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Murdoch to Arabs: censorship is counterproductive - San Francisco Chronicle

The Guardian

Murdoch to Arabs: censorship is counterproductive
San Francisco Chronicle
... Fox News and The Wall Street Journal, drew on his personal experience in dealing with unwelcome criticism to make his case for greater press freedom. ...
Media mogul encourages press transparency in Gulf StatesUK Marketing News (press release)

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Lebanon receives praise for freedom of media expression - Daily Star - Lebanon

Daily Star - Lebanon

Lebanon receives praise for freedom of media expression
Daily Star - Lebanon
Lebanon ranked 61st in Reporters Without Border's 2009 press freedom index, second only to Kuwait in the Middle East and North Africa region. ...

Ugandan plan would punish media for 'economic sabotage' - CPJ Press Freedom Online (blog)

Reuters South Africa

Ugandan plan would punish media for 'economic sabotage'
CPJ Press Freedom Online (blog)
The proposed amendments seem to be worryingly in line with Freedom House's 2009 assessment of Uganda 's press freedom climate, one in which “the ...
Ugandan media slam proposed lawNews24

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Tunisia Monitoring Group Urges the UN to Take a Good Look at That Country

To mark the occasion of 8 March 2010, International Women's Day, members of the Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG), of which WPFC is a member, and members of the IFEX Gender Working Group appeal to the UN to raise concerns about the on-going violations of women's rights in Tunisia:

Ms. Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

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GNI Statement for Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law

The US Senate's Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law today held hearings on Global Internet Freedom and the Rule of Law, Part 2, focusing on the role of the American information technology industry dealing with censorship by authoritarian regimes.

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Jan. 19, 2010 - WPFC Condemns 7-Year Prison Sentence against Leading Armenian Journalist Nikol Pashinyan

Washington, USA, Jan. 19, 2010 — The World Press Freedom Committee —an organization representing 45 press freedom groups from throughout the world— condemns the seven-year prison sentence handed down today against Armenian journalist Nikol Pashinyan, editor-in-chief of the country’s leading newspaper, Haykakan Zhamanak (Armenian Times), who was arrested on July 1 after he voluntarily came out of hiding.

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