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World Voices Festival celebrates literary diplomacy (part 2 of 2)

To read part one of this article please click here. Part two begins now:Outside of Ethiopia, Eskinder Nega is largely regarded as a champion of...
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Costa Rica is first again in Latin America for freedom of the press

Reporters without Borders every year compiles an index which reflects the degree of freedom that journalists and news organizations experience in...
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Ecuadorean court to review libel case against daily El Universo

  • Rafael Correa
  • January 25, 2012
Yesterday the Ecuadorean court suspended the hearing in the latest libel case against the South American daily EL Universo. The defamation claims...
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OWS, N.Y. press readies for 'Bloomberg army' reporter abuse protest

Occupy Wall Street and New York press to spotlight 'Bloomberg Army' human rights abusesHuman rights defenders with the New York press and...
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Occupy Censorship: U.S. human rights abuse of 6 detained American journalists

U.S. violating human rights and Constitution First Amendment rights of 6 detained journalists covering Occupy Wall Street must end say Society of...
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Ex-Murdoch executive arrested, 100,000 demand Congress investigate

Destroyed hacking victims deserve extensive Congressional investigation says major media groupRebekah Brooks, former executive of Rupert Murdoch&...
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White House bans cameras at daily news briefing

  • press access to White House
  • May 13, 2011
What is going on at the White House? First, Obama announces that he will no longer provide 'staged' news photos for reporters. Then, today...
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Violence against journalists prompts global Human Rights petition

A human rights alert is circulating following another brutal attack on a journalist last week. Today's human rights abuses involving escalated...
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Egypt's 'Road map for a Nation of Rights and the Rule of Law'

The day after the resignation of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, the Forum of Independent Human Rights Organizations issued a statement...
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The heroine of the day is Egyptian Shahira Amin - she quit Nile TV

She was happy, liberated and relieved she told the BBC. She couldn't handle it anymore, as the deputy head at Egyptian state owned Nile TV....
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