South African journalist arrested following reports of police brutality
South African journalist Hein Coetzee was arrested after he had reported complaints that police had assaulted them and threatened them…
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Mediachannel is taken over by global media research company
Mediachannel.org, the website set up in 2000 by former CBS and ABC producer Danny Schechter has been taken over by…
BySarkozy strategy to control French media agenda
French journalists are concerned that president Nicholas Sarkozy’s appetite for managing the media and his friendships among the media establishment…
ByBBC journalist detained in Somalia
BBC Somalia service stringer Ayanle Hussein Abdi has been arrested for allegedly reporting misleading information, according to Reporters Without Borders.…
ByFormer managing editor of Saudi Gazette on female journalists
US journalist Rob Wagner gives his take on the female journalist movement in Saudi Arabia, claiming things are further on…
ByTwo Somalian journalists arrested in Mogadishu
The manager of privately-owned Somaliweyn Radio, and one of its journalists were arrested by government security forces yesterday in Mogadishu…
ByFears that harassment is spreading to foreign media as Pakistan deports US journalist
US journalist Nicholas Schmidle was deported from Pakistan on 11 January. It is thought his deportation is linked to his…
ByGoogle maps tool used to plot online censorship worldwide
Published in Press Gazette, A new online project launched by blogger and citizen journalist advocates Global Voices aims to highlight…
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