Archive for September, 2009

Russian journalist fears high-level death threat

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

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Alexandr Podrabinek has been driven into hiding after he wrote an article critical of defenders of the Soviet legacy. Maria Eismont reports
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Guinea: protesters killed

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Dozens of protesters were shot dead in a crowded football stadium by Guinean security forces at a demonstration against the country’s military leader Captain Moussa “Dadis” Camara on 28 September. As many as 58 people had been brought in to the Conakry morgue on Monday, according to a doctor who wished to remain anonymous. Read more here

Berlusconi: new attack on media

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

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Newspapers linked to Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi have launched an attack on state broadcaster RAI, telling readers not to pay their television licence fee. The call is part of a long-running assault on media critical of the governing party and Berlusconi’s business empire.
Download Index on Censorship’s report on political interference in Italian media here

Civil liberties suspended in Honduras

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Interim leaders in Honduras suspended civil liberties on 27 September. Measures can now be taken to break up “unauthorised” public meetings, arrest people without warrants and restrict the news media. Media outlets which “attack peace and public order or which offend the human dignity of public officials, or attack the law” will be closed. Pro-Zelaya radio and television stations which have continued to broadcast Zelaya’s statements and criticise the government are primarily subject to these restrictions. Read more here

Russian reporter goes into hiding

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Freelance journalist and human rights activist, Alexandr Podrabinek, has gone into hiding after getting death threats over a controversial article about the government’s defence of the Soviet Union. Podrabinek wrote his controversial article for the Ej.ru news website on 21 September, which discussed the Soviet Union’s crimes against the Russian people and criticised the way the current government is defending its image in the people’s collective memory. Read more here

Uphill struggle for Belarus journalists

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

Members of the delegation meet the Belarus media.

Freedom of expression groups joined forces this month to investigate the obstacles facing independent media in Alaksandr Lukashenka’s Belarus; censorship made possible by the combination of a number of blunt-edged tools in a deceptively sophisticated system of media control.

Rohan Jayasekera (second left) comments from Minsk.
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Bahrain: government orders over 1,000 websites blocked

Friday, September 25th, 2009

On 23 September, the government has announced plans to block 1040 websites, referring to a resolution which states that all telecommunications companies and internet service providers “shall block pornographic websites”. Many of the websites to be blocked, however, are those of the opposition, religious groups and human rights organisations. Read more here

PROTEST! Talking about your right to speak out

Friday, September 25th, 2009

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Take action and be part of the next generation of protest!

Protest has been vital in securing many of the rights and freedoms we enjoy today and it has the power to change the course of history. It has been used to create democracies and demand fair and equal treatment.

Join Index on Censorship and Liberty for an afternoon of debate and discussion about how we can use peaceful protest today to achieve positive change. Hear from experienced campaigners, and learn more about your right to protest.

SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Shami Chakrabarti – Director of Liberty
John Kampfner – CEO Index on Censorship
Peter Tatchell – Human rights campaigner
Matthew Ryder – Leading barrister in police law and human rights
Eduardo Gill-Pedro – Protest legal rights advisor

PANEL DISCUSSION:
Bibi Van Der Zee – Journalist and Campaigner (Chair)
Richard George – Plane Stupid
Juliane Heider – Stop Deportation Network
Lowkey – Rapper / Poet / Political Activist
Nizam Uddin – University of London Union President

ADMISSION FREE

Monday, 12 October 2000
14:00 – 18:00
London Southbank University, The Keyworth Centre
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