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Kazakhstan – Kazkhstan
Read in Russian / читать по-русски Казахстан 2012 Kazakhstan, which considers itself a regional model after holding the rotating presidency of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in 2010, seems to be straying from its fine promises to embark without detours on the road to cybercensorship. In 2011, a unprecedented social protest movement prolonged by a violent uprising, a wave of odd attacks and the Head of State’s health problems made the authorities even more nervous, causing (…)
International – In honour of World Day against Cyber-Censorship, RSF releases new list of internet enemies
Bahrain and Belarus have been added to the “Enemies of the Internet” category, and India and Kazakhstan have been classified as “countries under surveillance.”
Ennemis d'Internet \ internet \ SLIDESHOW \ Une - Internet - 1
Beset by online surveillance and content filtering, netizens fight on
This report, which presents the 2012 list of countries that are “Enemies of the Internet” and “under surveillance,” updates the report published on 12 March 2011. The last report, released in March 2011 at the climax of the Arab Spring, highlighted the fact that the Internet and social networks have been conclusively established as tools for protest, campaigning and circulating information, and as vehicles for freedom. In the months that followed, repressive regimes responded with tougher (…)
Montenegro – Attack on her way home puts investigative reporter in hospital
Reporters Without Borders deplores the violent attack two days ago on Olivera Lakic, an investigative reporter with the Montenegro daily Vijesti, while she was on her way home. “For months the newspaper has been under pressure and its journalists regularly receive threats,” the press freedom organization said. “There were three arson attacks on cars owned by the newspaper in July and August last year. The latest act is a totally unacceptable and raises questions about the protection of (…)
Azerbaijan – Online journalist sentenced to 18 months in prison
Reporters Without Borders is dismayed to learn that a court in the Baku district of Absheron yesterday sentenced online journalist Ramin Bayramov, the editor of the Islamazeri.az website, to 18 months in prison on charges of illegal possession of drugs and firearms. He has been detained since 11 July 2011. “Bayramov is almost certainly just the latest victim of a crackdown on pro-Iranian religious sectors in Azerbaijan,” Reporters Without Borders said. “Baku and Tehran must stop making (…)
Egypt \ The arab revolt \ Une - Moyen Orient - 2
Egypt – Journalists and bloggers among 12 people to appear before military courts
Reporters Without Borders objects to the decision to bring two journalists and two activist bloggers before military courts to face charges of harming the army’s image and seeking to overthrow the state. “The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has demonstrated once again its willingness to muzzle media workers, who are the repeated victims of military oppression,” the press freedom organization said. “This organization openly condemns the use of military courts to try journalists and (…)
Papua New Guinea \ Une - Asie - 1
Papua New Guinea – Grenade-wielding police officer threatens newspaper reporter
Reporters Without Borders condemns the death threats that Patrick Talu, a reporter for the Post-Courier newspaper, received from police officers brandishing guns and a hand-grenade at a meeting yesterday in the capital, Port Moresby, between officials and landowners opposed to a controversial gas pipeline project. “Urgent steps must be taken to a stop this kind of abuse of authority and to ensure that the news media are not in any danger while doing their job of informing the public,” (…)
Papua New Guinea \ Une - Asie - 1
Papua New Guinea – Grenade-wielding police officer threatens newspaper reporter
Reporters Without Borders condemns the death threats that Patrick Talu, a reporter for the Post-Courier newspaper, received from police officers brandishing guns and a hand-grenade at a meeting yesterday in the capital, Port Moresby, between officials and landowners opposed to a controversial gas pipeline project. “Urgent steps must be taken to a stop this kind of abuse of authority and to ensure that the news media are not in any danger while doing their job of informing the public,” (…)
internet \ Tajikistan \ Une - Europe - 1
Tajikistan – Facebook and four news websites blocked on government’s orders
Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the sudden escalation in cyber-censorship by the Tajik government. Since 2 March, a dozen local Internet Service Providers have received orders to block access to the social network Facebook and four independent news websites. “A year and a half after the last episode of this kind, the Tajik authorities have gone back to large-scale cyber-censorship,” Reporters Without Borders said. “This major blocking initiative is as inacceptable as it is (…)
Dominican Republic \ Une - Amériques - 1
Dominican Republic – Court surprisingly acquits three men of murdering cameraman in 2008
Reporters Without Borders is stunned to learn that a court in the northern city of Santiago de los Caballeros has acquitted three men of the 2008 murder of Normando García (photo), a cameraman employed by the Santiago-based TV station Teleunión. Those acquitted on 1 March were businessman Jaime Flete García and the two men Flete allegedly hired to gun García down on 7 August 2008 in Santiago, José Amauris Santiago and José Agustín Espinal. A taxi driver García was talking to at the time was also (…)
International – On International Women’s Day, IFEX members and partners pay tribute to women writers and journalists
A book dedicated to the safety of women journalists is just one of the ways IFEX members and partners are paying tribute to women journalists, writers and activists on International Women’s Day 2012.
International – Twenty-two countries take up World Music Freedom Day on 3 March
From New York to Cairo, from Istanbul to Accra: Music Freedom Day 2012 was marked on 3 March across 22 countries to advocate musical freedom of expression worldwide.
International – Data Journalism Awards open for entries
Think you can get your message across in an age of information overload? Consider applying for the Data Journalism Awards, the first international contest recognising outstanding work and editorial excellence in the field of data journalism worldwide. …
Russia – Journalists beaten and arrested during post-election protests
Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns the way the police treated journalists during post-election protests in Moscow and Saint Petersburg on 5 March, when eight journalists were arrested and two were beaten (one by police and one by a group of nationalists). “It is clear that the purpose of this treatment was to silence journalists and prevent them from filming the protests,” Reporters Without Borders said. “The media were clearly targeted. This must stop. Journalists who are being held (…)
