News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 137
RIGHTS-NEPAL: Laws Have Changed, Mindsets Haven’t
- Inter Press Service
When Ranjit Thapa applied for citizenship by descent through his mother at the Kathmandu District Administration Office, little did he know that the road ahead was fraught with obstacles.
SRI LANKA: Islamic Convert’s Detention Sparks Debate on Tolerance
- Inter Press Service
Issues of religious tolerance, the rule of law and freedom of expression in this mainly Buddhist country are being thrown into debate by the detention of a Sri Lankan Buddhist woman who converted to Islam and was writing a book on her conversion.
LATIN AMERICA: Controversial 'Man Jesus Christ' Pulls in Followers
- Inter Press Service
'Abba, father,' call out the people gathered in the meeting hall. They raise up their hands and stare enraptured at a television screen, where they are addressed by their spiritual leader, José Luis de Jesús Miranda, or as he calls himself, 'the Man Jesus Christ.'
UGANDA: Farmers Boxing Clever To Get Ahead
- Inter Press Service
Mayuge district has 31,000 farming families served by just nine agricultural extension workers. In Wainha village, an internet centre run by the Busoga Rural Open Source and Development Initiative is more than filling the gap in assisting farmers.
US-IRAQ: Leaked Video of Shooting Spurs Calls for New Probe
- Inter Press Service
Journalist advocacy groups called for the reopening of an investigation into the 2007 killing of a Reuters photographer and his driver after the WikiLeaks website released classified video footage on Monday of a 2007 helicopter attack in Baghdad which killed 12 people.
CUBA: Skilful Surfing by Digital Culture Project
- Inter Press Service
Buoyant in the storm and sailing for new horizons, the Cuban cultural project Esquife (Skiff) has spent over a decade navigating the rough waters of thought-provoking digital journalism, stirring up opinions rather than wallowing in complacency.
Q&A: 'They Knew I Was Not a Spy'
- Inter Press Service
When world leaders meet in Washington later this month for a summit on nuclear security that is expected to include discussion of sanctions on Iran, they should also address the country's human rights situation, says Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi.
CUBA: Old Havana Reaches Out to Hearing Impaired
- Inter Press Service
An innovative programme in Old Havana has given the hearing impaired greater access to the historical and cultural wealth of the restored historic city centre.
INDIA: After Slowdown, Art Market Picking Up
- Inter Press Service
After sitting out the slowdown in the art market until last year, Ambica Beri, owner of an upscale art gallery here in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, is cautiously hosting shows again this year.
MIDEAST: Israel Gags News on Extra-Judicial Killings
- Inter Press Service
An Israeli journalist remains under house arrest and another lives abroad, after they broke news on Israeli undercover units carrying out assassinations or 'targeted killings' of non-combatant Palestinian political opponents.
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