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October 23, 2010

Chinese Regime Ranked One Of The Worst Violators Of Press Freedom

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China has remained one of the world's worst 10 countries for press freedom since press advocacy group 'Reporters Without Borders' began publishing its Press [...]
November 06, 2010

Rights Groups Condemn Media Repression In Sudan As Referendum Nears

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Over the past week, press freedom in Sudan has come under scrutiny from the international community for what is being called "arbitrary" harassment of [...]
November 16, 2010

Toronto's Citizen Lab Wins Press Freedom Award

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Citizen Lab's Ron Deibert, left, worked with other researchers to uncover an internet spy network in China and develop software to bypass censorship. [...]
October 08, 2010

Press Freedom Deteriorates In Pre

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New York, October 7, 2010--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the deterioration of press freedoms in Egypt ahead of November's parliamentary [...]
November 08, 2010

Russian Journalists -

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I hope Lebedev raises questions about the Russian government's tenuous understanding of press freedom when he gives the opening lecture next Sunday at the [...]
October 08, 2010

Ecuador: Recent Unrest Highlights Need For Press Freedom, Accurate Reporting ...

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7 October 2010 – An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged the Government of Ecuador to guarantee the right to freedom of expression and [...]
October 18, 2010

Press Ever Onwards

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The African Editors Forum has honoured Madiba for his commitment to press freedom. Njabulo Ndebele accepted the award on his behalf at a ceremony in Mali [...]
October 23, 2010

Surmounting Deadlock Over The State Of South African Media Freedom

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National Press Freedom Day on October 19 is a fitting anniversary to take stock of threats to South African journalism -- and especially of the responses [...]
October 15, 2010

'Playboy' Court Ruling Threatens Press Freedom, Says Expert

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This is about defending press freedom.” The Press Council, supporting Erwin's case, said the number of cases of criminalization of the press had been [...]
October 10, 2010

Ex 'Playboy' Editor Sent To Prison Over Public Indecency

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The Supreme Court ruling sparked concern about lingering threat of press freedom in Indonesia because it was based on the old Criminal Code in disregard of [...]
November 15, 2010

Lebedev Settles Accounts With His Soviet Past In Advocating Press Freedom

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under the leadership of Mikail Gorbachev and reminded us that there is still a long way to go before the country can lay claim to press freedom. [...]
October 15, 2010

Chinese Party Elders Call For Press Freedom

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it was timed in such a way that it would attract attention to this meeting taking place, and hopefully force the issue of free press onto the table. [...]
October 24, 2010

In Indonesia's Young Democracy, Violence Against Journalists Remains A True Threat

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Ignatius Haryanto, the author of a number of books on press freedom, knows that a police investigation has concluded there was no foul play in the untimely [...]
October 26, 2010

Timothy Balding Departs WAN

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As head of WAN, Mr Balding was known for his outstanding work in defending and promoting press freedom world-wide. He greatly expanded WAN's research and [...]
November 22, 2010

President Denies Problem With Ukraine Press Freedom

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Press freedom in Ukraine is seen as one of the few lasting gains of the 2004 Orange Revolution that brought to power pro-Western leaders, who were ousted by [...]
November 24, 2010

El Universal Receives International Journalism Award

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"We consider that the situation of press freedom in Venezuela is particularly alarming and that the value shown by El Universal and El Nacional to defend [...]
October 15, 2010

Call For Press Freedom In China

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Retired officials from the Chinese Communist Party on Wednesday called on the government to ensure the freedom of speech in China as guaranteed under the [...]
November 06, 2010

Political Context Important When Considering Media's Role: Shanmugam

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Speaking at a forum on press freedom at Columbia University in New York, Mr Shanmugam said Singapore, being a small society with a short and shared history, [...]
November 24, 2010

Journalists To Receive International Press Freedom Awards

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The organization will also present a 2009 International Press Freedom Award to JS Tissainayagam of Sri Lanka, who was jailed and could not accept the honor [...]
November 06, 2010

Egypt Severly Curtails Press Freedom Ahead Of Elections

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After giving journalists wide latitude during the last elections in 2005, Egypt is now squelching press freedom and even requiring a permit to send mass [...]
November 11, 2010

Global Newspapers To Russia's President

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For a detailed account of the widespread assault on press freedom and prolific censorship in Russia over the past 17 years, see the US-based Pulitzer [...]
October 13, 2010

Court Ruling On Playboy A Threat To Press Freedom

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Leading free speech attorney Todung Mulya Lubis warned Tuesday that press freedom is in peril following a Supreme Court ruling that found Playboy Indonesia [...]
October 26, 2010

India's Free Press Illusion

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But a lack of real press freedom will ultimately hamper economic growth. India likes to tout itself as the world's largest democracy—a place of political [...]
November 07, 2010

EU Progress Report Criticizes Pressure On Turkish Press

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Even though there is increasing open and free debate over sensitive issues such as minority rights, press freedom is still a problem in Turkey, according to [...]
October 15, 2010

New Watchdog Boosts Hopes For Russian Press Freedom

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Hopes are high that the appointment of the former press minister will improve media freedom in the country. “Fedotov worked in a time when press freedom was [...]

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