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Sitta Turay, editor-in-chief of the Freetown-based bi-weekly newspaper New People, was violently attacked on May 14 by two functionaries of the ruling All People's Congress Party (APC) for allegedly defaming President Ernest Bai Koroma, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has reported. An MFWA correspondent said that two men stormed Sitta Turay's office and accused him of using his...

Writer and journalist Michel Kilo, who was released from Adra prison in Damascus at midnight on May 14 on completing a three-year sentence, was immediately taken to the Damascus headquarters of the intelligence services and has been held there ever since, undergoing interrogation, Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has reported. His family has told Paris-based RSF its concern is compounded by the...

Sri Lankan authorities have arrested three Tamil doctors - Thangamuttu Sathiyamorthi, Thurairaja Varatharajan and V. Sunmugarajah - for providing the news media with information about the humanitarian situation in Vanni, Paris-based Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has reported. “The government will be held responsible if the army’s military victory is accompanied by such criminal acts of revenge...

A Belarusian journalist who is frequently detained and subjected to all-night interrogations by police, a Cameroonian radio journalist whose broadcasts on human rights and press freedom have put her life at risk and an Iranian journalist whose reports about sensitive social and political issues have led to multiple arrests are recipients of this year’s International Women’s Media Foundation’s...

Pro-reform Iranian daily Yas-e-no was closed down on May 16, immediately after it brought out its first issue in five years, Paris-based Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has reported. The mouthpiece of the Participation Front, the main opposition party, it was closed on the orders of the Commission for Press Authorisation and Surveillance (an offshoot of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance...

Court proceedings have been initiated against five Moroccan journalists charged with "publicly harming" Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, left, and "hurting his dignity." The brief court hearing Monday, attended by a Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) representative, was adjourned until June 1 at the request of the journalists' lawyers, who learnt that the case was filed by the public prosecutor...

Following are the different categories of the results of the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2009 Round 1 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). the survey was conducted by Hansa Research. [view:irs2009r1_node]

Following are the top five Telugu newspapers in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2009 Round 1 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). The survey was conducted by Hansa Research. Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers. TOP 5 TELUGU DAILIEs Rank Newspaper IRS 2008 ROUND 1 IRS 2009 ROUND 1 1 Eenadu 147.24 139.91 2...

Following are the top five Tamil newspapers in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2009 Round 1 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). The survey was conducted by Hansa Research. Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers. TOP 5 TAMIL DAILIEs Rank Newspaper IRS 2008 ROUND 1 IRS 2009 ROUND 1 1 Daily Thanthi 205.92 204.56 2...

Following are the top five Marathi newspapers in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2009 Round 1 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). The survey was conducted by Hansa Research. Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers. TOP 5 TAMIL DAILIEs Rank Newspaper IRS 2008 ROUND 1 IRS 2009 ROUND 1 1 Lokmat 206.39 206.48 2...