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Roxana Saberi Tried Behind Closed Doors: Iran

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI and ANNA JOHNSON | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said Tuesday its national security court put an American journalist on trial behind closed doors on allegations she spied fo...

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Roxana Saberi's Parents Visit Her In Iran's Evin Prison

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

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TEHRAN, Iran — The parents of an American-Iranian journalist jailed for two months in Iran visited their daughter in prison on Monday, their law...

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Roxana Saberi: Iran Confirms Arrest Of American-Iranian Journalist

AFP | Posted 04.03.2009 | World

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TEHRAN: Iran confirmed on Tuesday it was holding a freelance US journalist with Iranian nationality in a Tehran prison but did not reveal the charges....

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109 Journalists Killed In 2008: International Federation Of Journalists

AP | CONSTANT BRAND | Posted 03.07.2009 | Media

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BRUSSELS — At least 109 reporters and media workers were killed last year while on assignment and Iraq remains the deadliest place for a journal...

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Lasantha Wickrematunge: Sri Lankan Journalist's Last Words Before Being Murdered

Boing Boing | Posted by Xeni Jardin, January 12, 2009 9:21 AM | Posted 02.13.2009 | World

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A documentary filmmaker whose work we've been following for Boing Boing's video projects sent us this note today: "A man I knew was gunned down...

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Thailand Blocks 'Anti-King' Websites

upi.com | Published: Jan. 6, 2009 at 10:09 AM | Posted 02.06.2009 | World

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BANGKOK, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Thailand announced Tuesday it was blocking Web sites deemed by the government to be insulting of King Bhumipol. The move a...

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Kenya: Media Law Provokes Protest, Arrests

allafrica.com | Posted 01.12.2009 | World

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Nairobi -- Kenyan police on Friday arrested several well-known media personalities who had gathered in Nairobi to demonstrate against a new media bill...

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Iraqi Court Orders U.S. To Free Journalist

Reuters | 49 Mins Ago | Posted 12.31.2008 | World

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) -- An Iraqi court on Sunday ordered the release of a freelance photographer working for Reuters news agency who has been held by U.S...

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Journalists Caught In Crackdown By Myanmar Junta

AP | Posted 12.31.2008 | World

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YANGON, Myanmar — A court in military-controlled Myanmar has imprisoned two journalists for seven years each for undermining the country's rulin...

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Police Treatment Of Journalist Sparks Outcry In France

Washingtonpost.com | Posted 12.31.2008 | World

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PARIS, Nov. 29 -- The knocks on his door came at 6:40 a.m., Vittorio de Filippis recalled, when Paris was still dark and he was fast asleep. Three pol...

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Schwarzenegger Signs California Journalism Teacher Protection Act

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 11.11.2008 | Media

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Esther Wojcicki

More states need to pass laws like California's protecting student rights to free speech and making the workplace safer for teachers.

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The Great Olympic Swindle: How China Tricked the World on Press Freedom

David Flumenbaum | Posted 09.06.2008 | Media

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David Flumenbaum

By not demanding a free press during the Games, the rest of the world has conspired with China, giving its government the power to censor, not just for its own people, but now for ours.

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NSA Held Media "Seminars" To Discourage Reporting On Spy Program

New York Sun | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Frustrated by press leaks about its most sensitive electronic surveillance work, the secretive National Security Agency convened an unprecedented seri...

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