Latest in Tag: journalist Highlight
Latest in Tag: journalist
The volcano erupts
The outpouring of rage in Islamic countries isn’t just about a low-budget film insulting the prophet Muhammad. It is the eruption of a volcano that has been simmering for the past eleven years
Ninth journalist killed in Somalia
Journalists continue to die as government stands by
The whole truth and nothing but the truth
On 8 March, I was in London attending a panel discussion on the safety of women journalists. I had been invited there by the International News Safety Institute (INSI) after contributing a chapter to a book published earlier this year by the INSI on the safety of female journalists working in conflict and danger zones. …
Tunisian journalists protest government appointed directors
âWe donât want police mentality in our newspaperâ
Journalists on trial in Turkey highlight Kurdish plight
Journalists held on trial for alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
Journalists in Ukraine protest media crackdown
Protesters disrupt Ukrainian presidentâs speech on press freedom
Charges against Australian journalist dropped
Charges were pending for six months
Activist’s death a âregrettable accidentâ
Israeli court rules Rachel Corrie’s death by a bulldozer not intentional.
The Heavy Stick of Democracy
By Mohaammed Aly Ibrahim, former editor of the Egyptian Gazette and AlGoumhoria newspapers For decades Egyptians were kept on a tight rein. Our leaders used âdemocracyâ as chewing gum before TV cameras then threw it away upon leaving interviews or press conferences. Either in dictatorship or in the incumbent so-called democracy, the concept of peopleâs …
Protests in Sudan threaten to topple Al-Bashir
The recent austerity measures taken by the government have included raising taxes and deep cuts to services like public health care.