Civil Rights | Media Freedom

2010-03-11: Headlines

Latin American Herald Tribune: Press Group Concerned About Missing Reporter in Mexico 2010-03-11
The Paris-based press freedom watchdog, known as RSF, added that it has received unconfirmed reports about seven other missing journalists in Tamaulip ...
The News International: Italy's defence minister roughs up reporter 2010-03-11
Carlomagno told reporters afterward that he would lodge a complaint against La Russa for “aggression because freedom of the press must be defended”.
Mail & Guardian Online: A voice for journalists. At last 2010-03-11
... that is salutary for PJA is that most of its activities have been limited to reactive mobilisation, like when there's a threat to press freedom.
MiamiHerald.com: Conspiracy against democracy 2010-03-11
... and accountable democratic institutions, respect for human rights, and freedom of the press; and (2) promoting more equitable economic growth since `` ...
NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan: Afghan Courts: Linking Tribal Systems to the National System 2010-03-11
Human rights violations are endemic: extrajudicial killings, official impunity, restrictions on freedom of the press and religion, and severe and widespread ...
Irish Times: Press council law to afford defence of 'reasonable publication' in court 2010-03-11
... to maintain the highest standards of Irish journalism and to defend the freedom of the press and the freedom of the public to be informed.
TamilCanadian.com: Why UN reports have no effect on Sri Lanka? 2010-03-11
Press freedom and freedom of expression are in peril in Sri Lanka. Journalists are arrested, tortured, abducted, disappeared and killed over-night.
Haveeru Online: MJA condemns MDP over banning DhiTV 2010-03-11
This association vehemently condemns the actions of the ruling party, of intentionally challenging democracy and violating press freedom,” the statement ...
Whittier Daily News: Frank Girardot: Secrecy at Politburo in Pasadena 2010-03-11
"The most effectual hitherto found, is the freedom of the press. It is, therefore, the first shut up by those who fear the investigation of their actions.
Colorado Springs Gazette: OUR VIEW: Internet may view tax law as damage (vote in poll) 2010-03-11
Freedom of the press once belonged only to the few who could own a printing press; today it belongs to anyone with a personal laptop computer or access to ...
Presseurop: "Westerners" remain the masters of invective 2010-03-11
Italian MEPs from the Lega Nord (Northern League) party during a discussion on the freedom of the press in October 2009. (AFP) We were inured to the foul ...
Iranian: Iran hits new, shameful record 2010-03-11
CPJ has joined forces with leading press freedom organizations from around the world in a campaign to win the release of journalists jailed in Iran.
MiamiHerald.com: Christians, Jews to mark coalition's 75 years 2010-03-11
... which include the Inter-American Press Association, the Florida Grand Opera, the Miami Art Museum and the World Press Freedom Committee.

2010-03-10: Headlines

Hurriyet Daily News: From the Bosphorus: Straight - The case of Village Idiot vs. Prickly PM 2010-03-10
Let's skip our own freedom of the press beef with ErdoÃ°an. Let's ignore his call just the other day for columnists “raising national tensions” to be fired.
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty: New OSCE Media Representative Faces Challenge Of Upholding Universality 2010-03-10
During his tenure, Haraszti also spoke out during the 2008 Georgia-Russia war, where press freedom was among the first casualties and incitement of hatred ...
Corpus Christi Caller Times: Secret hearing poses risk to US liberties 2010-03-10
She should have put the Constitution first and stood up for freedom of the press and open courts. The Obama administration rightly continues to pursue ...
Capital Times: 'We must fight, fight, fight' for liberties 2010-03-10
But I will remember Foot, above all, for his uncompromising defenses of civil liberties — especially the freedom of the press. During World War II ...
Media Week: Rupert Murdoch calls for press freedom in Gulf states 2010-03-10
Murdoch also issued a call for press freedom in Abu Dhabi, a state which, like Dubai, makes up part of the United Arab Emirates – a country heavily ...
