It is the freedom of the press that is protected by our progressive Constitution that enables the media to unravel all forms of corruption in our country. In fact the social awareness about corruption is indicative of the freedoms and enabling...
Katju said the chief ministers, chief secretaries and secretaries of the information departments of all the state governments have been told in clear terms that “violation of the constitutional right to freedom of the press ” would not be tolerated...
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The information ministry is drafting the law in accordance with international and regional norms, Xinhua quoted the daily New Light of Myanmar as saying. | Both sides will hold a discussion on the proposed law that guarantee press freedom, responsibility and accountability in promoting democracy. | The workshop discussed media-related laws and publication.
By SUSANNE FOWLER February 4, 2012, 1:00 am PARIS — A war of words between an American novelist and the prime minister of Turkey over press freedom is playing out in a befittingly public venue: in newspapers and on Web sites.
You've said you support an independent media? | Yes, we support an independent media, there's no doubt about it. | But you want it to be more tightly regulated? | We believe it cannot regulate itself. | Can the media be independent if it is regulated by outsiders? | An independent media must also be a responsible media. It cannot have a free-for-all where it can write whatever it likes and it cannot be challenged.
Under the cooperation between the ministry and UNESCO, a discussion will be held on the media role that can guarantee press freedom , responsibility and accountability in promoting democracy. A workshop on printing and television laws will also be held...
For a country where pressure on the press is a daily topic on the agenda, Argentina is not featuring badly according to some international observers. The state of press freedom here is very much like it is in the United States, according to the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF, in its French acronym), whose worldwide annual index is quite reputed.
Steep drop in World Press Freedom Index depletes diplomatic outreach. | Protesters demonstrate in front of the Libyan Embassy, in solidarity with protesters of Libya, in Cairo, Feb. 20, 2011. | Please enter recipient valid email address. | The Arab Spring was the biggest story in the Middle East in 2011. Unfortunately, it's still difficult to report on its aftermath in many of the nations most impacted by the pan-Arabic protest movement.
YANGON: Myanmar Ministry of Information will cooperate with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in drafting a media law, Xinhua news agency reported, citing local official media report Saturday. | The ministry is drafting the media law in accord with the constitutional provisions and based on international and regional norms and standards, said the New Light of Myanmar.
Swaziland is one of the worst countries in the world when it comes to press freedom . Researchers from watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RWB), who compiled the World Press Freedom Index ranked Swaziland at a disappointing position 144 out of 179...
The Internet doesn't bring freedom. Not automatically, anyway. | "China is Exhibit A for how an authoritarian government evolves and survives in the Internet world," MacKinnon said. | By now, Chinese authorities' savvy use (or abuse) of new technologies to maintain its hold on power is old news.
A coalition of media organizations and journalist groups sent a letter to the New York Police Department on Wednesday saying it has to take more steps to resolve reporter access issues.
An attack on freedom of the press anywhere is an attack on freedom everywhere. Such an assault is under way in Ecuador, a nation ruled with a heavy hand by a lightweight dictator who seems to wish he were Hugo Chavez...
The most remarkable thing about the ANC's input at hearings of the Press Freedom Commission this week was not its determination to create a media appeals tribunal, but the fact that it participated at all. It was an important step forward...
European Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Füle has expressed profound worry at the wave of arrests that have put dozens of Turkish journalists behind bars and said he is closely monitoring the matter of press freedom in Turkey.€œThe right to freedom of expression is undermined by the large number of legal cases and investigations against journalists, writers, academics and human rights defenders,€ Füle said in a Jan. 30...
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Staff Reporter: In view of complaints from several States about attacks on media persons and covert measures adopted to undermine press freedom , Justice Markandey Katju, chairman, Press Council of India, has decided to send fact-finding teams to review the situation...
IFJ Monthly e-Bulletin - Feb 2012 Friday, 3 February 2012, 12:24 pm Press Release: International Federation of Journalists | Welcome to the IFJ Asia-Pacific's monthly e-bulletin. The next bulletin will be issued on March 1, 2012, and contributions from affiliates are most welcome. In this bulletin: 1. China's New Clampdown: Press Freedom in China 20112. Journalists Seek Legal Action to Secure...
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This is the 94th in a series of monthly reports that focus on developments affecting Papuans. This series is produced by the non-profit West Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT) drawing on media accounts, other NGO assessments, and analysis and reporting from sources within West Papua. This report is co-published with the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN). Back issues are posted online at http:/ / www.etan.
