Media Forum tackles psychology of battered women syndrome
Region: PhilippinesTacloban City, Philippines – The Philippine Information Agency Region 8 is spearheading a Media Forum on Women Issues starting today at the PIA Regional Office here. PIA Region 8 Director Olive Tiu informed that two... more
Views: 6327Bush Shoe-Thrower Trial Begins in Baghdad
Region: Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq: The journalist said,” this is the farewell kiss you dog” and then he said “This is from the widows, orphans and those who were killed in Iraq by the Americans. Yeah! Muntazar Al-Za... more
Views: 1397Government takes the responsibility for safety of journalists: Information minister
Region: Pakistan
Peshawar: The N.W.F.P information minister, Mian Iftikhar Hussain and the provincial president of the ruling party, Awami National Party (ANP) held a press conference here at Peshawar Press Club today. The informa... more
Views: 1133Prestigious US fellowship to Kashmiri journalist Shuja'at Bukhari
Region: India
Prominent Kashmir journalist Shuja'at Bukhari has been awarded prestigious fellowship by Hawaii based East West Centre to attend month long Senior Journalists Seminar entitled "Bridging Gaps Between the US and the Muslim W... more
Views: 1337Pakistan Assembly Passes Official 'Tribute' to Shoe-Throwing Iraqi Journalist
Region: Pakistan
PESHAWAR: Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) Assembly Thursday passed a unanimous resolution to pay 'great' tribute to Muntadhar al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist who captured global attention when he threw his sh... more
Views: 1208Afghan, Japanese Journalists Injured in Pakistan Attack
Region: Pakistan
Peshawar: Some unknown men opened fire on a Japanese and an Afghan journalist in Hayat Abad, Peshawar, the northwestern city of Pakistan, injuring both of them. Officials say that the two journalists were ... more
Views: 1749Sahar al-Haideri Wins Amnesty Award
Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
Iraqi journalist and former IWPR trainee Sahar al-Haideri, who was murdered by gunmen in her home town of Mosul on June 7, 2007, has been honoured in the Amnesty International Media Awards 2008. Her story, “Honour K... more
Views: 1230Afghan Journalist Imprisoned Indefinitely
Region: Afghanistan
By Jean MacKenzie in Kabul (ARR No. 291, 02-Jun-08) Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh in court, June 1, 2008. The moo... more
Views: 1460Russia: Two Dagestani Journalists Killed
Region: Russian Federation
by Veronica Khokhlova Ilyas Shurpaev, a 32-year-old TV journalist and blogger (LJ user shurpaev), was found strangled in the apartment he was renting in Moscow Friday. (More detailed English-language media accounts of t... more
Views: 1092Journalists Under Constant Threat in Afghanistan
Region: AfghanistanThe International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is concerned about increasing disrespect and violence by local authorities and militant groups towards journalists in Afghanistan after reports of police intimidation, deat... more
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