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| May 3 - World Press Freedom Day | | 2008-05-03 05:47:00 | | «The rights to life and to liberty and integrity and security of person and also to freedom of expression are fundamental human rights that are recognized and guaranteed by international conventions and instruments» (UNESCO Resolution, General Conference 1997). Independent, free and pluralistic media have a crucial role to play in the good governance of democratic societies, by ensuring transparency and accountability, promoting participation and the rule of law, and contributing to the fight against poverty.Blogging is one of the newest manifestations how people can express freely their ideas and opinions. I blog.Have a lovely World Press Freedom Day !Visit World Press Freedom Day Org
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| | News: RSF's 2007 Press Freedom Overview: 86 journalists killed | | 2008-01-06 14:32:00 | | Reporters without Borders (RSF) published their 2007 Press Freedom Roundup.It seems journalists had even a rougher time than aidworkers, in 2007:86 journalists were killed around the world last year, a sad figure steadily rising since 2002 - from 25 to 86 (+ 244%). This is the highest casualty rate since 1994, when 103 journalists were killed, nearly half of them in the Rwanda genocide, about 20 in Algeria’s civil war and a dozen in the former Yugoslavia. More than half those killed in 2007 died in Iraq.Some sad statistics:86 journalists and 20 media assistants were killed887 arrested1,511 physically attacked or threatened67 journalists kidnapped And more on press freedom itself: 528 media outlets censored37 bloggers were arrested21 bloggers physically attacked2,676 websites shut down or suspendedCheck out also their 'Press Freedom Predators'Link found via Jackfruity. Picture courtesy World Press Freedom Day
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| | PRESS Freedom Week | | 2007-09-18 21:15:58 | | Use press freedom 'to show social concern'.AS Cebu media workers opened the 13th Press Freedom Week yesterday with festivities, they took time to listen to a Catholic Church leader’s advice for them to be responsible, to pray for those who lost their lives in defense of press freedom and seek forgiveness from God for acts of irresponsibility. University of San Carlos president Fr. Roderick Salazar Jr., SVD, told members of the mass media that “express conscience is the corporate social responsibility of press freedom.” “At the beginning of this celebration, we have to understand that, like all other sectors in the society, we must underline corporate social responsibility in our work. We have a body and we are part of that body. We must be objective and yet we must also express the truth and defend press freedom in society,” he said in his homily at the Capitol Social Hall yesterday morning. MORE HERE!Daracks Notebook | | By: daruñans home | | |
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| Press Freedom rolled back - again | | 2007-08-17 04:33:00 | | A Moroccan court sentenced a journalist to eight months in prison on Wednesday and gave a suspended six-month sentence to his boss for publishing intelligence information warning of terrorist attacks by al-Qaida. Two journalists from the weekly newspaper Al Watan Al An, Mustafa Hormatallah and publisher Abderrahim Ariri were convicted by a criminal court in Casablanca for "concealing items derived from a crime" and each fined the equivalent of $120 for publishing an article in July on the heightened state of security in Morocco. The reports were based on leaked military documents. Following the verdict, Ariri said they would appeal the decision.The verdicts are the first prison term for a Moroccan journalist in four years, and were immediately condemned by other Moroccan journalists.The secretary general of the Moroccan Press Syndicate, Younes Moujahid, called the verdict "unacceptable" and a "threat to all journalists"The president of the Morocco's association of press editors, Abdelm | | By: THE VIEW FROM FEZ | | |
| | Moroccan press freedom - update | | 2007-08-10 01:26:00 | | Back at the beginning of the week we broke the news ( read it here) about the latest sad developments in regard to freedom of the press in Morocco. Our good friend Jillian York has a good round-up of commentators on the news. Read it here: Global VoicesTags: Moroccan Morocco Fes, Maghreb news | | By: THE VIEW FROM FEZ | | |
| | Press Freedom.. Moroccan style? | | 2007-08-06 14:08:00 | | Morocco's government has once again ignited the press freedom debate. They have seized copies of two current affairs magazines containing articles which it claims showed a lack of respect for King Mohammed and harmed public morals.And again it is the "usual suspects" in the firing line. The very brave Ahmed Reda Benchemsi, who is editor of Tel Quel and its sister publication Nichane (Forthright), was called for questioning by Casablanca police late on Saturday under orders from the judiciary.A reporter at Nichane, who asked not to be named, said Benchemsi had questioned the usefulness of parliamentary elections next month in a country where the monarchy wields ultimate power.In his annual speech to the nation on July 30, the king said he hoped the September 7 polls would reinforce democracy, and he would oppose anyone who questioned their validity.The ministry said Nichane had also published articles questioning the Prophet Mohammad and damaging public morals and good manners."The pri | | By: THE VIEW FROM FEZ | | |
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| Burundi government intensifies attack on press freedom - third radio journalist illegally detained | | 2006-11-30 02:40:00 | | From The Committe to Protect Journalists The Committee to Protect Journalists demands that three radio journalists jailed in Burundi in the past week, including Matthias Manirakiza detained today, be released immediately.“This looks more and more like a campaign to silence respected independent broadcasters who have spearheaded investigative reporting on human rights abuses and corruption,” said CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon. “We call on the government of Burundi to release Matthias Manirakiza and two journalists from Radio Publique Africaine immediately and unconditionally.” Manirakiza, director of Radio Isanganiro, was held over a story alleging a plan to stage an attack on the presidential palace. On November 22, editor Serge Nibizi and journalist Domitile Kiramvu of Radio Publique Africaine (RPA) were imprisoned on charges of threatening state security. Two days later, five independent radio stations organized a one-day media blackout to protest their imprisonment.Manirakiza was sent to the central prison in the capital Bujumbura after police questioned him about a story broadcast in August. It was not clear whether he had been charged. The report cited police sources as saying authorities planned to stage fake attacks on the homes of top officials to bolster their claims of a coup plot. Several top opposition leaders, including the former president, are currently on trial for alleged participation in the plot. Agence France-Presse quoted Manirakiza’s lawyer Raphael Gahungu as saying that his client was jailed for allegedly “authorizing the broadcast of information threatening to state and public security.”“Manirakiza’s fate had been determined beforehand," Gahungu also told AFP. "It was evident from the number of police officers sent here.” Radio Isanganiro is backed by the U.S.-based nongovernmental organization Search for Common Ground. Radio Publique Africaine’s director Alexis Sinduhije won an International Press Freedom Award from | | By: Agathon Rwasa | | |
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