Hong Kong: TVB's beaten journalists and brave new voice

Global Voices 2 months ago Region: Hong Kong

Widespread anger over the recent beating up and detention of three Hong Kong journalists as they reported on ethnic unrest in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region came to a head this weekend with a high p... more

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Current TV Journalists to Stand Trial in North Korea

Global Voices 5 months ago Region: Korea, Republic of

By Jillian C. York On June 4, two American journalists will stand trial in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) for illegal entry into the country. The two women, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, both Asian-Ame... more

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Obama Names Internet Outreach Transition Team

Wendy Stackhouse a year ago Region: United States

American President-Elect Barack Obama’s internet outreach during his campaign was second-to-none.  He used the internet for communications, information dissemination and fundraising with great success and seemin... more

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Journalists Killed, Foreigners Evacuated in South Ossetian War

Global Voices a year ago Region: Georgia

Posted by Elia Varela Sarra to Global Voices Online See Global Voices special coverage page on the South Ossetia crisis. Yesterday, the Russian radio station Echo Moscow reported that two Georgian journalists, Alexande... more

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Guyanese Bloggers Discover Journalist Ban

Global Voices a year ago Region: Guyana

Posted by Nicholas Laughlin to Global Voices Online Over the last four years, Guyana's People's Progressive Party (PPP) government, headed by President Bharrat Jagdeo , has been criticised for what some observers see as i... more

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Consumer Movement Required in Nepal

Mohan Nepali a year ago Region: Nepal

The ‘Nepal government,’ adopting a bigwigs-make-decisions path, has allowed smugglers and black marketers to take full control of markets. Most of the smugglers and black marketers are the greatest fund-gi... more

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Newsrooms Shrinking as Publishers Race to Bottom Line

AFL CIO a year ago Region: United States

- by James Parks Are you tired of reading about which celebrity is having a baby or who was eliminated from “Dancing With the Stars” in your daily newspaper—while critical issues l... more

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Murder and Photographs in a Small Town in Mexico

BorderReporter a year ago Region: Mexico

The hit, when it went down, was perfect. The photographer was shot five times, with a tiro de gracia to the head. He collapsed by the torta stand, his five-year-old son in shock, clutching the dead body. No motive was eve... more

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Jordan: Five Jordanian Journalists Jailed

Global Voices a year ago Region: Jordan

by Amira Al Hussaini Five Jordanian journalists have been sentenced to three months in prison each, in two separate cases, for breaking the law in their country. Jordan's bloggers speak up against this latest crackdown on... more

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Iran: Sentencing a Journalist to Death

Malik Muhammad Arif a year ago Region: Pakistan

he International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) express their deepest concern over the sentencing to death of Mr. Yaghoub Mehrnehad, a Zahedan(1)-based journalist for t... more

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