World leaders and international observers have embraced the amnesty as another positive sign from President Thein Sein's government, which, in the past year, has initiated reforms including increasing press freedom , opening dialogue with Aung San Suu...
By Kam Williams Published Today Arts Leisure Rating: “When a 19 year-old member of a Black Muslim cult assassinated Chauncey Bailey in 2007 – the most shocking killing of a journalist in the US in 30 years – the question was: Why?
Ms Temelkuran wrote: “Thanks to this mentality, Turkey is now ranked the 148th of 179 in Reporters Without Border's press freedom index – just a little above Afghanistan and slipping down constantly. More importantly, the silent fear among journalists...
Noting that they did not intend to address openness in trial proceedings or freedom of the press , the judges said former Chief US District Judge Vaughn Walker made a commitment to both sides that trial recordings would not be publicly broadcast.
Staff Reporter: Threat to freedom of the press is linked with threat to democracy,” Mr. Darshane said. Protestors displayed placards and shouted slogans condemning the attack. “Sometimes, the truth is bitter; but don't shoot the messenger,” said the Mumbai Press Club...
There is a reason that the United States has recently been downgraded to 47th place on the global Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders. You can read the first hand account of the arrest at the Photography Is Not A Crime blog.
First, I am proud that we have freedom of the press and freedom of speech so that everyone can be involved in our democracy. At the same time, it is equally important that the citizens have accurate information as they consider various questions.
The second comprises constitutional reforms regarding the revision of the freedom of speech and freedom of the press in Malaysia. The student movement in Malaysia cannot be separated from the influence of the student movement in Indonesia...
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This dependency, claimed participants in the round table in Berlin on 30th January, organised by German Association for East European Studies (DGO) and the Uzbekistan Press Freedom Group (UPFG), is persuading European and American politicians turn...
A coalition of media organizations and journalist groups sent a letter to the New York Police Department on Wednesday saying it has to take more steps to resolve reporter access issues.
But just because Fox is a free man again, doesn't mean he's placated. Fox issued a scathing statement from Washington, D.C., on Wednesday following his release. | "I was arrested today for exercising my First Amendment rights to freedom of the press on Capitol Hill," Fox said in the statement. "I was not expecting to be arrested for practicing journalism."
Keywords: the National Press Club of the Philippines (NPC) and Alyansa ng Filipinong Mamamahayag (Afima) — claimed that more journalists were killed during the Aquino administration than during the first years of the Arroyo admin. | In a news release posted on their Facebook account on Wednesday, NPC officials said in less than two years of the Aquino administration, 12 journalists had been slain.
After protracted and persuasive campaigning last year, it seemed some progress was being made. Indeed the Protection of State Information Bill is improved, although it still does not allow for public interest to be used as defence by the media. | "It is the freedom of the Press that is protected by our constitution that enables the media to unravel all forms of corruption in our land," he said.
Myanmar Writers and Journalists Association and Singapore-based Asia Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) jointly organized a two-day(January 30-31) media development workshop at Inya Lake Hotel on Monday, the state-owned New Light of Myanmar newspaper said. | Present at the media worship were CEC members of MWJA, officials from Ministries, personnel from media houses, resource persons from home and abroad, the paper said.
Saved Articles(s) | KATHMANDU: The Federation of Nepali Journalists today called off its scheduled protests against the government decision to restrict to the media the access to 140 types of information after Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai's pledge to abort the process and yesterday's Supreme Court order against the government move. In a statement, the FNJ appealed to mediapersons to be vigilant against possible breach of press freedom.
The prosecutor involved in the Leigh Matthews murder case said he expected convicted killer Donovan Moodley to keep fighting for freedom despite his application for a retrial being rejected.Asked if he was confident this would be the last time Moodley would try to exonerate himself, prosecutor Zaais van Zyl said: "Not confident at all. We expect to see him again."On Wednesday, Judge Joop Labuschagne dismissed Moodley's claims about the drug...
Making a submission at the Press Freedom Commission, in Johannesburg yesterday, advocate Pansy Tlakula said the government must be careful to choose the right mechanism with which to regulate the print media because other African countries, which look up to our constitution, might follow suit. | Tlakula, who is also chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission, spoke on behalf of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights.