In Latin America, Uruguay has set an exemplary precedent by adopting a definitive community media law. The House of Representatives unanimously adopted the law on December 12. 2007. Reporters Without Borders, which supported the democratic law, has hailed it as a model for the rest of the region. The law defines community radio and TV stations as “services of public interest, independent of the

The French government along with major press freedom organisations have called for the immediate release of two French journalists held in Niger since 17 December. Reporter Thomas Dandois and cameraman Pierre Creisson were detained by Niger authorities on alleged charges of “breach of national security” says media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Dandois and Creisson work for Camicas

Burma languishes at bottom 10 in the latest world press freedom rankings issued by the Paris-based media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Though media have been strictly controlled in Burma since the 1962 military coup, the state of journalism and the treatment of journalists, especially after the September anti- government mass protests has worsened, reports International Freedom of