Global Issues
News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 19
PHILIPPINES: Prisoners Find Their E-Families
- Inter Press Service
For the first time since giving birth in prison 13 years ago, Sarah, an inmate in the Philippines’ largest detention centre for female convicts, saw her daughter via Skype video chat in her prison cell.
INDIA: Kashmir’s Media Miracle Feeds on Conflict
- Inter Press Service
'If one were to search for a positive outcome to the ongoing armed conflict in Jammu and Kashmir state, it would be the growth of journalism,' says Prof. Shams Imran at the department of journalism, Central University of Kashmir.
Chinese Film Festival Forced Underground
- Inter Press Service
A Chinese independent film festival showcasing the work of some of the most daring Mainland directors has been forced underground following a police visit to the event’s launch last Saturday.
Young Gather to Show Their Power
- Inter Press Service
With young people spearheading the revolutionary movements in the Middle East and other regions, the seventh Youth Forum taking place here this week has particular relevance, participants say.
RIGHTS-JAPAN: Lifer’s Case Tells Migrant Workers' Plight
- Inter Press Service
A Nepalese worker serving life for a murder he denies committing has become the rallying point for activists lobbying for the rights of migrant labour.
TUNISIA: Social Media Lifts the Silence
- Inter Press Service
After 23 years of enforced silence, media professionals and artists in Tunisia are enjoying a period in which their freedom of expression is being respected for the first time.
MIDEAST: Media throttled From All Sides
- Inter Press Service
As media freedoms throughout the occupied Palestinian territories continue to decline, human rights groups are urging the international community to pressure Israeli and Palestinian security forces to respect and facilitate the ability of journalists to do their work.
'Pirates' Board Berlin Parliament
- Inter Press Service
It was a political sensation: 8.9 percent of the 1.53 million Berliners who participated in the city-state parliamentary elections on Sep. 18 (overall turnout was 60 percent) voted for the Pirate Party (Piratenpartei).
Occupy Wall Street: 'It Is a Revolution'
- Inter Press Service
Since Sep. 17, hundreds of demonstrators in the Occupy Wall Street movement have transformed the quiet Zucotti Park in lower Manhattan from a place where Wall Street traders once relaxed during lunch breaks into a demonstration camp.
Expanding Technologies Fail to Bridge Broadband Divide
- Inter Press Service
Despite an overall increase in global internet usage and in the prevalence of information and communication technologies (ICTs), the gap between developing and developed countries remains vast when it comes to accessing broadband connections.
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