http://www.webremixed.info/ Aggregation of tags: media Webremixer http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29315 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:14:42 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29315 2008-11-17T18:14:42Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29271 Reporters Without Borders calls for the withdrawal of the charges brought against TV reporter Fahem Boukadous because of his coverage of this year's protests in the Gafsa mining region. “The Tunisian authorities cannot keep reiterating their commitment to press freedom at every major national event if a journalist is forced to go into hiding", said the organisation. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:07:23 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29271 2008-11-13T18:07:23Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29256 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:05:00 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29256 2008-11-11T00:05:00Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29229 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:04:36 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29229 2008-11-07T18:04:36Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29208 As it celebrates the 21st anniversary today of Zine el Abidine Ben Ali's takeover as president, the Tunisian government is above all stressing his economic, social and security successes. Tunisia nonetheless continues to be one of the region's most authoritarian countries as regards civil liberties. Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:17:33 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29208 2008-11-07T12:17:33Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29192 Reporters Without Borders today renewed its call for the release of Egyptian blogger Kareem Amer, aged 24, sentenced in 2006 to three years in prison for “insulting Islam” and one year for “insulting the president”, who will have served half his sentence on 6 November 2008. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:07:57 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29192 2008-11-05T12:07:57Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29188 “Despite the appeal court's approval of Kilo's early release, the appeal filed by attorney-general reduces his chances of being freed soon,” Reporters Without Borders said. “If the authorities really were seriously concerned about the ‘interests of the law,' Kilo would not be rotting in prison". Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:06:54 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29188 2008-11-04T18:06:54Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29172 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:06:13 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29172 2008-11-03T18:06:13Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29154 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:25:39 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29154 2008-10-31T12:25:39Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29152 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:11:45 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29152 2008-10-30T18:11:45Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29145 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:56:45 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29145 2008-10-30T17:56:45Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29135 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:16:39 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29135 2008-10-29T18:16:39Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29121 Reporters Without Borders is deeply outraged by the sentences of two and a half years in prison which a Damascus court passed today on three Syrian journalists and nine other pro-democracy activists - all members of the Damascus Declaration National Council. “These dissidents, who have been gagged by a subservient judicial system, need the support of all those who are committed to freedom of opinion and expression,” the organisation said. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:24:56 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29121 2008-10-29T12:24:56Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29113 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:08:30 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29113 2008-10-28T18:08:30Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29103 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:23:07 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29103 2008-10-27T18:23:07Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29064 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:25:46 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29064 2008-10-22T17:25:46Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29056 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:10:46 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29056 2008-10-22T17:10:46Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29024 Reporters Without Borders welcomes the joint creation by the Iraqi interior ministry and the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory of a hotline for journalists in danger. “Protecting journalists is one of the challenges of building a democratic Iraq,” the organisation says. Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:28:27 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29024 2008-10-21T17:28:27Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29017 Reporters Without Borders is concerned about online free expression in the United Arab Emirates following recent comments by leading Internet sector officials. (©siliconvalleysleuth.co.uk) Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:25:51 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29017 2008-10-20T17:25:51Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28994 Reporters Without Borders today voiced its concern about the state of health of journalist Mohammad Hassin Falahieh Zadeh who has been on hunger strike since 5 October, taking only sugared water. The worldwide press freedom organisation joins his family and his lawyer in calling on him to end his fast, in Section 350 of Evin jail, Teheran. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:13:28 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28994 2008-10-17T17:13:28Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28988 Reporters Without Borders condemns the charges that have been brought against <strong class="spip">Habib Saleh</strong>, a cyber-dissident who was arrested without explanation in a market in his home town of Tartus on 6 May.The charges carry sentences ranging from two to 15 years in prison. No date has so far been set for his trial. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:09:03 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28988 2008-10-17T17:09:03Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28961 Reporters Without Borders is relieved that Emadoldin Baghi, a journalist and human rights activist with serious health problems, has been released from Tehran's Evin prison. He nonetheless faces possible re-imprisonment in two other cases currently before the courts. His release reduces the number of journalists detained in Iran to nine, six of whom are in Evin. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:22:12 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28961 2008-10-15T17:22:12Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28941 Reporters Without Borders is concerned about a new system of accreditation that Ismael Haniyeh's government has announced for all telecommunications companies, Internet service providers, broadcast media and news agencies based in the Gaza Strip.“This decisions seems above all to be motivated by Hamas' desire to control the press,” Reporters Without Borders said. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:26:39 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28941 2008-10-15T11:26:39Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28929 Reporters Without Borders condemns theologian and online journalist Mojtaba Lotfi's arrest on 8 October for a posting a sermon by Ayatollah Hussein Ali Montazeri - a well-known opponent of the Islamic revolution's Supreme Guide Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - online. