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Indonesia – Radio Era Baru forcibly closed by police
Reporters Without Borders condemns today’s forcible closure of Radio Era Baru by police and frequency monitoring officials although last week’s conviction of its manager on a charge of broadcasting without permission and disrupting neighbouring frequencies is still the subject of an appeal. The closure of the station, located in Batam (in Riau province), was carried by at least 30 officials including members of the military police and local police and representatives of the Communication and (…)
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Thailand – New cases suggest no change in lèse-majesté policy
Reporters Without Borders regrets that the new Thai government is betraying the principles it originally affirmed by failing to put an end to misuse of the country’s lèse-majesté laws in order to censor and detain journalists, bloggers and netizens whose articles and posts are the subject of complaints because they are outspoken or raise sensitive issues. The press freedom organization fears that the new government lacks the will to implement what Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra had (…)
OSCE calls on Kosovo institutions to take further action in support of repatriated persons
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 13 September 2011 – Despite tangible progress achieved by Kosovo institutions in policy development and the establishment of institutional mechanisms, the implementation of the Revised Strategy for the Reintegration of Repatriat…
OSCE trains Azerbaijani journalists in online investigative journalism
BAKU, 13 September 2011 – A five-day training course on online investigative journalism for 17 professional investigative reporters organized by the OSCE Office in Baku started today…
OSCE Centre facilitates election visit to Norway for Turkmenistan officials
OSLO, 13 September 2011 – A delegation of high-level members of Turkmenistan’s Central Election Commission and Mejlis (Parliament) exchanged views on practical aspects and modern methods of regulating, organizing and conducting elections during a w…
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Ecuador – Media minister responds to Reporters Without Borders’ open letter
Ecuadorean media minister Fernando Alvarado published an open letter to Reporters Without Borders on 9 September in response to the one that its secretary-general, Jean-François Julliard, addressed to President Rafael Correa three days before. Reporters Without Borders is posting the minister’s reply on its website. It includes an invitation to international media freedom organizations to take part in a debate. “We thank the minister and, through him, President Correa, for taking the trouble (…)
