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Miers' Past Shows Signs of Support for Press Freedom |
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Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers' limited history on media issues offers little indication of how she would approach such cases on the court, according to a review by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
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Kremlin Ducks Out of Press Freedom Meeting - As Journalists Talk of âResistanceâ |
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Natalia Tymakova, Head of President Putinâs Press and Information Office, was to have defended the Kremlinâs position on press freedom and independence. She gave no excuse for her withdrawal from the meeting, where publishers and editors from Europe, Asia, Latin America, the USA and North Africa discussed a wide range of issues with the representatives of several leading Russian newspapers and magazines.
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The age of secrecy has begun |
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THOSE who treasure freedom of expression should not be too elated about Australia's climb from 50th to 41st place on the international press freedom index for 2004.
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Press watchdog presses Mubarak for press freedoms |
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Following the reelection of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in unprecedented multi-candidate polls on September 7, Reporters Without Borders (RWB) issued a statement urging the triumphant veteran leader to allow more press freedoms.
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Don't stop student presses, just use common sense |
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Now that schools are back in session, you can bet the traditional sparring is well under way between administrators and their student journalists. Controversy surrounds story content, professionalism, administrative censorship, legal responsibility and so on.
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Journalism in Yemen: A battle for truth in the age of terror |
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In the absence of power sharing among effective institutions that balance each other, the only mechanism that demands the accountability of Yemeni public officials to the Yemeni people is the opposition and independent media.
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Journalist is arrested over article on review |
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A journalist with the Kenya Times newspaper was yesterday arrested for allegedly writing an inflammatory commentary.
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Imprisoned journalists in Cuba . . . and the United States |
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A good yardstick for evaluating a country's freedom of speech is the presence of journalists in jail as a result of their work.
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