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:25:53 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28929 2008-10-13T17:25:53Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28905 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:20:53 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28905 2008-10-11T17:20:53Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28877 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:03:14 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28877 2008-10-09T17:03:14Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28867 Reporters Without Borders condemns Syria's ban on distribution of the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat since 29 September. “The Arab media often depend on good diplomatic relations between the countries that finance them and the countries where they operate,” Reporters Without Borders said. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:23:17 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28867 2008-10-08T17:23:17Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28858 President Hosni Mubarak yesterday pardoned Ibrahim Issa, the editor of the opposition weekly Al-Dustour, who was sentenced to two months in prison. “This decision puts an end to an iniquitous judicial procedure that lasted more than a year. Mubarak cannot continue avoiding the need for legislative reform to decriminalize press offences,”Reporters Without Borders said. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:26:00 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28858 2008-10-07T17:26:00Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28823 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:02:23 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28823 2008-10-07T11:02:23Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28775 Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the two-month prison sentence which a Cairo appeals court passed on Ibrahim Issa, the editor of the opposition weekly Al-Dustour. This is supposed to be Mubarak's last term as president, but there has no let-up in the repressive policies he has been pursuing since he took over as president in 1981, the press freedom organisation said. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:10:28 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28775 2008-09-30T17:10:28Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28765 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:17:42 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28765 2008-09-29T17:17:42Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28747 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:22:44 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28747 2008-09-26T17:22:44Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28739 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:23:14 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28739 2008-09-25T17:23:14Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28704 Reporters Without Borders condemns the continuing press censorship in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, which has not spared the Palestinian broadcast media, and calls for the release of Ossayd Amarneh, a cameraman employed by Al-Aqsa TV, who was arrested in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on 21 September. Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:13:34 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28704 2008-09-24T17:13:34Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28691 Four Azeri journalists have been held without charge for more than 10 days while an Azeri journalist and blogger was sentenced to six months in prison on 20 September for her online articles. “These Azeris join the list of ethnic minority journalists held in Iran's prisons for criticising social inequality and demanding equal treatment within Iranian society,” the organisation said. Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:24:04 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28691 2008-09-24T11:24:04Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28683 Reporters Without Borders is very concerned about independent journalist Slim Boukhdir following his arrest in the southern city of Sfax on the night of 20 September by four plain-clothes policemen, who threatened him because of his articles and then dumped him 10 km outside the city. It was the first serious incident since his release from prison two months ago. Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:16:35 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28683 2008-09-23T17:16:35Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28603 Reporters Without Borders hails today's decision by an Agadir appeal court to quash blogger Mohamed Erraji's conviction on the grounds of procedural irregularities. Erraji was sentenced on 8 September to two years in prison and a fine of 5,000 dirhams (430 euros) for “disrespect for the king” in article for the Moroccan news website Hespress (http://hespress.com). Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:14:21 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28603 2008-09-18T17:14:21Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28573 Iraqi interior minister Jawad Al-Bolani has assured Reporters Without Borders that the murders of four employees of independent TV station Al-Sharqiya in the northern city of Mosul on 13 September will not go unpunished. The police announced the arrest of four suspects the day after the murders. Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:24:08 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28573 2008-09-16T17:24:08Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28560 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:09:08 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28560 2008-09-16T17:09:08Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28547 A Reporters Without Borders delegation led by its secretary-general, Robert Ménard, together with well-known French TV journalist Patrick Poivre d'Arvor and photographer François Daburon were denied entry to Syria at a Lebanese border crossing on 13 September. Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:21:43 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28547 2008-09-15T17:21:43Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28524 “We condemn the abduction and murder of the three Al-Sharqiya journalists and their driver and we call for a thorough investigation into the circumstances,” Reporters Without Borders said. “The comments by Al-Sharqiya's news director make such an investigation all the more urgent.” Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:14:41 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28524 2008-09-14T17:14:41Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28465 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:13:03 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28465 2008-09-09T17:13:03Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28449 Reporters Without Borders condemns the two-year prison sentence and fine of 5,000 dirhams (430 euros) which a court in the southern city of Agadir passed yesterday on blogger <strong class="spip">Mohamed Erraji</strong> for an article criticising King Mohammed that he wrote for the Moroccan news website <a href="http://www.hespress.com" class="spip_out">Hespress</a> (hespress.com). Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:58:03 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28449 2008-09-09T16:58:03Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28430 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:01:59 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28430 2008-09-04T17:01:59Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28420 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:46:59 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28420 2008-09-04T16:46:59Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28417 Reporters Without Borders condemns growing Egyptian government control over the media, especially the broadcast media. Egypt already has a repressive press law and a state of emergency law that has been in effect since 1981. Now, in November, parliament is due to examine a new broadcasting bill that is causing concern. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:31:59 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28417 2008-09-04T16:31:59Z