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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: freedom of press

freedom of press stories: 11 news summaries

Chinese Complainers Kidnapped

People routinely held
in 'black jails,' journalists beaten

Nov 12, 09 4:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Chinese citizens en route to Beijing to lodge complaints with China's central government are routinely nabbed by thugs and tossed into makeshift "black jails" where they are illegally detained for days or months, deprived of food and water, beaten and threatened—then sent back home without filing their complaints.... More »

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China • Beijing • corruption • freedom of press • Human Rights Watch • human rights violations

OPINION

 AP Made Right Decision 
 to Run Marine's Photo 

We need to see the war

Sep 9, 09 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The AP made the correct call in running a photo of a mortally wounded Marine, writes David Harsanyi in the Denver Post. “If I could recall a wanton penchant of the press to run photos of dead Marines, my reaction might have been very different,” he writes. But... More »

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US military • First Amendment • freedom of press • Associated Press • Marine • Afghanistan war • photojournalism • Marine Corps • Joshua Bernard • Julie Jacobson

OPINION

 Hey, Media: 
 US Jails Journos, Too 

'First duty' of press is to hold own gov't accountable

May 11, 09 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The American media are celebrating Iran’s release of journalist Roxana Saberi in a case the press doggedly pursued. But today’s back-patting is hypocritical, writes Glenn Greenwald in Salon: the US media have all but ignored foreign journalists imprisoned by our own government, often with little reason. Case in... More »

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media • propaganda • press • photographers • journalist • American media • freedom of press • media bias • American press • Roxana Saberi • Jay-ZTV

 Press Freedom 
 Declines Worldwide 

New report sees losses in all regions for first time ever

May 2, 09 6:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Press freedom declined worldwide last year for the seventh year in a row, and for the first time suffered losses in all regions, according to a new report by Freedom House. Slipping from “free” to “partially free” were Israel, Italy and Hong Kong, while Cambodia fell to “... More »

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Israel • media • free speech • Hong Kong • Italy • journalism • Cambodia • freedom of press • Freedom House

In Case Pen Is No Mightier, Russian Journos Want Guns

Novaya Gazeta's work has earned it a grim legacy of dead reporters

Jan 26, 09 4:15 PM CST
(Newser) - The murders of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and reporter Anastasia Baburova last week are only the latest to strike the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, and show just how costly freedom of the press still is in Russia, Der Spiegel reports. Investigative reporters are likely to make so many enemies—from members... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • murder • corruption • journalism • reporter • Anna Politkovskaya • freedom of press • Anastasia Baburova • Stanislav Markelov

Journos Already Chafed Over
WH Access

'Rookie mistake'
keeps press from second oath-taking

Jan 23, 09 9:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Day 4, and already the White House and the press are squabbling? Press Secretary Robert Gibbs’ maiden briefing included outbursts from reporters angry over what they saw as opaque behavior, Politico reports. The top complaint: Only four reporters, and no non-White House cameras, were allowed at President Obama’s retaking... More »

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freedom of press • press secretary • Obama administration • reporters • Robert Gibbs • White House press corps

Shoe-Thrower
Is Instant Hit on Arab Street

Demonstrators want journalist who took aim at Bush set free

Dec 15, 08 11:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Thousands marched across Iraq today to demand the release of Muntazer al-Zaidi, the little-known Shiite journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush yesterday. Though Bush spent last night making shoe puns—I have my assailant’s “sole,” he quipped—Iraq’s government was less amused, charging al-Zaidi... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • shoes • Bush legacy • freedom of press • freedom of speech • George W. Bush • Muntadar al-Zaidi

 Russian TV Rubs Out Putin Foes 

Rumored 'stop list' keeps pesky gov't opponents off the airwaves

Jun 3, 08 9:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russian TV stations have just the solution for pesky opposition commentary—they simply keep it off the airways, even digitally erasing one anti-Putin analyst, the New York Times reports. Putin’s opponents are included in what some call a “stop list” of figures banned from television coverage. It’s... More »

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Russia • television • Vladimir Putin • censorship • freedom of press • television news

  Bin Laden Threatens Europe 

He says cartoons of Muhammad part of crusade against Islam

Mar 19, 08 8:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden threatened Europe today with "severe" retaliation over the publication of cartoons of the prophet Muhammad, the AP reports. The audio recording of bin Laden surfaced on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, though he made no mention of it, and a day before the Muslim... More »

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Islam • European Union • publishing • editorial cartoons • Osama bin Laden • Islamic extremism • freedom of press • religious conflict • Danish Mohammed cartoons • Iraq war

Armenia Attacks Protesters 

Country declares emergency rule, kills 1 as rallies rage for 2nd week

Mar 1, 08 4:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Armenian cops fired on a crowd of protesters today and killed at least one as the country declared emergency rule, Reuters reports. Protests have raged daily since a Feb. 19 presidential election that opponents say was rigged for ex-premier Serzh Sarksyan. Police are holding opposition hopeful Levon Ter-Petrosian under house... More »

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protests • freedom of expression • freedom of press • police crackdown • Armenia • emergency rule • Levon Ter-Petrosian • Robert Kocharian

Russia Arrests 10 for Murder
of Journalist

Chechen crime group, government officers implicated

Aug 27, 07 1:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ten men were arrested today in the murder of Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya last October, the Guardian reports. A Chechen organized-crime boss led the group responsible for the slaying, Russian authorities say. Those arrested are said to include current and former officials in the interior ministry and the security... More »

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Russia • organized crime • Vladimir Putin • murder • Chechnya • journalist • Paul Klebnikov • Anna Politkovskaya • freedom of press

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