News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 68
Alternative to Wikileaks Arises in Iceland
- Inter Press Service
REYKJAVIK, Sep 24 (IPS) - With the imprisonment of Bradley Manning and detainment of Julian Assange, WikiLeaks is effectively on hold. But that does not mean that leaks and whistleblowing activities have stopped.
Suu Kyi Backs Lifting of Final U.S. Sanctions on Myanmar
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 19 (IPS) - Speaking on Tuesday at her first public address in the United States, Myanmar’s opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, said that she supported the lifting of the last remaining U.S. economic sanctions on her country, but also warned that all remaining political prisoners need to be released.
Fighting for a Free Press in Sudan
- Inter Press Service
KHARTOUM, Sep 15 (IPS) - In Sudan’s newspaper district in Khartoum East, dozens of people sit beneath the trees sipping tea or reading newspapers. Most are journalists who once worked for the 10 newspapers that were either forced closed by the country’s security services or because of economic constraints that resulted after the government raised printing taxes in an attempt to prevent the media from reporting on anti-government demonstrations.
Q&A: Harnessing the Power of the Press to Build Peace
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 14 (IPS) - Conflicts of interest can be viewed as drivers of societies and human development, although recourse to violence has destroyed millions of people’s lives and leaves generations wounded for decades and even centuries.
Belarus Heads for Election, not Democracy
- Inter Press Service
WARSAW, Sep 10 (IPS) - Belarusians will vote for a new, but still regime-controlled parliament on Sep. 23. At least those who do not respond to calls for boycotting the poll.
Angola’s “Free and Fair” Elections Could Be Contested
- Inter Press Service
LUANDA, Sep 04 (IPS) - Question marks hang over the legitimacy of Angola’s general election as Africa’s second-longest serving leader Jose Eduardo dos Santos has won a five-year term in office following his party’s landslide victory.
Q&A: The Undying Legacy of Dambudzo Marechera
- Inter Press Service
WINDHOEK, Aug 29 (IPS) - Legendary and controversial Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera, who once famously told people to let him write and drink his beer, has been dead for 25 years. However, interest in the life and work of the author, who has become a cult icon to aspiring young writers in Zimbabwe and abroad, will not die.
Veil Falls Over Egyptian Media
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Aug 25 (IPS) - The former regime of Hosni Mubarak tightly controlled the press and intimidated journalists who dared to criticise it. Now it appears the Muslim Brotherhood has adopted similar tactics to stifle dissent.
Assange's Limbo in Ecuador's UK Embassy Likely to Drag On
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 17 (IPS) - Two months after he sought refuge in Ecuador's London embassy, WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange was formally granted asylum by Quito on Thursday.
Women Now Have a Voice in Chile’s Press
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Aug 10 (IPS) - "We always dreamed of a ‘heroine’ who would not only denounce violence against women, but would also represent us in other spheres,” Kena Lorenzini, the director of Chile’s first feminist publication, told IPS.
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