25 July, 2018 / By Zeze Ballah, The Bush Chicken MONROVIA, Montserrado – Reporters Without Borders, an international non-profit, non-governmental organization that promotes the freedom of the press, says that the first six months of President George Weah’s presidency have been marked by a series of verbal attacks on journalists in country. In a press…
14 December, 2017 / By http://www.diarioconstitucional.cl/ Amnistía Internacional se pronuncia ante la decisión de la Fiscalía rusa de bloquear cinco sitios web del movimiento Rusia Abierta, fundado por el ex preso de conciencia ruso y crítico del Kremlin Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Denis Krivosheev, director adjunto de Amnistía Internacional para Europa y Asia Central, declaró que “las autoridades rusas…
December 12, 2017 / By RFE/RL’s Russian Service Russia’s Roskomnadzor media regulatory agency has begun blocking access to websites of organizations deemed “undesirable” by the Justice Ministry under a 2015 law aimed at restricting the activity of organizations the Kremlin accuses of fomenting political dissent. The regulator’s website on December 12 posted a notice that it…
August 3, 2017 / by Susanna D’Aliesio, bjp-online.com Mathias Depardon was shooting for National Geographic in South East Turkey when he was taken for questioning by police – and held for 32 days in total When Mathias Depardon was released by the Turkish government on 09 June, he had been held in custody for 32 days.…
August 1, 2017 / byRock Ronald Rozario, lacroix.com The Arab crisis surrounding Qatar and the demands by the Saudi Arabia-led campaign to shut down its influential Al-Jazeera news agency shines a light on the growing threats to freedom of speech in the region. David Kaye, the United Nations special rapporteur on freedom of opinion and…
June 29, 2017 / by MENAFN US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Kuwait’s Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of Information Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al- Sabah stressed ‘the need for all parties to exercise restraint to allow for productive diplomatic discussions’ in the GCC, the State Department said in a readout…
UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression David Kaye claimed this demand of the Saudi-led coalition against Qatar was a blow against media pluralism in the Middle East. June 29, 2017 / by The Wire Dubai: A United Nations expert and a media freedom watchdog on Wednesday criticised four Arab states for…
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