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Azerbaijan – Unfair Lobbying and Trials against Journalists in Azerbaijan
Downoad in PDF Reporters Without Borders is appalled at the harsh action the Azerbaijani regime is taking against its critics in the run-up to the presidential election this autumn, and distances itself from dubious attempts to create an anti-European mood in the country and thus weaken the opposition. One example of this is a supposed “study” currently in circulation on the decline of values in Europe, which claims the support of human rights organisations like Reporters Without Borders. (…)
azerbaijan \ REPORTER \ Reporters Without Borders \ Une - Europe - 1
Azerbaijan – Unfair Lobbying and Trials against Journalists in Azerbaijan
Downoad in PDF Reporters Without Borders is appalled at the harsh action the Azerbaijani regime is taking against its critics in the run-up to the presidential election this autumn, and distances itself from dubious attempts to create an anti-European mood in the country and thus weaken the opposition. One example of this is a supposed “study” currently in circulation on the decline of values in Europe, which claims the support of human rights organisations like Reporters Without Borders. (…)
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Guatemala – Journalist gunned down in southeastern department of Jutiapa
Reporters Without Borders and the CERIGUA Journalists’ Observatory condemn journalist Jaime Napoleón Jarquín Duarte’s murder on 20 March in Ciudad Pedro de Alvarado, in the southeastern department of Jutiapa. The two partner organizations urge the authorities to carry out a rapid investigation in order to identify those responsible – both the perpetrators and the instigators – and bring them to justice. Jarquín, 63, was playing cards on the street with three friends when gunmen got out of a farm (…)
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Vietnam – Response to Vietnamese newspaper’s criticism of 2013 Netizen Prize
In an article published online on 14 March, the Vietnamese daily Nhan Dan criticized the fact that the 2013 Reporters Without Borders Netizen Prize was awarded to the Vietnamese citizen-journalist and blogger Huynh Ngoc Chenh. Like his compatriots Ta Phong Tan and Nguyen Hoang Vi, Chenh was singled out for his defence of freedom of the media and information in Vietnam and for the courage he showed in using his website for the free and constructive expression of diverse opinions about (…)
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China – Freedom of information still under threat after Xi Jinping’s installation
After Xi Jinping’s appointment as president, Li Keqiang’s appointment as prime minister and the conclusion of the first annual session of the 12th National People’s Congress on 17 March, Reporters Without Borders calls on China’s new rulers to end the surveillance and censorship of news providers. Many violations of freedom of information were reported during the month that preceded this once-in-a-decade change of leadership. Reporters Without Borders notes that Xi Jinping spoke of a (…)
International – Concern over secrecy of free trade agreement, provisions on “intellectual property”
The proposed Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA) must exclude any provisions related to “intellectual property” that could impede the right to free expression, says a joint civil society declaration.
