News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 49
Smart Phones New Tool to Capture Human Rights Violations
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 23 (IPS) - The widespread use of digital technology – including satellite imagery, body cameras and smart phones – is fast becoming a new tool in monitoring and capturing human rights violations worldwide.
Democracy on the Retreat in Over 96 of the 193 U.N. Member States, Says New Study
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 22 (IPS) - Democracy is on the retreat and authoritarianism is on the rise in more than 96 of the U.N.'s 193 member states, according to a new report released here.
South Sudan Again Tops Fragile States Index
- Inter Press Service
SAINT JOHN, New Brunswick, Canada, Jun 18 (IPS) - For the second year in a row, South Sudan has been designated as the most fragile nation in the world, plagued by intensifying internal conflict that has displaced more than two million of its people.
Opinion: Why Are Threats to Civil Society Growing Around the World?
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Jun 10 (IPS) - Whistle-blowers like Edward Snowden and Julian Assange are hounded – not by autocratic but by democratic governments – for revealing the truth about grave human rights violations. Nobel peace prize winner, writer and political activist Liu Xiaobo is currently languishing in a Chinese prison while the killing of Egyptian protestor, poet and mother Shaimaa al-Sabbagh, apparently by a masked policeman, in January this year continues to haunt us.
Journalists, Gov'ts Square Off in Game of Drones
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 05 (IPS) - For some, the word "drone" immediately conjures up ominous phrases like "targeted assassination" and "precision strike."
U.N. Security Council Takes "Historic" Stand on Killings of Journalists
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 29 (IPS) - When war breaks out, most non-combatants run the other way. But a handful of courageous reporters see it as their duty to tell the world what's happening on the ground. And many pay a high price.
Burundi Leader, Stifling Attempted Coup, Cracks Down on Media
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, May 20 (IPS) - Burundi's President Pierre Nkuruziza, who narrowly avoided his removal from office by a citizen-backed military coup, has turned against the media that closely reported the day to day protests.
Press Freedom Groups Denounce NSA Spying on AJ Bureau Chief
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, May 12 (IPS) - Ahmad Muaffaq Zaidan doesn't deny that he's had contact with terrorist groups. In fact, it would have been rather difficult to do his job otherwise.
Media Watchdog Unveils Top Ten Worst Censors
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 24 (IPS) - While technology has given millions greater freedom to express themselves, in the world's 10 most censored countries, this basic right exists only on paper, if at all.
Opinion: Burundi – Fragile Peace at Risk Ahead of Elections
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Apr 24 (IPS) - Pierre Claver Mbonimpa is not permitted to get close to an airport, train station or port without authorisation from a judge. He cannot travel outside of the capital of his native Burundi, Bujumbura. Whenever called upon, he must present himself before judicial authorities.
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