Washington Post: US watchdog says Kazakhstan violating OSCE values 2010-03-10
The Committee to Protect Journalists, a New York-based press freedom watchdog, in a statement late Tuesday, described the ruling as "shameful.
EthioGuardian.com: Ethiopia: Ethiopia Supreme Court Orders Publishing Houses to Pay Country' ... 2010-03-10
Journalists and press freedom groups welcomed the decision. But today, the Ethiopian Supreme Court overturned the previous ruling, ordering the four house ...
Fromtheold: Vietnam - Human rights lawyer and blogger arrested just three days ... 2010-03-10
The press freedom organisation added: “As far as we are concerned, she is still not free. She is now imprisoned in her home in order to punish her for her ...
World Association of Newspapers: Europe's Online Success Story 2010-03-10
A gala opening ceremony that includes presentation of the prestigious Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize from WAN-IFRA.
Citizen: Heavyweights enter the fray 2010-03-10
Said Sanef: “The SCA ruling raises a fundamental issue of press freedom in that it would compel the media to be party to the falsification of history ...
Jamaica Observer: Cut in UK lawyers' libel fees renews focus on reform here 2010-03-10
... on the Government to fast-track legislation to reform Jamaica's outdated defamation and libel laws, which are seen as major hindrances to press freedom.
Peninsula Gateway: Scoop du Jour: Our First Amendment rights make us great 2010-03-10
Barely 11 percent remembered freedom of the press, fewer than 10 percent could name freedom of assembly, and not even 1 percent recalled the freedom ...
Joplin Globe: In our view: Protected freedoms 2010-03-10
The First Amendment to the US Constitution sets forth our rights to freedom of speech, freedom of the press, religious freedom, freedom of assembly and ...
Playbill.com: Top Secret Moves From Courtroom to Classroom to Off-Broadway 2010-03-10
As the title suggests, the play concerns one of the most famous and pivotal cases in defense of the freedom of the press in the history of the United State ...
Jakarta Post: Commission probes China's alleged violation of RI press freedom 2010-03-10
“This is a violation of Indonesia's press freedom by the Chinese government, which could set a bad precedent. Other countries could follow suit,” he said.
postzambia.com: Tribal politics is a major source of conflict – UNZA lecturer 2010-03-10
During a public discussion organised by the Press Freedom Committee (PFC) of The Post themed Tribal politics, is it a source of conflict or not at Lusaka' ...
UK Marketing News: Media mogul encourages press transparency in Gulf States 2010-03-10
After the Japanese case study, Murdoch moved to urge the Gulf States to promote more press freedom and less censorship, even suggesting incentives should ...
Fromtheold: Kuwait - Journalist and three newspapers fined a total 30000 euros in separate ... 2010-03-10
The fines which the journalist and three newspapers were ordered to pay on this sad day for Kuwaiti press freedom came to more than 30000 euros.
Miami New Times: Sean Penn Wants Jail Time for Journalists Who Claim Hugo Ch?vez Is a Dictator 2010-03-10
Regardless of whether you think Ch?vez is a dictator, we're pretty sure a hallmark of non-dictatorships is freedom of the press.
Bianet: DTP Member Sentenced for the Word "Respectable" 2010-03-10
According to the prosecutor, the defendant did not have any criminal intent and the publication remained within the boundaries of press freedom.
People's Daily Online: How a free press can shackle the public 2010-03-10
Particularly those from the US, carry a sense that the relative freedom of the press they enjoy back home contributes to better reporting.
AFP: Italy's Berlusconi slams judges, opposition 2010-03-10
Carlomagno told reporters afterward that he would lodge a complaint against La Russa for "aggression because freedom of the press must be defended".
