, community radio stations have recently come under pressure. Meanwhile, Uruguay is bringing its Community Broadcast Law to life by allocating bandwidth to community television. |
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MALAYSIA: Crackdown on Civil Rights, Media Feared
Posted by IPS News on 20 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Asia, Media Freedom
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By IPS News A series of tough measures in recent weeks has raised fears of a major crackdown against tolerance and dissent as rival political forces battle for state power in a society made fragile by economic uncertainties and decades of autocratic rule. |
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Senegal Newspaper Raids Deepen Media Dispute
Posted by Reuters on 19 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Africa, Media Freedom
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By Diadie Ba, Reuters Attackers ransacked the offices of two independent Senegalese newspapers at the weekend, deepening a bitter power struggle between authorities and non-state media in the West African country. |
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Media-Latin America: Behind-the-Scenes Censorship
Posted by IPS News on 18 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, South America, Media Freedom
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By Marcela Valente, IPS A study carried out in seven countries of Latin America found a “growing trend” in the region of subtle, largely invisible government interference with the media and journalistic independence. |
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China: Fusillade for Foreign ‘Nitpicking’
Posted by The Age on 15 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Asia, Media Freedom
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By Jacquelin Magnay and Mary-Anne Toy, The Age Beijing Olympic vice-president Wang Wei criticizes foreign press, explains away reporting conflicts. |
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IOC Condemns Police Manhandling of British Journalist
Posted by Agence France Press on 14 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Asia, Media Freedom
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By AFP The International Olympic Committee on Thursday condemned the roughing up of a British journalist who was trying to cover a pro-Tibet protest close to the main Games’ complex. |
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Reuters Upset at Israel’s Refusal to Prosecute Killers of Cameraman Fadel
Posted by The Guardian on 13 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom, Middle East
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By Roy Greenslade, The Guardian Reuters has registered its dissatisfaction with the findings of a report by the Israeli military, which concluded that an Israeli tank crew who killed one of the agency’s cameramen, Fadel Shana, acted properly and will not face legal action. |
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Dutch Journalist Killed in Russian Bombing of Gori
Posted by AP on 12 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Europe, Asia, Media Freedom
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By AP The television news station RTL reported on its Web site that its cameraman Stan Storimans, 39, was killed and correspondent Jeroen Akkermans was wounded in the leg in the attack. |
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Conflict Opens Front in the Media
Posted by Moscow Times on 11 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Asia, Media Freedom
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By Anatoly Medetsky, The Moscow Times Russian television is flush with footage of misery left by the Georgian assault in the separatist district of South Ossetia, but few, if any, reports mention Russia’s bombing of Georgia. |
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Ethiopia: Court Case to Test Limits of Press Freedom
Posted by Allafrica on 08 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Africa, Media Freedom
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By Nicholas Benequista, Addis Ababa, All Africa A legal battle in Ethiopia over what constitutes contempt of court is likely to test the boundaries of free speech in a country where the liberty of press has deteriorated over the last three years. |
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Russian Authorities Close Daghestan Newspaper
Posted by Reuters on 07 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Asia, Media Freedom
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By Reuters Russian authorities have closed a newspaper in the southern republic of Daghestan, accusing it of spreading extremist views |
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