News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 50
Israeli Forces Target Journalists in West Bank
- Inter Press Service
KAFR QADDOUM, West Bank, Apr 07 (IPS) - It is becoming increasingly risky to cover clashes and protests between Israeli security forces and Palestinian protesters in the West Bank as the number of journalists injured, in what appears to be deliberate targeting by Israeli security forces, continues to rise.
Lawyers, Rights Groups Rally Around Author of ‘Blood Diamonds’, Facing Jail
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Mar 31 (IPS) - The Southern Africa Litigation Centre, Amnesty International and over a dozen other human rights organisations including the African Commission on Human and People's Rights have signed an open letter demanding justice for crusading Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais, whose exposés have offended several military officials and other higher-ups.
Pro-Democracy Activists at U.S. Event Jailed in DR Congo
- Inter Press Service
, Mar 17 (IPS) - Journalists, activists, hip hop artists and a United States diplomat were rounded up by police at a pro-democracy event on Sunday in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sponsored in part by the U.S. government. Security forces charged them with threatening stability, according to a government spokesperson.
200 Million Fewer Women than Men Online
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 10 (IPS) - Two hundred million fewer women have access to the internet than men, according to a report released Monday.
Bridging the Gender Inequality Gap in the Media
- Inter Press Service
Prominent Lawyer Defending the Poor Gunned Down in Mozambique
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Mar 04 (IPS) - As billions pour into Mozambique from foreign investors scooping up fields of coal and natural gas, the signs of newfound wealth are impossible to miss.
U.N. Member States Accused of Cherry-Picking Human Rights
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 02 (IPS) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein has criticised member states for ‘cherry-picking' human rights – advocating some and openly violating others – perhaps to suit their own national or political interests.
Reporting on Violence in Mexico Brings Its Own Perils
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 27 (IPS) - Organised criminals in Mexico are forcing the media to stop reporting on crime, by turning their violence against journalists.
Human Rights in Asia and the Pacific: A “Regressive” Trend, Says Amnesty International
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (IPS) - The cradle of some of the world's most ancient civilizations, home to four out of the planet's six billion people, and a battleground for the earth's remaining resources, Asia and the Pacific are poised to play a defining role in international affairs in the coming decade.
Threats, Deaths, Impunity - No Hope for Free Press in Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Feb 20 (IPS) - It is no surprise that most Pakistani journalists work under tremendous stress; caught between crime lords in its biggest cities, militant groups across its tribal belt and rival political parties throughout the country, censorship, intimidation and death seem almost to come with the territory.
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