The two journalists of the Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) being held incommunicado in Turkmenistan have been handed over a 15-day sentence, the radio has reported quoting Miklos Haraszti, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media. HIS NEWS: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti spoke to officials in
The three journalists abducted by Palestinian militants in the Gaza area have been released. Caroline Laurent of French women's weekly Elle, Alfred Yaghobzadeh of photo agency SIPA and Yong Tae-young of Korean public broadcaster KBS were kidnapped on Tuesday from a Gaza City hotel by an armed group linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) that claimed to belong to the
A Venezuelan judge on Wednesday sentenced a journalist critical of President Hugo Chavez to house arrest for defaming an army officer in a case her supporters denounced as political persecution, Reuters has reported. FIREBRAND COLUMNIST: Venezuelan columnist Ibeyise Pacheco speaks to supporters in front of a banner reading 'Freedom of Expression' before turning herself in, in response to a warrant
Australia's newspapers, radio and TV stations are set for a major shake-up that critics warn will reduce diversity and make more viewers pay for sport, Australian Associated Press (AAP) has reported. Communications Minister Helen Coonan used a speech in Sydney Tuesday to outline the federal government's planned changes to media laws and its vision for the new digital media era. SETTING THE AGENDA
Islamabad - After a recent row with Afghanistan over cross- border infiltration of Islamic militants, Pakistan banned two Afghan TV channels Thursday for airing their contents in south-western Balochistan province, accusing them of anti-Pakistan propaganda. The ban was imposed on Pushto and Persian language Tolo and Ariana TV channels by the state-run Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority...
ISLAMABAD, March 16 (Online): Terming the press freedom in Pakistan still a goal to be achieved Peace Council of Pakistan in its report 2005 said that incidents of unidentified men rampaging tend ransacking newspaper offices in various cities and subsequent official apathy to catch the culprits are only signs of the hostile environment in which Pakistani journalist function. According to a Report...
MOSCOW, March 15 (RIA Novosti) - Prosecutors in southern Russia have opened a criminal case against a newspaper editor accused of inciting ethnic hatred by publishing nationalist articles, officials said Wednesday. "Investigators said Igor Mogilev had since December 2005 distributed the newspaper Ya Russky [I Am Russian], which he edited himself, and print editions Tserbery Vlasti [Hounds of Power...
NAIROBI, 15 March (IRIN) - Political divisions in Ethiopia have led to a crackdown on privately owned newspapers, self-censorship by the media, and the imprisonment of journalists on charges that include treason and genocide, a media watchdog has reported. After spending a week in Ethiopia, a delegation of the Committee to Protect Journalist (CPJ) concluded that protests by opposition groups...
MEXICO CITY (IPS/GIN) -- Seven out of 10 Mexican television viewers watch channels belonging to the Televisa consortium, while two out of 10 watch TV Azteca channels. Radio broadcasting stations are concentrated in the hands of 13 business groups. Although this handful of firms already has almost all of the audience and a large share of the advertising, it wants an even bigger piece of the pie --...
