Posts Tagged ‘ pressfreedom ’

ctrp329 Iceland, The Journalist Refuge

March 4, 2010
By bicyclemark
ctrp329 Iceland, The Journalist Refuge

It took an economic meltdown, but Iceland is now taking steps that will transform the country into a place where journalism and publishing in general will more protected than anywhere else in the worl
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Azeri Video Bloggers Update

November 20, 2009
By bicyclemark
Azeri Video Bloggers Update

A recent podcast on this site was dedicated to telling the story of the Azeri videobloggers/youth activists who were attacked, arrested and held on a hooliganism charge. At that time their sentence ha
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Spied On, Arrested, and Deported

November 1, 2009
By bicyclemark
Spied On, Arrested, and Deported

This month marks the beginning of a series in both text as well as podcasts, focusing on journalists of all kinds who have been stopped from doing their work.  Whether they've been spied on, detained
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Argentine Media Law

October 22, 2009
By bicyclemark
Argentine Media Law

The Argentine parliament passed a new media reform law last week that caused alot of controversy throughout the country and is also of interest for national media policy throughout the world. The s
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bmtv101 Journalists Held in North Korea

April 28, 2009
By bicyclemark

cross posted on the Metroblogs Global Conspiracy It has been more than a month since CurrentTV journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee were detained by North Korean authorities on the China-North Korea b
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bm298 Imprisoned, Persecuted, and On the Air

March 19, 2009
By bicyclemark
bm298 Imprisoned, Persecuted, and On the Air

Tucked away somewhere in the labyrinth of streets on the Asia side of Istanbul, you'd think you were walking into someone's house until you notice that each room in this apartment is part of this mode
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PRess Freedom Index 08

October 22, 2008
By bicyclemark
PRess Freedom Index 08

Hard to believe another year has gone by and it is time once again for the Reporters Without Borders PRess Freedom Index. The list itself doesn't contain anything too shocking compared to last year
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bm277 Law & Order, China Style

September 4, 2008
By bicyclemark
bm277 Law & Order, China Style

Fresh from China and out of jail, BaghdadBrian tells of his adventure having been detained by the Chinese Police and held for a week in jail.  He explains how he handled interrogation, and what he des
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