press freedom

What Are the Rights of Reporters Covering Protests?

Stevie Converse — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:28:22 -0500

Full article: The Nation
Jonathan Peters
Reporting on protests is no easy job -- just ask the thirty-six reporters arrested while covering the Occupy movement, from New York to Boston to Nashville and beyond. What rights do reporters have to gather the news? Do they need credentials? Do reporters have the right in public places to record police activity?

Charges Against Journalists Dim the Democratic Glow in Turkey

Stevie Converse — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:35:40 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Dan Bilefsky and Sebnem Arsu
At a time when Washington and Europe are praising Turkey as the model of Muslim democracy for the Arab world, Turkish human rights advocates say the crackdown on journalists is part of an ominous trend that is repressing press freedoms though a mixture of intimidation, arrests and financial machinations.

'Arab Spring' Revolutions Fail to Provide Greater Press Freedom

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:35:37 -0400

Full article: The Guardian
Roy Greenslade
The fall of repressive regimes in north Africa and the Middle East, in the so-called Arab spring, has failed to usher in greater press freedom, according to a global media organization.

Telling Truths About Al Qaeda

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:10:16 -0400

Full article: Boston Globe
The vicious beating and murder of a Pakistani journalist, Syed Saleem Shahzad, ought to set off alarms in Washington, and not only for what the case says about a country where a reporter can pay with his life for running afoul of the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency.

Missing Pakistan Journalist Saleem Shahzad Found Dead

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:17:14 -0400

Full article: The Guardian
Declan Walsh
A prominent Pakistani journalist who investigated links between the military and al-Qaida has been found dead, triggering angry accusations against the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence spy agency.

Journalists' Killings 'Go Unpunished' in 13 Countries

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:12:35 -0400

Full article: BBC News
More than 251 journalists in 13 countries were killed "with impunity" in the past decade, the Committee to Protect Journalists has reported.

Egypt's Military Censors Critics as It Faces More Scrutiny

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:56:28 -0400

Full article: New York Times
David Kirkpatrick
The Egyptian military -- facing public criticism for torturing demonstrators and admitting that it forced some female detainees to undergo "virginity tests" -- is pressing the Egyptian news media to censor harsh criticism of it and protect its image.

Iraqi Journalists Struggle for Press Freedoms

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 31 May 2011 07:28:37 -0400

Full article: On the Media
Protests against the government of Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki in many of Iraq's big cities have been suppressed, as have the media attempting to cover them. Journalists in Iraq today are facing tactics reminiscent of the Saddam Hussein era.

New York Times Reporter Subpoenad

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 25 May 2011 11:58:46 -0400

Full article: NPR
Carrie Johnson
The Justice Department has subpoenaed <em>New York Times</em> reporter Jim Risen to provide critical eyewitness testimony it says it can't get any other way in the leak case involving former CIA operative Jeffrey Sterling. Risen says he'll ask a judge to quash the subpoena, setting up a First Amendment fight and a game of chicken with high stakes.

Journalist Dorothy Parvaz Is Free; Had Been Held in Syria

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 18 May 2011 11:07:05 -0400

Full article: NPR
Mark Memmott
Dorothy Parvaz, the al-Jazeera English correspondent who disappeared on April 29 after arriving in Syria to report on the protests there, is now free after an ordeal that included a period when she was held in Iran.