Freedom Of The Press News

10:46 PM EST
2/7/2012 U.S. criticizes Iranian harassment against foreign-based Iranian journalistsThe United States lambasted the Iranian regime Tuesday for intimidating journalists working inside and outside Iran as Tehran’s semiofficial Mehr news agency reported arrests of several people over alleged links to the British Broadcasting Corp.'s Farsi-language service.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Censorship, Diplomacy, International Relations, Freedom Of The Press

11:02 AM EST
2/2/2012 House Republicans have 'Gasland' fracking reporter arrestedHouse Republicans had award-winning filmmaker Josh Fox, who made the anti-fracking documentary ‘Gasland.’ arrested by Capitol Hill police before a hearing on the controversial practice.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Freedom Of The Press, Government, Environmental Issue, Environmental Pollution

11:08 AM EST
2/1/2012 Turkey’s jails filling up with journalistsAziz Tekin, a correspondent for the Kurdish-language newspaper Azadiya Welat, had the misfortune of becoming a news item himself over the weekend when he became the 105th journalist in Turkey to be put behind bars. That places Turkey – a country usually hailed as an exemplar of democracy and Islam – ahead of such repressive regimes as Iran and China with the largest number of jailed journalists in the world.

Source:TML Topics:Politics, Freedom Of The Press, Crime, Law And Justice, Police, Arrest

9:53 AM EST
1/30/2012 Nepal media unveils protest against government secrecyAn umbrella media organization, the Federation of Nepali Journalists, on Monday declared a nationwide protest against a government directives to upgrade to 140 the categories of state information to be classified as secret. FNJ members will demonstrate with black banners in Kathmandu on Tuesday afternoon and FNJ chapters demonstrate nationwide on Wednesday and Thursday.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Freedom Of The Press, Regulatory Policy And Organization

10:53 PM EST
1/27/2012 U.S. reiterates freedom of expression, awaits implementation of Twitter censure policyThe United States on Friday advocated protection of fundamental freedoms of expression but avoided commenting on the censure policies announced by social media platform Twitter this week, according to the State Department officials.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Freedom Of The Press, Human Rights, Diplomacy, International Relations

3:45 PM EST
1/16/2012 Military enters BBC, CNN offices; soldiers move to quell fuel price protestsOfficials of CNN and the BBC called on the Nigerian government Monday afternoon to explain why security forces entered its offices unannounced earlier in the day. The police action came as the governor of Lagos state protested soldiers entering Lagos amid nationwide protests of the removal of fuel subsidies by President Goodluck Jonathan.

Source:AHN Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Civil Unrest, Political Dissent, Politics, Freedom Of The Press, Defense, Security Measures

4:07 PM EST
12/28/2011 U.S. calls Russian human rights report “useful mechanism”The United States on Wednesday refused to call a critical Russian human rights report as interfering in internal affairs instead Washington welcomed it as a useful mechanism according to the State Department official.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Human Rights, Diplomacy, International Relations, Freedom Of The Press

8:32 PM EST
12/18/2011 Freedom of expression rapporteur takes Israel, Palestinians to taskThe United Nations' special rapporteur on freedom of expression took the Palestinians, but mostly Israel, to task for a host of violations against journalists and others, citing issues from the arrest of reporters in Gaza to the inability of Arabic-speaking students to complete their degrees in Arabic.

Source:TML Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Justice And Rights, Politics, Freedom Of The Press, Social Issue

2:37 PM EST
11/14/2011 BBC denies arrested Iranian is correspondentBritish broadcaster BBC on Monday denied that an Iranian arrested for allegedly reporting an explosion in a military base of the Revolutionary Guard on Saturday was its reporter.

Source:AHN Topics:Labor, Employee, Crime, Law And Justice, Justice And Rights, Politics, Freedom Of The Press

6:13 AM EDT
11/3/2011 French PM criticizes attack on magazine that carried Muhammad’s caricatureFrench Prime Minister Francois Fillon condemned an attack on the headquarters of Charlie Hebdo just hours after unidentified terrorists firebombed the organization after the French satirical weekly printed the Prophet Muhammad’s image on its cover.

Source:AHN Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Act Of Terror, Politics, Freedom Of The Press, Religion And Belief, Islam