ZimDaily: Zuj Congress- The Truth 2010-03-10
Some of the doyens of Press Freedom and Freedom of Expression in Zimbabwe have at one time or another worked for the public media.
iAfrica.com: Don't edit history - editors 2010-03-10
Sanef believes the SCA ruling raised "a fundamental issue of press freedom in that it would compel the media to be party to the falsification of history ...
Back Stage: Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers 2010-03-10
The undeniably dramatic true story of a great struggle for American freedom of the press seems awfully dry, coming across as theater that's good for you ...
NHPR: The Challenges Facing Iraqi Journalists 2010-03-10
For War News Radio, Abdulla Mizead spoke with Iraqi journalists about the new challenges and restrictions on freedom of the press, and how authorities ...
CPJ Press Freedom Online: CPJ alarmed by IDF attacks on journalists in West Bank 2010-03-10
The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by a recent spate of press freedom violations in the West Bank , including detentions, censorship ...
Ratio Magazine: Rwanda Country Brief: February 2010 2010-03-10
Meanwhile, the Media High Council has been tasked with imposing new regulations that could further limit press freedom. This is all a reminder that ...
Back Stage: NY Review: 'Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers' 2010-03-10
The undeniably dramatic true story of a great struggle for American freedom of the press seems awfully dry, coming across as theater that's good for you ...
Fromtheold: Eritrea - Radio Erena: an independent news source for Eritrea 2010-03-10
... serves as an independent news source for a country where press freedom is non-existent and anyone straying from the official line is severely punished.
Montreal Gazette: Override clause an option 2010-03-10
Section 2 guarantees freedom of conscience and religion; freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other me ...
Inner City Press: With UN's Treki Reportedly Under Swiss Travel Ban, He Cites Vienna Conventi ... 2010-03-10
Inner City Press asked Mr. Kim to respond for Mr. Ban on CPJ's wider call to be more forceful on press freedom. While he answered about UNDP in North Kore ...
AFP: Media watchdog slams fines on Kuwait journalist, MPs 2010-03-10
"These convictions leave us very concerned for the future of free expression and press freedom in Kuwait," the media watchdog said in a statement.
postzambia.com: Tribal politics is a major source of conflict – UNZA lecturer 2010-03-10
During a public discussion organised by the Press Freedom Committee (PFC) of The Post themed Tribal politics, is it a source of conflict or not at Lusaka' ...

2010-03-09: Headlines

The Guardian: Rupert Murdoch: Gulf states should open up to foreign media 2010-03-09
... as the Wall Street Journal, New York Post and Fox in the US, also made a call for press freedom in a country criticised by others for its censorship.
The Guardian: Bob Geldof: My rage at this World Service calumny 2010-03-09
... had you but had the decency to bother checking before uttering your pathetic interpretation of press freedom as allowing any clown carte blanche ...
IRC's Americas Program: International Delegation Issues Preliminary Findings on Pre-electoral ... 2010-03-09
Freedom of the press is further constrained by the political affinities of some media with certain political parties, which causes reporters who work ...
Dissident Voice: Obama State Department: Venezuela Must Return to Free Market Capitalism 2010-03-09
This highfalutin talk from Mrs. Clinton about 'restoring democracy', 'restoring freedom of the press', and coming back into the fold of the US empire ...
The Zimbabwean: MISA-Zimbabwe Monthly Alerts Digest – February 2010 2010-03-09
An example is the Mozambican constitution which provides as follows: All citizens shall have the right to freedom of expression and to freedom of the pre ...
Telegraph.co.uk: Rupert Murdoch: Gulf should lift media restrictions 2010-03-09
Mr Murdoch called on the region to embrace press freedom and relax its approach to censorship. He warned that countries that "distort their media end up ...
The Zimbabwean: ZUJ Congress - The Truth 2010-03-09
Some of the doyens of Press Freedom and Freedom of Expression in Zimbabwe have at one time or another worked for the public media.
Nhan Dan: Media to focus more on sea and border demarcation 2010-03-09
... relating to issues such as democracy, human rights, religion, freedom of the press, national sovereignty and Vietnam's relations with other countries.
