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• South Korea Seeks Arrest of Podcaster Choo Chin-woo

  
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  Prosecutors said the journalist Choo Chin-woo “spread false information” about President Park Geun-hye’s brother through articles and a podcast in order to block her election.        
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• Russia: Arrest of businessman suspected in 2000 death of investigative reporter, Igor Domnikov is a long-overdue step toward justice

  
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  IFEXCommittee to Protect Journalists10 May 2013  The 8 May 2013 arrest in Moscow of a local businessman suspected of organizing a brutal attack that led to the death in 2000 of investigative reporter Igor Domnikov is a long-overdue step toward justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. Russian authorities ...
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• Curran on media freedom

  
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  Clare Curran is a Labour MP, and self-described communications expert. She is one of the lead bloggers at Labours blog Red Alert. One of her most recent posts there is under the heading " Media freedom an endangered species in NZ " Its just as well that Clare hadnt included the word "Social" at the start of ...
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• Saradha Group scandal exposes ties between India’s media, politicians

  
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  The discovery of a financial scam at a company in India’s West Bengal state is shining a light on the relationship between politicians and media owners, Mahima Kaul reports. The firm in question, Saradha Group, had risen to become a financial empire over the past eight years under boss and owner Sudipta Sen. The ...
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• Christopher Geidt: the suave, shrewd and mysterious royal insider

  
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  MPs have in the past asked in the Commons whether Geidt – now the Queens private secretary – was a member of MI6 When the Queen turned around to reveal herself as James Bonds spymaster in a skit for the opening ceremony of the London Olympics, jaws dropped in living rooms around the country at the audacity and ...
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• Kerry must raise ‘existential threat to Russian civil society’ as opposition aims to revive anti-Putin protests

  
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      “Thousands of people turned out Monday for a protest here that was intended to draw attention to what organizers said was the return of political prosecutions in the Russian courts,” The New York Times’ Andrew E. Kramer reports …
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• Pakistan’s Changing Media Landscape

  
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  According to the Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index, Pakistan stands at 159th position among 179 countries. After independence from British India in 1947, media in Pakistan was fully controlled by the government. Successive dictatorships and also democratic governments used censorship and other means to gag ...
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• Media academic warns over digital surveillance, calls for new robust ethical model

  
  Caf Pacific | Media freedom and transparency — Authority: 125
  Audio report by AUT student journalist Michael Sergel for the Pacific Media Centre.By Anna MajavuA LEADING journalism academic has voiced concern at the high levels of digital surveillance facing journalists today and has urged journalists to adopt a new ethical model of reporting for social good.Dr Mark Pearson, ...
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• South Sudan: South Sudanese authorities have done far too little to end unlawful detention of media workers

  
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  Source: Human Rights WatchPass Laws to Protect, Promote Media Freedom(Juba) – Security force harassment and unlawful detention of journalists is undermining freedom of expression in South Sudan, the Agency for Independent Media (AIM), Amnesty International, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), and Human Rights ...
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• Media freedom and social media - Pacific trends on Press Freedom Day

  
  Caf Pacific | Media freedom and transparency — Authority: 125
  A LEADING Australian journalism law professor and freedom of the press advocate will give New Zealand’s inaugural UNESCO World Press Freedom Day lecture at AUT University today.Dr Mark Pearson, professor of journalism and social media at Griffith University near Brisbane, will be speaking on the theme “Press ...
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• Tunisia’s press faces repressive laws, uncertain future

  
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  “Tunisians are clearly aware of the heavy responsibility they hold with regard to the future of democracy in the region. They do know that the entire world is watching carefully, that their success, or failure, will have a significant impact in the Arab world. It is here, indeed, that the democratic renewal of the ...
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• Egypt’s post-revolution media vibrant but partisan

  
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  More than two years after mass protests in Egypt demanding “freedom” among other things, the media in Egypt, post revolution, is a lot more vibrant and freer than it was under toppled President Hosni Mubarak. But it is a sensational, tabloid and segmented media, reflecting the deep polarization in the country, ...
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• Commonwealth calls for withdrawal of military from Fiji’s govt

  
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  26 April 2013, London 1. The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) held its thirty-ninth meeting in London on 26 April 2013. 2. The meeting was chaired by Hon Dr Dipu Moni, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh. It was also attended by Senator the Hon Bob Carr, Minister for Foreign Affairs of ...
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• Media ignores major young leaders Pacific politics forum

  
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  New Zealand Labour MPs Louisa Wall and Kris Faafoi, a former journalist, speaking about the Marriage Amendment Bill and Pacific culture in Parliament. The bill, designed to amend the 1955 Marriage Act to enable gay couples to marry, decisively passed its third reading. The MPs also spoke at this weeks Pacific ...
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• Uzbekistan: Uzbek writer released after over 14 years in prison

  
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  IFEXWriters in Prison Committee, PEN International23 April 2013 Award-winning Uzbek writer, Mamadali Makhmudov, has finally been released after over 14 years in prison. PEN International has been campaigning for Makhmudovs release from the outset, alongside that of other writers and journalists. Today there are at ...
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• Mexico: Concern for safety of Mexican reporter investigating colleagues murder

  
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  IFEXARTICLE 1922 April 2013  When Regina Martínez, a correspondent for the Proceso magazine in Xalapa, was killed in April 2012, Jorge Carrasco was chosen as the Proceso journalist who would follow the investigations. Carrasco monitored progress by the Attorney General of Veracruz and the Attorney General of the ...
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• Glenn Beck exposes bombshell claim about Saudi National Abdul Rahman Ali Al Harby who was Arrested at the Boston Marathon

  
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  Click HERE to read the whole story: Background points: A Saudi national originally identified as a “person of interest” in the Boston Marathon bombing was set to be deported under section 212 3B — “Security and related grounds” — “Terrorist activities” after the bombing As the story gained traction, ...
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