Press Freedom

Who Killed Brad Will?

Erin Siegal | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Teacher's Strike, Riots, Press Freedom, Murder Investigations, Ulysses Ruiz, Mexico, Oaxaca, Protests, Brad Will, Media, Pri, Journalism, Appo, World News

Osorio Ortega is not the first man accused of murdering Brad Will. In 2008, Mexican authorities fingered baker Juan Manuel Martínez Moreno as Will's killer.

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Threatened Pakistani Journalist Seeks Asylum in Australia

Malik Siraj Akbar | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Shia Muslim Hazara Minority, Press Freedom, Journalists at Risk, Pakistan, Balochistan, World News

As a reporter for Pakistan's first English-language independent news outlet, Hussain began to explore critical issues with more freedom. This coverage, however, cost him a heavy price, as he began receiving threatening phone calls.

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Media Silent When Administration Targets News Sources

Edward Wasserman | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Punishing Sources, Prosecuting Whistleblowers, Protecting Sources, Media Ethics, Whistleblowers, Press Freedom, Whistleblower Protection, President Obama, Media News

When President Obama addressed the American Society of News Editors convention last month, the real news was what didn't happen. The watchdogs didn't bark.

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Today, We Are All Journalists

Chris DeVito | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: American Enterprise Institute, Iran Human Rights, Human Rights, Internet-Crackdown, Internet Freedom, Citizen Journalism, Middle East, Press Freedom, World Press Freedom Day, Iran, Iran Press Freedom, Journalism, Freedom House, Video, World News

It's time to start paying attention to what can be done to both reduce the dangers of reporting and increase, if not simply safeguard, basic freedoms. This is important on all days, but especially today, World Press Freedom Day.

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Freedom of the Press in Danger Across the Globe

Rep. Adam Schiff | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Reporters Without Borders, Press Freedom, World Press Freedom Day, Committee to Protect Journalists, Foreign Affairs, Syria, Media News

Journalists put their lives on the line every day to bring us news from across the globe. Today is a day in which we celebrate the indispensable role played by journalists in exposing abuses of power and putting themselves in harm's way.

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Azerbaijan and Eurovision: Behind the Propaganda

Human Rights Watch | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Eurovision, Press Freedom, Baku, European Broadcasting Union, Azerbaijan, Video, World News

Media Freedoms in Grave Danger - Eurovision a Key Moment to Stand Up for Free Expression (Berlin) – The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) should...

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Best And Worst Countries For Press Freedom

Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Press Freedom Countries, Press Freedom World, Gallup Poll Press Freedom, Gallup Press Freedom, Slidepollajax, Press Freedom, Gallup Press Freedom Poll, Media News

About two-thirds of the world believes that the press enjoys a lot of freedom in their countries, according to a new survey. Gallup conducted a po...

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Sensational Shows Imperil the Future of Pakistan's Fledgling Broadcast Media

Malik Siraj Akbar | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Press Freedom, Journalism Training Program, Pakistani Media, Pakistan, Freedom of the Press, Pakistan Television, Pakistan Media, Media News

Despite all criticism, the future of a democratic Pakistan largely hinges on the media. While in some countries free press has emerged from a democratic system, in Pakistan, on the contrary, democracy emerged in 2008 out of a free media.

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How to Be Arrested In Chile Without Breaking the Law

Jason Suder | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Freedom of the Press, Chile, Press Freedom, Chile Protests, Arrested in Chile, Santiago Protests, Exposure, World News

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Censorship Returns to Pakistan

Malik Siraj Akbar | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Dana Rohrabacher, Freedom of Speech, Balochistan-Congressional-Hearing, Pakistan, Malik Siraj Akbar, Balochistan, Balochistan Conflict, Press Freedom, World News

The future of a stable and democratic Pakistan largely hinges upon a free and fair press.

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Another Pen Forced Down in Syria

Reporters Uncensored | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Reporters Sans Frontieres, Press Freedom, Assad, Netizens, Syria, World News

Reporters sans Frontieres this week demanded Syrian authorities to shed light on the status of detained writer and opposition activist Hussein Issou. There is a great deal of uncertainty surrounding his case.

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Egyptian Blogger Sentenced by Military Rulers Amid Accusations of Human Rights "Cronyism"

Courtney C. Radsch | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Egypt, Arrests, #jan25, #NoSCAF, Military, Scaf, Activism, Bloggers, Press Freedom, Digital Activism, Cyberactivism, Mikhail Nabil, Alaa Abdel Fattah, Middle East, Human Rights, World News

Blogger Maikel Nabil was sentenced to two years in prison yesterday, a one-year reduction from his three-year sentence handed down on Apr. 11 by a military tribunal in closed session.

