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Addis Ababa -
An international press freedom group is calling on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to speak out on behalf of press freedom when he meets with leaders in Africa this week.
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Strasbourg -
In a judgement issued yesterday the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has over-ruled an earlier decision of a French court which resulted in a man who had mocked former French President Nicolas Sarkozy being given a suspended fine of €30.
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The Mexican newspaper Zócalo will stop publishing news about organized crime because of lack of "security guarantees" to exercise their journalistic work. Recent threats and killings of journalists are affecting the ability of media to report on crime.
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For the first time in more than two decades, hundreds gathered with journalists outside one of China's most influential papers on Monday, staging a strike to protest the Communist Party’s censorship of press freedom.
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New York -
The Committee to Protect Journalists survey for 2012 shows that the number of imprisoned journalists worldwide reached a record high. The CPJ has identified 232 journalists imprisoned in 2012. This is 53 more than in 2011.
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As part of its wide-ranging democratic reforms, the new government of Myanmar will start accepting applications from publishers who want to go into newspaper business starting February 2013.
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Under the banner ‘We fight censorship’ journalists’ campaigning organisation Reporters sans Frontières last week launched a website which will carry content that has been censored, banned or which has given rise to reprisals against its author.
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In order to appreciate the importance and significance of press freedom in a free society, we must first understand what exactly press freedom is all about.
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Two Greek television journalists, Marilena Katsimi and Kostas Arvanitis, have been suspended by a Greek state television channel after they voiced criticism of Greek public order minister Nikos Dendias.
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British actor and comedian, Rowan Atkinson has given his full support to a newly launched campaign aimed at reforming the UK’s controversial insults law. The campaign relates to Section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986.
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Press freedom Blogs
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THIS FOURTH AND FINAL letter, written by the Editor, is a response to three letters written on the subject of science,...
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1. Macedonia’s own Media Freedom Index: The Basis for Informed Debate SEEMO, the Vienna-based offshoot of...
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