Full Coverage: Freedom of expression

31.03.2008

27.03.2008 For the past two weeks, Gambians have been unable to access the Freedom Newspaper, an online Gambia newspaper based in United States of America, which has been very critical of the administration of President Yahya Jammeh.

27.03.2008 For the past two weeks, Gambians have been unable to access the Freedom Newspaper, an online Gambia newspaper based in United States of America, which has been very critical of the administration of President Yahya Jammeh.

27.03.2008 For the past two weeks, Gambians have been unable to access the Freedom Newspaper, an online Gambia newspaper based in United States of America, which has been very critical of the administration of President Yahya Jammeh.

25.03.2008 A journalist working for Blantyre Newspapers Limited was arrested on Wednesday March 12 and detained by the Police in Mzuzu for taking pictures of a group of people that had gathered outside offices of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), after a police officer was arrested

25.03.2008 A journalist working for Blantyre Newspapers Limited was arrested on Wednesday March 12 and detained by the Police in Mzuzu for taking pictures of a group of people that had gathered outside offices of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), after a police officer was arrested.

21.03.2008 Demands by youths in Mazabuka for Government to increase the allocation of the youth empowerment fund has riled Mazabuka District Commissioner who has demanded the Mazabuka Community Radio Management to fire a Journalist Innocent Chinyemba who he accused of conspiring with youths who featured during the live debate program sponsored by the Press Freedom Committee of the Post Newspaper.

20.03.2008 Human Rights Watch has condemned Nepal’s use of excessive force to silence and detain protesting Tibetan exiles in Kathmandu. Protests mounted in the capital since March 10 in reaction to Beijing’s violent suppression of protesters in Tibet and neighbouring provinces in China.

19.03.2008 "The systematic campaign launched by the Egyptian government against opposition candidates and the Muslim Brotherhood to prevent them from running in the next local elections in Egypt should not divert attention from the increase in the number of prisoners of conscience," as stated on 9 March 2008 by HRinfo.

17.03.2008 Demands by youths in Mazabuka for Government to increase the allocation of the youth empowerment fund has riled Mazabuka District Commissioner who has demanded the Mazabuka Community Radio Management to fire a Journalist Innocent Chinyembawho he accused of conspiring with youths who featured during the live debateprogram sponsored by the Press Freedom Committee of the Post Newspaper and challenged him to explain how the previous allocation was disbursed in the District.

17.03.2008 Amnesty International e Human Right Watch condannano la repressione delle forze di sicurezza cinesi nei confronti dei manifestanti di Lhasa nel Tibet e chiedono alle autorità di Pechino moderazione nella reazione alle manifestazioni e di autorizzare un'inchiesta indipendente dell'Onu sui fatti. Anche il Dalai Lama ha chiesto l’avvio di un’inchiesta internazionale. In assenza di riscontri indipendenti, i bilanci dei disordini continuano a restare fermi ai 10 morti "ufficiali" forniti dal governo cinese mentre il governo in esilio ha parlato di 80 morti ammettendo però di avere a disposizione "cifre difficilmente verificabili". Il governo cinese ha lanciato un ultimatum ai manifestanti affermando che entro lunedì la protesta deve finire "se non si vogliono conseguenze ancora più gravi" - riporta Asianews.

11.03.2008 The Nation Magazine of Swaziland has recorded a rare media victory in the country through a High Court decision to grant the paper a reprieve in a case in which they had been ordered to pay over US$15,000 for defamation

11.03.2008 As a staunch communist and the first woman journalist from West Bengal in eastern India, Vidya Munsi has been at the forefront of activism for over 65 years. The 89-year old crusader was the guest of honour at a recent poster exhibition on the Indian women’s movement.

10.03.2008 Gender equality is of major importance, say a majority of people from both Muslim and western nations. A survey released in Washington on the eve of International Women's Day revealed this opinion across 16 nations. Barring India, there was also a global consensus that it is the responsibility of governments to promote women's rights.

10.03.2008 Kiinan viranomaiset yrittävät jatkuvasti vaientaa maansa kirjailijoita esimerkiksi ahdistelemalla, määräämällä kotiaresteja ja estämällä tiedonsaannin. Kansainvälisen PENin naiskirjailijakomitea kampanjoi kolmen uhatun kiinalaiskirjailijan puolesta, jotka sanovat sanottavansa internetissä uhkista huolimatta.

05.03.2008 "Hallitus on sulkenut Iranin feministisen liikkeen verkkosivut kahdeksan kertaa. Se tietää, että verkostoitumalla luomme kansainvälistä painetta", keroo Shirin Ebadi, rauhannobelisti vuodelta 2003.

04.03.2008 The Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) of Zimbabwe is increasingly being cited in issues involving media freedom violations in Zimbabwe. In the latest incident, Dr Sikhanyiso Ndlovu , the Minister of Information and Publicity, has threatened to sue The Financial Gazette in terms of the repressive AIPPA Act.

03.03.2008 Serbialainen radio- ja televisioyhtiö B92 on poistanut tunnukset kaikesta kalustostaan ja pyytänyt poliisilta suojelua. Taustalla on B92:n Kosovo-uutisointi, joka poikkeaa yleisestä linjasta Serbiassa.

03.03.2008 Amnesty International’s new report titled: Sri Lanka: Silencing Dissent, says clamping down on media freedom corrodes free speech and strangles debate, and prevents a true assessment of human rights abuses. Journalists, actors, writers, filmmakers have been targeted both by the government and rebels alike.