News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 52
In Sri Lanka Cartoonists Aren’t Killed – They’re Disappeared
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Jan 13 (IPS) - Scenes from the brutal shooting of 12 journalists with the French satirical weekly ‘Charlie Hebdo' have monopolised headlines worldwide ever since two men opened fire in the magazine's Paris office on Jan. 7.
OPINION: The Paris Killings – A Fatal Trap for Europe
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jan 12 (IPS) - It is sad to see how a continent that was one cradle of civilisation is running blindly into a trap, the trap of a holy war with Islam – and that six Muslim terrorists were sufficient to bring that about.
Attack on French Magazine a “Black Day” for Press Freedom
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Jan 08 (IPS) - "They are cowards who react to satire by going for their Kalashnikovs." That was how renowned French cartoonist Plantu described the killers of 10 media workers and two policemen in Paris Wednesday.
OPINION: Political Islam and U.S. Policy in 2015
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 06 (IPS) - This year, Arab political Islam will be greatly influenced by U.S. regional policy, as it has been since the Obama administration came into office six years ago. Indeed, as the U.S. standing in the region rose with Obama's presidency beginning in January 2009, so did the fortunes of Arab political Islam.
OPINION: We Have So Much to Learn From Cuba
- Inter Press Service
WHITE PLAINS, New York, Dec 30 (IPS) - Earlier this month, President Barack Obama announced the restoration of diplomatic relations with Cuba after more than five decades of a misguided policy which my uncle, John F. Kennedy, and my father, Robert F. Kennedy, had been responsible for enforcing after the U.S. embargo against the country was first implemented in October 1960 by the Eisenhower administration.
Uzbekistan Gears Up to Vote for Rubberstamp Parliament
- Inter Press Service
TASHKENT, Dic 19 (IPS) - Uzbekistan's parliamentary elections on Dec. 21 will offer voters a choice, but no hope for change.
Mubarak Acquitted as Egypt’s Counterrevolution Thrives
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 03 (IPS) - The acquittal of former Egyptian President Muhammad Hosni Mubarak is not a legal or political surprise. Yet it carries serious ramifications for Arab autocrats who are leading the counterrevolutionary charge, as well as the United States.
Civil Society Freedoms Merit Role in Post-2015 Development Agenda
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 25 (IPS) - Nabeel Rajab, president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, an advocacy NGO, is facing criminal charges for sending a tweet that said: "many Bahrain men who joined terrorism and ISIS have come from the security institutions and those institutions were the first ideological incubator".
Azerbaijan's Rights Activists on the Brink
- Inter Press Service
BAKU, Nov 21 (IPS) - When Azerbaijan served as chair of the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers, it scoffed at the spirit and purpose of the organisation and moved vigorously to squash all forms of free speech at home.
Fighting the Islamic State On the Air
- Inter Press Service
ERBIL, Iraqi Kurdistan, Nov 16 (IPS) - There is daily news broadcasting at 9 in the evening and a live programme every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. For the time being, that is what Mosul´s only TV channel has to offer from its headquarters in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.
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