Inner City Press: On Iraqi Elections, UN Has Two Position, Afghanistan Redux? 2010-03-09
Inner City Press asked Melkert about a range of human rights issues in Iraq, from honor killings to executions to freedom of the press.
National Journal: GNI Announces Leader, Board 2010-03-09
... Microsoft and Yahoo, as well as groups such as the Center for Democracy and Technology, Human Rights Watch and the World Press Freedom Committee.
ISRIA: Vietnam - Media to focus more on sea and border demarcation 2010-03-09
... relating to issues such as democracy, human rights, religion, freedom of the press, national sovereignty and Vietnam's relations with other countries.
Viet Nam News: Khiem congratulates media for crucial role 2010-03-09
"This was particularly true of such subjects as democracy, human rights, religion, press freedom and Viet Nam's relations with other countries," he told ...
journalism.co.za: Blantyre accused of banning ads in Nation titles 2010-03-09
Nzima asserted that freedom of the press and freedom of expression are fundamental human rights in every democratic system of government and that is wh ...
postzambia.com: Judge Chibesakunda receives 2010 Julia Chikamoneka Award 2010-03-09
Speaking after she was bestowed the Mama Julia Chikamoneka annual award by the Press Freedom Committee of The Post, justice Chibesakunda asked Zambian women ...
Gulf Daily News: Why we must protect free speech for all 2010-03-09
What the media has done through this highly biased reporting is to damage Bahrain's reputation as an open society, under which freedom of the Press and ...
Sri Lanka Guardian: To Question, or not to Question 2010-03-09
In the United States these laws are known as sunshine laws and in India as Right to Information Act. In 1766, Sweden established Freedom of the Press Act ...
Brattleboro Reformer: Dover objects to closed-door meetings 2010-03-09
... the transactions of government, and therefore the freedom of the press ought not to be restrained," in its letter to the Department of Education.
Angus Reid Global Monitor: Danish Liberals Fail to Climb Back to First Place 2010-03-09
In 2005, Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten accompanied an article on censorship and freedom of the press with 12 cartoons depicting Muslim prophet Mohammed.
CPJ Press Freedom Online: Embattled Kazakh weekly paralyzed by damages 2010-03-09
... Kazakh tenge (approximately US $400000) in damages to the partially state-owned BTA Bank, the Almaty-based press freedom group Adil Soz reported.
Sierra Express Media: Judicial malpractice 2010-03-09
One way to arrive at such national or global stigmatization of press freedom is to facilitate a forum where a representation of political leader ...
Fromtheold: Malaysia - Government imposes censorship and self-censorship on religious issues 2010-03-09
... reportedly ready to permit it in certain states. Malaysia is ranked 131th out of 175 countries in the 2009 Reporters Without Borders press freedom index.
JURIST: Iceland's free speech initiative improves upon US First Amendment exceptionalism 2010-03-09
... ongoing global movement for press freedom. It deserves serious attention from those who want to expand freedom of the press as a universal human right.
Fromtheold: Iraq - Legislative elections become nightmare for independent and oppositi ... 2010-03-09
“I am really concerned about these press freedom violations, which were too many to count,” said Halgurd Samad, the editor of Livin, Iraqi Kurdistan' ...
Daily Monitor: EAR TO THE GROUND: Wives, concubines and the many faces of our politics 2010-03-09
From term limits, press freedom, a non-partisan army, to the limits on the size of Cabinet, they are not worth the paper upon which they are written.
Independent Online: More tender money for Malema - report 2010-03-09
... by exposing corruption and privilliege democracy is upheld...lets just hope that press freedom remain as it is and lets get rid of profiteering amateurs!
Fromtheold: China - Censorship and threats after newspapers publish joint editorial ... 2010-03-09
The press freedom organisation has learned that journalists working for news media that published the editorial have been threatened with punishment.
