News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 40
Indian Journalist’s Murder: The Ultimate Form of Press Censorship?
- Inter Press Service
BHUBANESWAR, India, Sep 07 (IPS) - Dauntlessly crusading against curbs on freedom of speech, fifty-five-year-old Indian journalist Gauri Lankesh was gunned down at her very doorstep in Bengaluru city on the evening of Sep. 5, taking three bullets of the seven fired in her lungs and heart. She was shot from just three feet away.
UN Rights Chief : Trump’s Attack on Press is “Dangerous”
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 31 (IPS) - Freedom of the press is under attack in the United States and could incite further violence against reporters, said a UN official.
Muzzling the Media: Cambodia
- Inter Press Service
PHNOM PENH, Aug 29 (IPS) - You have to pay six million dollars in tax! That was the message given to the Cambodian Daily the same week that Prime Minister Hun Sen publicly attacked the newspaper.
Internet Shutdowns in Africa Stifling Press Freedom
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 21 (IPS) - "The internet for journalism is now like the air you breathe," said Befeqadu Hailu, an Ethiopian journalist and a member of the Zone 9 blogger collective who was arrested in April 2014 and charged with terrorism. "Without the internet, modern journalism means nothing." Yet, the internet is something that journalists in multiple African countries are often forced to do without.
Will Governments Support Access to Information Driving Development?
- Inter Press Service
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Jul 27 (IPS) - In an Information Society, access, and the ability to apply and re-use information is at the heart of individual fulfilment and social participation. Long before the idea of an Information Society came into use, libraries connected people to this, connecting them with literature and learning, and allowing them to improve their lives, and those of their families and communities.
A Global Call for Journalists’ Safety
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 09 (IPS) - The UN system and its member states must develop policies to protect journalists and end impunity for crimes against them, said key stakeholders during a meeting.
Mob Killing Sparks Fresh Outrage Over Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, May 05 (IPS) - Aimal Khan, 27, an airman in Pakistan's Air Force, warns the country will end up in the throes of mayhem if the state does not do something about the abuse of the blasphemy laws. "People will use it to settle personal scores," he said.
Refugee Journalists, the Challenge of Reporting from Exile
- Inter Press Service
May 04 (IPS) - Abdulwahab Tahhan is a journalist and a refugee. From his exile in London, he documents the war that is devastating his homeland of Syria, monitoring airstrikes and assessing civilian casualties for the non-profit Airwars.
2017 World Press Freedom Day: Message by Dr. Hanif Hassan Ali Al Qassim, Chairman of the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, May 03 (IPS) - This year's theme for the 2017 World Press Freedom Day "Critical Minds for Critical Times: Media's role in advancing peaceful, just and inclusive societies" is one of the most important days honouring press freedom.
Journalist Killings in Sri Lanka Predicated on a Deadly Irony
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 02 (IPS) - The widespread belief in the politically-motivated killings of journalists in Sri Lanka is predicated on a deadly irony: the hidden hand has always been visible, but the fingerprints have gone missing.
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