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Building Libya's New Media "From a Void"
By D. Parvaz*
TRIPOLI - Going from being a country with a highly controlled press to one that has free, independent and functioning media in roughly a year is a tall order.
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Journalism is Not ‘More Fun’ in the Philippines
By Dennis Engbarth
MANILA - Reporters working in the Philippines, the world’s third most dangerous nation for journalists, are having difficulty identifying with the "It’s More Fun in the Philippines" tourism promotion campaign launched by the Liberal Party-led government of President Benigno Aquino III.
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Journalists and Netizens in Govt Crosshairs
By Johanna Treblin and Emilio Godoy*
UNITED NATIONS/MEXICO CITY - Two years ago, Ashkan Delanvar was arrested by Iranian authorities and held in poor conditions for 14 days before he was sentenced to 10 months in prison.
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Sex and Censorship in Azerbaijan
By Bari Bates
BRUSSELS - Khadija Ismayilova sat calmly, her face, voice and movements doing nothing to break the composed demeanour with which she recounted the Azeri government’s attempt to completely discredit her as a journalist.
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Media Faces New Crackdown
By Jillian Kestler-D’Amours
JERUSALEM - The Palestinian Authority’s arrest of journalists and activists critical of its policies are threatening freedom of expression and journalistic freedoms in the West Bank, according to local human rights groups.
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Latin American Media Chose Not to Publish Certain WikiLeaks Cables
By Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES - According to a book published in the Argentine capital, major Latin American newspapers with access to the secret cables obtained by Wikileaks decided not to print them because doing so would run counter to their own interests.
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COLOMBIA
Missing French Reporter’s Journalistic Mission
By Constanza Vieira
BOGOTÁ - Romeo Langlois, a French reporter in Colombia, removed his helmet and bullet-proof vest and ran towards the guerrillas during fighting between them and Colombian army troops on Saturday, Defence Minister Juan Carlos Pinzón reported.
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Vietnam Clamps Down on Bloggers
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - A pioneer of citizens’ journalism in Vietnam is risking 20 years in jail for defending Internet freedom and exposing the draconian censorship laws in this communist party-ruled country.
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Afghan Journalists Strain Against Gags
By Giuliana Sgrena
KABUL - Afghanistan is quickly becoming one of the deadliest countries in the world for foreign and local journalists. In the last decade alone, 16 journalists have been killed on the job and so far no one has been brought to justice for these murders.
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Internet Radio Powers on After Arab Spring
By Simba Shani Kamaria Russeau*
CAIRO - When an Egyptian court fined former president Hosni Mubarak and two aides a total of 90 million dollars for cutting mobile and Internet services during protests that led to his ouster, it indicated the value placed on communication services in this Arab country.
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Community Radio Tunes Into Ad Revenues in India
By Malini Shankar*
BANGALORE, India - Community Radio (CR) broadcasting in India, long bound by red tape, has received a fillip with the government announcing a hike in advertising tariffs and the auction of licenses.
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Kazakhstan Divided Over Fugitive Banker
By Christopher Pala
ALMATY - As the trial began this week of 37 alleged participants in a strike-related riot, the man who did the most to help the striking oil workers and to publicise their cause, Mukhtar Ablyazov, remained far beyond the Kazakhstan government’s grasp.
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Tunisia's Youth and Their Fight for Freedom of Expression
By Jillian C. York*
SAN FRANCISCO, California, U.S. - In Tunisia, a new debate is taking shape. Long suppressed by the authoritarian regime of former President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia's free expression movement for many years existed on the fringe, comprised of bloggers, software developers, media aficionados and expats whose frustration at Tunisia's Internet censorship and surveillance regime – in place for over a decade – fomented their activism.
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Red Tape Mutes Community Radio in India
By K. S. Harikrishnan*
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India - Security concerns appear to have stymied the growth of community radio (CR) in India, a vast and diverse country of 1.2 billion people, the bulk of them living in remote, rural areas.
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You Name It, We Lost It
By Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore
BEIJING - Millions of Chinese micro-blog users will be forced to hand over their details this week in a real-name registration drive. The new state regulations - piloted in five Chinese cities - have created uproar amidst fears the move will bring heightened censorship and a crackdown on users.
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