News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 100
MEDIA-THAILAND: Blogger Gets 10 Years for Insulting Monarchy
- Inter Press Service
Suwicha Thakhor’s nightmare in a Thai jail is set to continue after a court delivered a harsh verdict this week that contained an unequivocal message the Internet in this country is being policed with the aim of limiting free expression.
PAKISTAN: Another Terror Attack For TV Cameras
- Inter Press Service
The brazen armed attack on a police academy near Lahore on Monday underlines the danger that the Pakistani state faces from militancy linked to the ‘war on terror’, but with historic roots in the earlier Afghan war of liberation from Soviet occupation, or ‘jihad’ against ‘God-less communists’.
MUSIC-ITALY: Nurturing Opera
- Inter Press Service
Fabrizio tells a young woman, Eriko, that it is very cold outside, while logs crackle in the fireplace and the sun sets behind the mountains, adorned with last night’s snowfall. It is all true, but they are acting, rehearsing a famous scene from the opera La Bohème, by Giacomo Puccini.
CAMBODIA: Trial of Khmer Rouge Leader Starts Healing Process
- Inter Press Service
Om Chantha,69, says she has waited far too long before finally seeing, with her own eyes, Khmer Rouge leader Duch face trial for torture, crimes against humanity and murder.
Q&A: 'Khmer Rouge Trials Important for All Humanity'
- Inter Press Service
Theary Seng, orphaned by the Khmer Rouge, believes in the invisible bonds that suffering weaves among people. She calls it the 'fellowship of suffering'.
PAKISTAN: Under Siege by Taliban
- Inter Press Service
Authorities in Pakistan have vowed to deal sternly with Taliban militants who have this month mounted a series of deadly attacks apparently aimed at weakening this country that has close links with neighbouring Afghanistan.
CAMBODIA: Khmer Rouge Trials May Expose US, China
- Inter Press Service
Limits placed on a United Nations-backed war crimes tribunal in prosecuting surviving leaders of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime may not prevent revelations about international actors linked to Cambodia's dark period.
AUSTRALIA: 'Chinese Asylum Seekers' Rights Were Violated'
- Inter Press Service
A yet-to-be released report by Australia’s human rights watchdog into the 2005 treatment of a group of Chinese asylum seekers held at the immigration detention here has concluded that serious breaches of civil and political rights were made by the immigration department.
RIGHTS-CAMBODIA: Khmer Rouge Custodial Torture Exposed
- Inter Press Service
On a recent morning, tourists who visited a former high school in this city, turned into an infamous torture chamber during the brutal rule of the Khmer Rouge regime in the mid-1970s, were in for a surprise the presence of a man who lived to tell the tale.
MEDIA-PAKISTAN: Pondering Risks Covering Conflict, Crime, Corruption
- Inter Press Service
The main issue before the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) meeting over the weekend in the central Punjab city of Faisalabad is the threat faced by journalists in this conflict-ridden South Asian country.
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