The Lawyer: Privacy law: is Max Mosley right? 2010-03-09
For those whose privacy is invaded, the phrase “Freedom of the Press” is no more compelling than “Freedom of the State”. Both the Press and the State ...
LeadershipNigeria: Media Body Raises Concern Over Abducted Journalists 2010-03-09
Reporters Without Borders, an organisation fighting for press freedom with its headquarters in France, has expressed its deep concern about the plight ...
MediaShift: Turkish Reporters Unite to Protest YouTube Ban 2010-03-09
According to Reporters Without Borders' 2009 Press Freedom Index, Turkey is ranked 102 out of 173 countries. In testimony given during a Congressional ...
Hollywood Reporter: Murdoch opens Abu Dhabi Media Summit 2010-03-09
Opening the first-ever Abu Dhabi Media Summit, the media mogul also called for freedom of the press after media organizations faced restrictions in ...
International Press Institute: Following Elections, IPI Urges Iraq to Uphold Press Freedom 2010-03-09
... that any new Iraqi government will demonstrate the same commitment to democracy by upholding and strengthening, rather than suppressing, press freedom.
The Associated Press: Murdoch to Arabs: censorship is counterproductive 2010-03-09
... Fox News and The Wall Street Journal, drew on his personal experience in dealing with unwelcome criticism to make his case for greater press freedom.
CPJ Press Freedom Online: Japanese free press advocates face 50 lawsuits, broken ribs 2010-03-09
Kensuke Nishioka, 42, looked different from the other Japanese journalists I encountered in Tokyo during a February ...
Wausau Daily Herald: COLUMN: Israel faces grave threats 2010-03-09
It has a free press, freedom of assembly and a wide range of groups working at influencing government policy. Like its fellow democracies, many of its most ...
Times of Central Asia: Advocate highlights perils facing Kyrgyzstan's journalists 2010-03-09
Haraszti, who finishes the second of two three-year terms later this month, shied away in a news conference from ranking press freedom success stories ...
Iranian: With 52 journalists in jail, Iran hits new, shameful record 2010-03-09
CPJ has joined forces with leading press freedom organizations from around the world in a campaign to win the release of journalists jailed in Iran.
Irish Times: Gay death penalty Bill fears 2010-03-09
When are we going to impose criteria for our foreign aid on issues such as freedom of conscience, freedom of expression, freedom of the press and respect ...
Jakarta Post: PWI awards dedicated Indonesian journalists 2010-03-09
... on both the national and international levels, commitment to improving human resource quality in journalism, and a contribution to freedom of the press.
Hurriyet Daily News: Kyrgyz journalism under pressure on all fronts 2010-03-09
The latest attacks on journalists, along with pressure on newspapers, have brought press freedom in Kyrgyzstan into sharp relief in recent years.

2010-03-08: Headlines

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: High court won't hear appeal, ban on death row interviews stands 2010-03-08
Numerous media outlets, including The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, filed friend-of-the-court briefs with the US Court of Appeals ...
AllAfrica.com: Zambia: Scribes Call for Unity 2010-03-08
THE media in Zambia has stepped up preparations for the forthcoming World Press Freedom Day celebrations scheduled for May 3 with a call for unity among ...
East Anglian Daily Times: Straw has to be fair to Venables 2010-03-08
Freedom of the press exists to protect those rights and the irony is that that very freedom could deny justice for Venables Straw has to ensure that nothing ...
East Anglian Daily Times: Rights of man 2010-03-08
I cherish press freedom, but in this case the actions of the fourth estate have served only to undermine the organs of the state they are supposed ...
Legalbrief: Mugabe digs his heels in as Zuma mounts new defence 2010-03-08
... but I do emphasise the importance of the work of these (Zimbabwe) commissions in emphasising human rights, the freedom of the press and the reforms ...
iAfrica.com: BUSINESS NEWS Zim sanctions to stay 2010-03-08
But Brown said he wanted to see progress on the ground first, as well as the results of commissions on human rights, press freedom and governance reform ...
