News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 58
Foul Play Ahead of Russian Olympics
- Inter Press Service
MOSCOW, Nov 11 (IPS) - Despite an endorsement from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for their adherence to environmental standards in preparations for next year's Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russian authorities are cracking down harder and harder on people trying to expose the environmental cost of projects related to the Games.
New Law Threatens to Choke Freedom in Egypt
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Nov 07 (IPS) - Demonstrations have been at the heart of historic upheavals in Egypt since January 2011. But a newly proposed law that seeks to regulate protests could imperil one of the biggest gains of the Arab Spring revolution here: freedom of expression.
Fragile Peace Holds on a Syrian Island
- Inter Press Service
QAMISHLI, Syria, Oct 31 (IPS) - "The whole region is under control but be careful in the city centre," says a Kurdish militiaman at the eastern gate of Qamishli, 600 km northeast of capital Damascus, confirming rumours about breaches in Syria's relatively stable northeast.
Skype Gets Dark in Karachi
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Oct 18 (IPS) - First, it was Youtube. Now, if the government of Sindh has its way, it could well be goodbye to Skype, Whatsapp, Viber and Tango for the people of this province in southeastern Pakistan. At least for the next three months.
Kurds Build Bridges At Last
- Inter Press Service
DERIK, Syria, Oct 13 (IPS) - After fleeing the war three months ago, Gulnaz is headed back for Syria to bury her brother within the 24 hours Islam stipulates. But it is far from easy to take the coffin across the Syrian-Iraqi border.
Swat Not at Peace With Malala
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 11 (IPS) - Back in Swat Valley in Pakistan where she comes from, Malala Yousafzai who had been tipped to win the Nobel peace prize this year, has not only left behind more girls in school now than there were a year ago but also large numbers of people who are now distanced – and even hostile – to her.
U.S. Accused of Unprecedented Assault on Press Freedom
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (IPS) - Press freedom advocates here charge that the administration of President Barack Obama is engaged in a war on "leaks" of secret information that is without parallel in this country.
Cybercrime Treaty Could Be Used to Go After Cyberespionage
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Oct 03 (IPS) - Governments of countries that engage in large-scale electronic espionage, like the United States, and companies that develop spying software could theoretically face legal action for violating the Convention on Cybercrime.
Ninja Citizen Journalists Don’t Claim to Be Impartial
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 30 (IPS) - The citizen journalists of Midia Ninja, who have covered the protests that broke out across Brazil in June right in the thick of things, are part of a new kind of reporting: one that is proud to be biased.
Bloody Days in Sudan
- Inter Press Service
KHARTOUM, Sep 26 (IPS) - Activists claim that more than one hundred people have been killed and thousands injured during demonstrations in Sudan following the removal of fuel subsidies.
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