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Wednesday, April 02, 2008 - Posts

Wednesday, April 02, 2008 11:50 AM

Beijing Games and Media Freedom

The Beijing Olympic games are just a few months away and so far we have not seen practical examples of the promised relaxing of the rules for Chinese and foreign journalists. The Beijing government has always been very clever with the way it deals
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008 11:45 AM

Afghanistan governemnt going after private media

The Afghan government is waging a campaign to do in a private television station because it airs programs of men and women dancing together. The Information and Culture Ministry announced March 30 that the broadcasting of some Indian films and TV series,
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008 11:16 AM

Journalism Groups Condemn UN Vote on Censorship

First a few comments.   No one should be surprised that a United Nations' body voted to support a proposal that was blatantly opposed to freedom of expression. The whole history of the UN and its constituent bodies have a long history of supporting
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