News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 64
U.N. to Build Bridges Battling "Merchants of Hate"
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (IPS) - Amidst the rising tide of racial and religious intolerance worldwide - including xenophobia, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia - the U.N. Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) will meet in the Austrian capital of Vienna later this week to strengthen cross-cultural relations in a world it describes as "alarmingly out of balance".
The Limits of Media Freedom in Somalia
- Inter Press Service
MOGADISHU, Feb 25 (IPS) - Media advocates in Somalia worry that a recent case against a journalists who exposed the story of a gang rape involving members of the national security forces will serve as a deterrent to journalists countrywide.
Artists Face the Gag in India
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Feb 21 (IPS) - "I am godless. I am an artist. I will find another country that is secular and will take me…" These are the emotional words of one of India's most famous and critically acclaimed actors, Kamal Haasan, who ran from one court to another to get his 17 million dollar trilingual film Vishwaroopam (Universe) released in his home state Tamil Nadu in south India last month.
“Censorship By Murder Will Not Silence Truth”
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Feb 19 (IPS) - It was almost four o'clock in the morning on Feb. 18, 1990, when Dr. Manorani Saravanamuththu pulled into the driveway of No. 42 Castle Street, an old Portuguese-style home located in a suburb of Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo.
Kenyan Media Magnifies Hate Speech – Again
- Inter Press Service
Virtually At Sea in the Pacific
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Feb 15 (IPS) - The Pacific Islands have some of the lowest rates of Internet penetration in the world, but tech-savvy urbanites are behind the emergence of a number of social media sites dedicated to generating public debate and demanding government accountability. However, without real action, online forums speaking truth to power are constrained in impacting political and social reforms in the region.
Female Journalists Walk on Eggshells in Sri Lanka
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Feb 14 (IPS) - The year was 1998 and porters at the wholesale vegetable market in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo had gone on strike, virtually suspending vegetable distribution in the city and its suburbs.
Q&A: Community Radio Reflects Levels of Democracy
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 12 (IPS) - In 1983, producers of popular radio, alternative radio and educational radio convened in Montreal to define a new genre of radio: community radio. Those dialogues led to the formation of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC).
Gaza Gags Civil Liberties
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Feb 12 (IPS) - Gaza is becoming increasingly radicalised as Hamas continues its crackdown on civil liberties, press freedom and the rights of women. In the last few weeks a number of journalists have been arrested and accused of being involved in "suspicious activities", several detainees shot dead by police during arrest attempts, and female students asked to abide by a strict Islamic dress code.
Turkey's EU Hopes Could Free Media
- Inter Press Service
ISTANBUL, Feb 01 (IPS) - As negotiations in Turkey's efforts to join the European Union remain stalled, many worry that the Turkish government has little incentive to curb its ongoing crackdown on media freedoms and freedom of expression.
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