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30.04.2007 International watchdog Reporters Without Borders has condemned threats made by Sri Lankan Defence Secretary, Gotabhaya Rajapakse, younger brother of the president, against the editor of the Daily Mirror, Champika Liyanaarachchi. The minister also threatened to "exterminate" a journalist on the newspaper, for writing articles about the plight of civilian victims of the war.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Sri Lanka] [Human rights] [Media] [Justice and crime]
30.04.2007 Science writer and development journalist Nalaka Gunawardene who was inspired to take up science writing from a sustainable development perspective after reading Our Common Future commemorates the 20 years of the report in this article Children of Brundtland Coming of Age. He talks about the role of journalists in achieving sustainable development and building a critical consciousness.
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Related topics/regions: [Development] [Climate change] [Information & media] [Ethics & value systems]
20.04.2007 Diversidad saldrį al aire todos los jueves de las 10 a las 11 de la mańana, manteniendo dentro de su programación un espacio de opinión del contexto nacional, noticias nacionales e internacionales, espacio lésbico, entrevistas y cultura (mśsica, cine, poesķa, arte, novelas).
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From: Asociación Nacional de Empleados Pśblicos y Privados (ANEP)
Related topics/regions: [Costa Rica] [Sexuality] [Communication]
Hanif Kureishi, author of "Weddings and Beheadings" (Photo: http://www.hanifkureishi.com)
19.04.2007 In the wake of Channel 4's rescheduling of a drama about the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by British soldiers in case it endangered captured British sailors in Iran, the BBC is accused of a "craven act of censorship" for cancelling the broadcast of a short story - Weddings and Beheadings - while the fate of journalist Alan Johnston, kidnapped in Palestine, remains unknown. Read the story.
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From: Index on Censorship
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Image: Hanif Kureishi, author of "Weddings and Beheadings" (Photo: http://www.hanifkureishi.com)
18.04.2007 Klubot na politikolozi „Justinijana Prima”, organizira mars za poddrska na slobodnata gragjanska misla vo Makedonija, kako del od proektot „Mars za vizija”, vo petok 20 april 2007 godina. Marsot ke zapocne pred Pravniot fakultet vo Skopje, vo 10:30 casot, a ke zavrsi pred Sobranieto na R.M., kade ke se odrzi mala manifestacija vo traenje od eden cas, na koja ke se pretstavat clenovite na organizaciite.
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18.04.2007 Last Friday, April 13, approximately 50,000 Albanians responded to the Prime Minister’s attacks on the media through a peaceful manifestation in “Skenderbej Square”, thereby marking the largest manifestation ever witnessed in Albania since the rise of the pluralist system. This manifestation was not coordinated by political parties; rather, it was jointly organized by civil society and the media.
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Related topics/regions: [Albania] [Media] [Activism] [Ethics & value systems] [Governance]
18.04.2007 The headquarters of Mizzima News Agency in New Delhi, India, run by exiled Burmese journalists was shut down by the Delhi Police and municipal authorities who claimed that the office was conducting "commercial activities" from a residential area.
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18.04.2007 Tė paktėn 50 mijė shqiptarė iu pėrgjigjėn tė Premten me13 Prill, me njė manifestim paqėsor nė Sheshin Skėnderbej sulmeve tė kryeministrit Sali Berisha ndaj medias, duke shėnuar kėshtu manifestimin e parė tė kėtyre pėrmasave nė historinė e pluralizmit shqiptar, tė organizuar jo nga ndonjė parti politike, por nga shoqėria civile dhe media.
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16.04.2007 Well known activist Medha Patkar released a report - Dalits & The NCMP - which has been published by Wada Na Todo Abhiyan. The report highlights the status of Dalits in the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP) with a focus on livelihood, education and budgetary resources. Read press release by WNTA
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [India] [Human rights] [Social exclusion] [Civil society] [Democracy]
16.04.2007 Are Indian newspapers loosing objectivity? Darius Nakhoonwala examines the muted reaction of newspapers to an important statement by the Indian Prime Minister regarding the judiciary. The PM’s comment on the role of the judiciary was apparently not reflected in all the newspapers.
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Stop the violence against women
09.04.2007 A UK-based development organisation Womankind Worldwide has released a report - Tackling Violence against Women: A Worldwide Approach – that shares the stories, struggles, and strategies of people in Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Ghana, Peru, India and the UK who have come together to stand up for the rights of women.
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Related topics/regions: [Afghanistan] [Ghana] [India] [Peru] [Zimbabwe] [Human rights] [Gender] [Democracy] [Law]
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04.04.2007 A report by international human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has severely criticised Bangladesh for its poor governance, corruption, nepotism, severe political tension and lack of accountability. The report was released on the country's 36th Independence Day on 26th March 2007.
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From: InfoChange
Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Bangladesh] [Civil rights] [Corruption & transparency] [Governance]
02.04.2007 Lėvizja MJAFT! i kėrkoi Prokurorisė sė Pėrgjithshme qė tė sqarojė qytetarėt e kėtij vendi, pėrmes hapėsirės qė i jep ligji, se kush thotė tė vėrtetėn: kryeministri Sali Berisha, i cili e akuzon median pėr lidhje me mafian, apo media qė i pėrgjigjet atij me tė njėjtėn mėnyrė.
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Related topics/regions: [Albania] [Media] [Corruption & transparency] [Governance]

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