PR-USA.net: Recent Two-Week Trip to Chad, Sudan, Qatar and Rwanda 2010-03-08
Basic rights, freedoms of speech, of assembly, freedom of the press must be respected, and we're going to work to ensure that that's the case.
Free Internet Press: Commentary: Former German Defense Experts Say It's Time To Invite Russia ... 2010-03-08
... for the principles of the constitutional state, which include political pluralism, a free market economy, freedom of the press and other basic rights.
Allmediascotland: Student Newspaper in Edinburgh Ban Saga 2010-03-08
“Not only does their action make a nonsense of the principles of free speech and freedom of the press - which one might expect to be fairly well entrenched ...
Libertarian Solution: McDonald v. Chicago and Second Amendment Incorporation 2010-03-08
Over the next century, most of the Bill of Rights was incorporated in this way, including the freedom of speech and press, freedom of petiti ...
InsideCarolina.com: Monday Roy Williams Quotes 2010-03-08
Freedom of the press, freedom of expression, freedom of speech and all of those kinds of things. I'm not going to tell a player that he can't do any ...
Signal: Your agenda's showing 2010-03-08
... semblance of an opinion, lest we the people (media included) lose something very precious — its loss incalculable — truth through freedom of the press.
International Press Institute: Miklos Haraszti Ends Term as OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media 2010-03-08
These activities were carried out alongside continuous monitoring of press freedom violations and developments in the region. “IPI would like to extend ...
Bikya Masr: Gloomy day for freedom of expression in Kuwait 2010-03-08
... “these penalties have completely ruined the good image which the Kuwaiti government worked hard to establish as a state that respects press freedom.
I-Newswire.com: PUSH Demands Practical Measure for Protection of Women's Rights 2010-03-08
... non-governmental, and non-sectarian consortium of journalists from the print, electronic and online media; that support freedom of the press and desire ...
UI The Daily Iowan: News groups join UI lawsuit 2010-03-08
... Information Council, the Iowa Newspaper Association, and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, a national organization based in Washington.
KOMO News: Ken Schram: A sad lesson to learn 2010-03-08
Why you put a crimp in their freedom of the press, of course. How do you teach Chehalis high school journalists a lesson? Why you put a crimp in their ...
Himalayan Times: 'Brief statute' possible: Nembang 2010-03-08
Press Chautari demanded that a sankalpa prastav (stricture motion) passed by the parliament on February 16, 2009 be implemented to ensure press freedom ...
Niagarafallsreporter.com: LIFE LESSONS ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT 2010-03-08
The right to freedom of speech and freedom of the press is as ingrained into the American tapestry as are the concepts of life, liberty and the pursuit ...
Ghana News: Is The Media In Ghana Really Playing Its Watchdog Role? 2010-03-08
Media houses keep springing up every now and then in an attempt to put a human face to the liberalization of press freedom but the sort of journalism being ...
Torrington Register Citizen: From the publisher's desk 2010-03-08
The left needs to deal with this. Do not be intimidated and remember that freedom of the press comes with serious responsibility. "
International Press Institute: Ethiopia Supreme Court Orders Publishing Houses to Pay Country's Highest Ever ... 2010-03-08
Journalists and press freedom groups welcomed the decision. But today, the Ethiopian Supreme Court overturned the previous ruling, ordering the four house ...
Bianet: Heavy Sentences for Three Journalists in South-East Turkey 2010-03-08
Bogatekin was rewarded together with Ilhan SelÃ§uk with the Press Freedom Award 2008, a joint award given by the Turkish Journalists' Society (TGC) and ...
capitaleritrea news: Defining Mining in Eritrea Nevsun Building Eritrea's First-Ever International Mine 2010-03-08
On the Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2008, Eritrea took the last rank in the world for the second year. Transparency International ranked Eritrea 126th out ...