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Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka censors BBC’s programmes on UN Human Rights Council

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Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka censors BBC’s programmes on UN Human Rights Council

The state-owned Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) has repeatedly censored its FM retransmission of the BBC’s Tamil-language broadcasts since 16 March, a day after the start of the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council’s latest session, which has been looking at the issue of war crimes in Sri Lanka. “The replacement of the BBC’s coverage of the Human Rights Council’s activities by completely unrelated programming is a direct violation of the Tamil population’s right to information,” (…)

Tunisia –  RWB workshop on digital security for news providers on 29 March at WSF

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Tunisia – RWB workshop on digital security for news providers on 29 March at WSF

Read in Arabic (بالعربية) Reporters Without Borders, an international NGO that defends freedom of information, will organize a workshop on digital security for news providers on 29 March as part of the three-day 2013 World Social Forum that begun in Tunis on 26 March. The protection of journalists’ sources is no longer just a matter of professional ethics. Journalists need IT skills as well. What are the digital threats to which they are exposed and how can they fend them off? How can they (…)

Bangladesh – Targeted by Islamists and officials, blogger interrogated and censored

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Bangladesh – Targeted by Islamists and officials, blogger interrogated and censored

Reporters Without Borders condemns the hounding of the blogger Asif Mohiuddin, who was summoned and questioned by the police three days ago, two days after the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) blocked access to his blog (http://www.somewhereinblog.net/blog/realAsifM). The government seems to have yielded to pressure from Islamists amid growing political tension. With Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s approval, a committee was formed two weeks ago with the job of (…)

Somalia – Provincial woman journalist gunned down while visiting Mogadishu

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Somalia – Provincial woman journalist gunned down while visiting Mogadishu

Reporters Without Borders is saddened to learn that a young woman journalist, Rahmo Abdulkadir, was gunned down on a Mogadishu street two days ago. Shot five times, she died on the spot. She is the second woman journalist to have been killed in the past eight years, following visiting BBC reporter Kate Peyton who was gunned down in Mogadishu in 2005. “We offer our heart-felt condolences to Abdulkadir’s family,” Reporters Without Borders said. “Noting the recent arrest of three suspects in the (…)

United Arab Emirates – News blackout imposed on trial of 94 activists on national security charges

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United Arab Emirates – News blackout imposed on trial of 94 activists on national security charges

Reporters Without Borders roundly condemns the news blackout that the UAE’s authorities have imposed on the trial of 94 political activists and human rights defenders before the supreme court in Abu Dhabi on charges of endangering the country’s security. The authorities have allowed the UAE media to attend the four hearings so far held but [...]

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