News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 55
Azerbaijan’s Rights Situation Deteriorating, Group Warns
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 06 (IPS) - The Azerbaijan government crackdown on civil society has worsened in recent months, human rights campaigners are warning, and activists are increasingly falling victim to official efforts to limit dissent.
Myanmar Media Still Not Fully Free
- Inter Press Service
YANGON, May 05 (IPS) - Kyaw Kyaw Aung is just 22, but already has dark memories of days when information, sometimes of the mundane kind, could land you in a dark cell for a very long time in Myanmar, a Southeast Asian nation that was under military rule for decades.
Russia ‘Liquidating’ Civil Society
- Inter Press Service
MOSCOW, Apr 26 (IPS) - NGOs working in Russia are facing more repression in the form of even tighter legislation on foreign funding as part of what some rights activists say is a concerted campaign to "liquidate" civil society in the country.
Brazil Assumes Leadership in Future of Internet Governance
- Inter Press Service
SÃO PAULO, Apr 25 (IPS) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff signed into law an Internet bill of rights just before her opening speech at an international conference on Internet reform in the southern city of São Paulo Wednesday.
Bringing the Bridges Home
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Apr 23 (IPS) - As foreign forces withdraw slowly from Afghanistan, they leave behind a vulnerable band of people who were their ears and guides on the ground. These people who served as interpreters, face a life of threats and uncertainties. Many have been killed.
South Sudan Dictates Media Coverage of Conflict
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, Apr 18 (IPS) - As rebel forces loyal to South Sudan's former vice president Riek Machar declared on Tuesday Apr. 15 that they had captured the key oil town of Bentiu, the government has been accused of clamping down on local media in an attempt to influence the reporting on the conflict.
In Venezuela, a Popular Uprising, or Class Warfare?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 27 (IPS) - This much is known: at least 33 people are dead and 461 have been wounded. The rest – questions of who, why and what next for Venezuela – has largely been a matter of speculation.
Increased Instability Predicted for Egypt
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 26 (IPS) - International human rights groups have strongly denounced Monday's sentencing by an Egyptian court of 529 Islamists to death for a riot in which one policeman was killed.
Rapping to Uganda’s News Beat
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Mar 18 (IPS) - "People in Ukraine took over power.
"Celebrated a few days, then the party went sour…" raps Sharon Bwogi, aka Lady Slyke, on NewzBeat, a weekend show that airs on Uganda's channel NTV in both English and the local language Luganda.
Italy Closes Its Eyes to Sealed Mouths
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Mar 11 (IPS) - "We walk inside an area that is 128 steps long and seven-and-a-half steps wide. This is the path they made for us: two metres of bars over our heads, and upon the bars, two metres of plexiglas. We are like canaries in a cage, like birds of different races all in one cage."
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