2005-2014

(BCHR/IFEX) - The Bahrain Center for Human Rights welcomes the release of two Bahraini political activists, known as the "Leaflet Detainees", who were sentenced to prison in January 2007 for distributing political leaflets. However, the BCHR calls for steps to be taken to end the continuous government practice of using detention and prosecution to harass human rights and political activists, and...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top White House candidates unveiled their own YouTube video channels on Thursday, pushing the 18-month-old Web video-sharing site even farther into the U.S. political mainstream. Google Inc.'s YouTube, best known for short, amusing videos made by users at home, says You Choose '08 ( http://www.youtube.com/youchoose) will allow candidates to control how they exchange views with...

The editor of weekly newspaper AsianWeek has apologised after the Asian-American community in the US condemned a column titled "Why I Hate Blacks." In the article, which appeared in the February 23 edition of San Francisco-based publication, contributor Kenneth Eng listed reasons why he supported discrimination against blacks -- including because "they are the only race that has been enslaved for...

As many newspaper publishers struggle with how to provide access to their printed archives without the content being exploited, small-market publishers are lining up to have their archives digitised and made online-accessible. The SmallTownPapers archive, which includes current editions and those printed back to the 1800s, is available for online search through a distribution partnership with...

One hundred and fifty-five Magazine Digital Initiatives were announced in 2006, according to research conducted by Magazine Publishers of America (MPA) and released Wednesday at MPA’s third “Magazines 24/7” Digital Conference. Time.com was adjudged as the best website in the business/news category at the Magazine Publishers of America (MPA) conference. Among the new initiatives identified in 2006...

LONDON (AFP) - In a tranquil church just yards from the London hubbub, lie tributes to journalists killed as far afield as Vietnam, Somalia, the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq. Welcome to the "journalists' altar" at St Bride's Church, just off Fleet Street -- for generations synonymous with the mighty British press. Their names are engraved on the church's wood panelling, penned on their...

New York, March 1, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by anonymous death threats against Robert Valdec, anchor of the popular weekly program “Istraga” (Investigation) on Zagreb’s independent Nova TV. The phone and e-mail messages did not specify the coverage that prompted the intimidation, but local journalists and press freedom advocates believe they came in response to the...

The growth and immediacy of online media together with the availability of free papers has impacted heavily on the UK regional newspaper market according to new figures. Half-yearly circulation figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations show only English regional daily newspapers did not lose readers year-on-year. The Oxford Mail gained 1.5 per cent to 25,373, while the Scunthorpe Telegraph...

(CPJ/IFEX) - New York, February 28, 2007 - Stories critical of President Laurent Gbagbo led authorities this week to charge four journalists working for two private newspapers in the commercial capital, Abidjan, with offending the head of state, according to news reports and local journalists. "We are concerned by this apparent crackdown on critical reporting," said CPJ Executive Director Joel...

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Magazine publishers rejoice: Google and Yahoo executives said again yesterday you have nothing to fear from their nimble, strong and fast-growing empires. They just want you to join in their revolution. "At Google, we don't own content, nor do we create it," said David Eun, VP-content partnerships, Google, the opening speaker at the Magazine Publishers of America's third...