Full Coverage: Freedom of Expression
February 2008
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02/29/2008
Ihmisoikeusaktivistien, kansalaisjärjestöjen ja median toimintavapaus Venäjällä on viime vuosina jatkuvasti kaventunut, arvioi Amnesty International uudessa raportissaan.
Read moreFrom: Amnesty International Suomen osasto Related: [Russian Federation] [Human Rights] [Civil Society] Image: Presidentti Putin
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02/26/2008
The Indian Association for Women’s Studies (IAWS) has appealed for the release of Dr Binayak Sen, a human rights activist and a pediatrician, who has been in jail for the past nine months. In its resolution the IAWS has also demanded the repeal of Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [Human Rights] [Civil Rights] [Activism] [Justice and Crime] |
02/26/2008
On February 7, 2008 the privately-owned Nation monthly magazine was ordered to pay E120,000 (approximately US$20,000) to a civil servant for defamation of character by the High Court of Swaziland
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02/22/2008
Joukko Yhdysvaltain johtavia tieteentekijöitä on vedonnut maan kongressiin varmistaakseen, ettei maan seuraava presidentti sensuroi ja vääristä ympäristö- ja terveysalan tutkimusta. Tutkijoiden mukaan "poliittisesti arkaluontoisia asioita" sisältäviä tutkimuksia on George W. Bushin kaudella jätetty julkaisematta.
Read moreFrom: Suomen IPS Related: [United States] [Science] |
02/21/2008
On February 7, 2008 the privately-owned Nation monthly magazine was ordered to pay E120,000 (approximately US$20,000) to a civil servant for defamation of character by the High Court of Swaziland.
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02/14/2008
Tasneem Khalil, a journalist working for Daily Star and CNN, was picked up by military intelligence in Bangladesh in a midnight raid and was badly beaten up. His case is just the tip of the iceberg, as tens of thousands are arbitrarily detained and tortured by security forces, says Human Rights Watch.
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02/12/2008
On February 2, 2008, a female journalist with the Times of Swaziland Sunday was assaulted by a church pastor soon after a prayer service called by King Mswati III at his Lozitha palace.
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02/07/2008
The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, calls for all charges against Lesotho journalist Thabo Thakalekoala to be dropped. These charges include High Treason, a charge that carries the death penalty.
MoreRelated: [Africa] Image: Mandela's cell on Robben Island, South Africa, October 2004 © Peter Armstrong
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02/06/2008
On February 2, 2008, a female journalist with the Times of Swaziland Sunday was assaulted by a church pastor soon after a prayer service called by King Mswati III at his Lozitha palace.
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02/05/2008
The private newspaper industry in the country is about to collapse in the wake of high production costs worsened by an acute shortage of locally produced newsprint.
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