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Capsule Report - United Arab Emirates
Wednesday, 28 November 2007, 10:57 am | IFEX
**For further information on the decriminalisation of press offences, see IFEX alert of 27 September 2007; for the closure of Pakistani TV stations, see alerts of 20, 19, 16, 6 and 5 November 2007** More >>
Egyptian Bloggers Plan Festival Of Torture Videos
Wednesday, 28 November 2007, 10:08 am | IFEX
According to the "Middle East Times", the parallel festival is the invention of a blogger named Walid, and will feature "controversial acts of torture allegedly committed by the security authorities." Prizes, including a "Golden Whip", will be awarded ... More >>
Maoists Briefly Detain, Threaten Nepali Journalist
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 8:16 am | IFEX
The Maoists even seized his motorbike and press pass, Gupta added, taking the journalist captive for two hours. When the journalist protested, they threatened to kill him as they did to Birendra Shah, a Bara-based journalist who was abducted and killed ... More >>
Arsonists Destroy Sri Lanka Newspaper Print Shops
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 8:14 am | IFEX
The gang first ordered management and workers to hand over their mobile phones and to kneel down before setting fire to the machines, according to journalists who visited the scene. More >>
25 Journalists Arrested At Peaceful Demonstration
Friday, 16 November 2007, 9:51 am | IFEX
Police interfered and arrested 25 journalists at a demonstration organized by the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) Kathmandu chapter from the Southern Gate of Singhadurbar, Nepal Government's Secretariat, on 15 November 2007, at 9:30 a.m. (local ... More >>
Media's Right To Publish In Public Interest Cases
Friday, 16 November 2007, 9:50 am | IFEX
"The decision will decrease the chilling effect of potential libel suits on reporters and editors," CJFE President Arnold Amber said. "This changes the whole ballgame. Editors and reporters will now have more freedom to go after stories of public interest ... More >>
Radio And Press Threatened, In La Joya And Otuzco
Friday, 16 November 2007, 9:48 am | IFEX
The owner, administrator and journalists of radio station La Karibeña, in the district of La Joya, Arequipa region, reported to IPYS that they are being harassed by persons close to that district's mayor, David Inofuentes Mamani, for requesting information ... More >>
Editor Pleads Not Guilty To Journalism Charges
Friday, 16 November 2007, 9:47 am | IFEX
The trial of Bright Chibvuri, the editor of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) magazine, "The Worker", which was scheduled to continue in the southwestern border town of Plumtree on 5 November 2007, was postponed indefinitely due to the ... More >>
Malaysia Democracy Protests, Calls For Reforms
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 3:35 pm | IFEX
Rally participants, including an Al Jazeera journalist on duty, reported that riot police aimed jets of chemical-laced water at hundreds of people near Jamek Mosque and tear-gassed them. But mainstream media reports denied - or justified - police ... More >>
Comedian Par Par Lay Released From Burma Prison
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 10:10 am | IFEX
After more than a month in Mandalay's Ohbo prison, Par Par Lay is a free person again. Burmese authorities released the prominent comedian on 30 October 2007. More >>
Jailed Egyptian Blogger Karim Amer Tortured
Tuesday, 13 November 2007, 11:06 am | IFEX
Karim reported his torture to his lawyers in the Arabic Network and Hisham Mubarak Center. The torture was perpetrated by another prisoner and a prison guard on the order of Midhat Samir, one of the prison's investigation officers. More >>
Pakistan Media Mogul Gets Taliban Death Threats
Friday, 9 November 2007, 7:36 am | IFEX
Rahman said the latest threat to the Jang Group was an email by a Taliban outfit, threatening to blow up the printing press and the staff of the Jang publications unless they stopped printing photographs of young women. More >>
Report Shows Aussie Free Speech Under Attack
Thursday, 8 November 2007, 11:41 pm | IFEX
The Independent Audit into the State of Free Speech in Australia makes for disturbing reading - charting, as it does, the gradual and widespread erosion of media freedoms in this country, according to the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance. More >>
Non-State Media Barred From S. Lanka Govt Speech
Thursday, 8 November 2007, 11:36 pm | IFEX
Our organizations consider this an act of clear censorship, a telling disregard for plural opinion in the media, a blow to independent journalism and an act that grossly discriminates against non-State media. More >>
Article 19 Highlights Developments Worldwide
Tuesday, 2 October 2007, 9:21 am | IFEX
The past year has seen considerable developments around the world. New laws were approved in Honduras, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Nicaragua and most recently the Cayman Islands. China adopted national regulations which follow the function of FOI. More >>
IFEX Communique Vol 16 No 37 - 11 September 2007
Wednesday, 12 September 2007, 12:15 am | IFEX
At least four journalists have gone into hiding for fear of being killed for their various reports that identified Guinea-Bissau armed forces. Their reports followed the UN naming Guinea-Bissau a key transit point for drug trafficking in Africa. More >>
Boycott Rugby's "Foul Contracts" Say Journalists
Monday, 10 September 2007, 11:48 am | IFEX
Today the International Federation of Journalists, the largest organisation of journalists across the world, called all photographers covering the rugby World Cup opening today in France to refuse signing the diktat conditions imposed by the International Rugby ... More >>
IFEX Communique Vol 16 No 36 - 4 Sep 2007
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 11:40 am | IFEX
Uganda: Homosexuality Debate / Yemen: Free Expression Restricted / Media Worker Death Toll / Absurd Verdict In Un Reporter Murder Trial / Russia, Haiti Fight Against Impunity / Tunisia: Libel Case Suspended / Call For Sami Al-haj To Be Released. More >>
IFEX Communique Vol 16 No 35,28 August 2007
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 12:25 am | IFEX
FREE EXPRESSION SPOTLIGHT: 1. Burma: Rare Protests Spark Arrest of Activists and Crackdown on Free Expression More >>
IFEX Communique Vol 16 No 34 - 21 August 2007
Wednesday, 22 August 2007, 11:21 am | IFEX
The IFEX of Expression Mission to Nepal, which has been monitoring the developments in Nepal since the April 2006 revolution, reports that there have been more than 116 incidents of attempts to prevent journalists from doing their jobs. More >>