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Number Of Journalists Imprisoned Spikes

Posted 12.08.2011

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The number of imprisoned journalists around the world is its highest since the mid-1990s, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. That...

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Debating Press Freedom in Egypt, and Everywhere Else

Maurice Chammah | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Censorship, Egypt Protests, The Guardian, Yosri Fouda, Freedom of the Press, Big Six, Journalism, Egypt Revolution, Egypt, Al Ahram, Press Freedom, Media, Freedom House, Sam Zell, Media News

Freedom is not condensible. It's a complex mixture of history and the personal experiences of journalists themselves, who in countries both "free" and "not free" exercise varying degrees of self-censorship for varying reasons.

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Iraq: Radio Personality Shot Dead

Human Rights Watch | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Press Freedom, Iraq, Journalism, Radio, World News

Killing Shows Dangers Faced by the Country's Journalists (Beirut) – Iraqi authorities should conduct an immediate, full, and transparent invest...

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The Battle For Egypt's Media

democracynow.org | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Egypt Press, Egpyt Press Freedom, Press Freedom, Egypt Media, Egypt, Media News

The Egyptian revolution can count a number of huge successes, most notably, ousting former president Hosni Mubarak from power and putting him on publi...

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Reuters Makes History In North Korea

Katherine Fung | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Associated Press, Pyongyang-North Korea, Press Freedom, North Korea, Reuters, Media News

Reuters has announced plans to partner with North Korea's state media agency KCNA to access news video from the country via satellite. The company ...

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China Resentences Jailed Journalist Just Weeks Before His Release Date

AP | Posted 08.24.2011

Read More: Press Freedom, Qi Chonghuai Jailed, China Jailed Journalist, China Media, China Journalists, Qi Chonghuai, Media News

BEIJING — The lawyer for a Chinese journalist jailed after he wrote about suspected wrongdoing by local officials says the reporter has been sen...

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IFEX Conferees Told Media Freedom Must Be Preserved

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 08.05.2011

A session about emerging online threats to journalists zeroed in on how repressive regimes exercise cyber censorship, surveillance and other forms of control.

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Scandal-Scarred Owner Loses Major Privacy Case

AP | PAISLEY DODDS | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Max Mosley News of the World, Press Freedom, Newspapers, Max Mosley, Max Mosley Privacy Case, Max Mosley Scandal, Media News

LONDON — An ex-car racing boss who sued a tabloid over a story about his sadomasochistic orgy with dominatrixes lost his privacy case Tuesday in...

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On World Press Freedom Day, Millions Go Toward Protecting Journalists

HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Wagner | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Tim Hetherington, Embedded Journalists, Citizen Journalism, Africa, Nigeria, World Press Freedom Day, Press Freedom, Pierre Omidyar, Journalism, Libya Unrest, Gates Foundation, Media News

Tuesday marks World Press Freedom Day, and this year, the event seems particularly well-timed. Alongside the media-fueled uprisings in the Middle East...

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Press Freedom Under Fire in Europe

Jean-François Julliard | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Press Freedom, Reporters Without Borders, European Journalism, European Union, World Press Freedom Day, Free Press, World News

The fight for press freedom in Europe is more urgent than ever. If Europe cannot live up to press freedom at home, how could the EU, with credibility, criticize totalitarian regimes around the world?

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Venezuelan President, Criticized For Press Stifling Press, Wins Journalism Award

Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Journalism School, Venezuela, Latin America, Cristina Fernandez, Journalism Award, Press Freedom, Argentina, Media, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Columbia Journalism School, World News

LA PLATA, Argentina (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who critics accuse of stifling press freedom, was given a prize by an Argentine ...

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Foreign Reporting and the Perils of Freedom

Reporters Uncensored | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lara Logan Sexual Assault, Egypt Protests, Hosni Mubarak, Press Freedom, Lara Logan, Sexual Assault, World News

By Tala Dowlatshahi Many of the protests across the Middle East and North Africa are in the process of transforming Muslim society. They are a cause ...

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Authorities Search and Copy U.S. Journalist's Notes After Returning from Haiti (VIDEO)

Democracy Now! | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Press Freedom, Haiti Earthquake, Media News

Independent journalist Brandon Jourdan recently returned from Haiti after being on assignment documenting the rebuilding of schools in the earthquake-...

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