Posts Tagged ‘journalist’
June 25th, 2010
Heather Murdock, a US journalist, has been
expelled from Ethiopia. Local reports suggest her work as an investigative journalist in the restive Ogaden province was the reason for her expulsion. There have been a number of recent skirmishes between government forces and the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF). Murdock had been working for the broadcaster
Voice of America (VOA) covering the aftermath of the general election. The Ethiopian government has recently enacted anti-terrorism legislation which empowers it to expel journalists which portray rebel groups in a favourable light and the authorities have been
blocking of Voice of America’s website and
jamming of its radio service in recent months.
June 16th, 2010
Joris Luyendijk: Hello Everybody!
24 June
7.00pm
£5 (includes a glass of wine)
Index on Censorship presents award winning journalist Joris Luyendijk, to speak about his recent book Hello Everybody! The book tells the story of Luyendijk’s experiences as a reporter in the Middle-East and of the great disparities between the truth and what is portrayed in the media.
More details at http://www.freewordonline.com/events/?event_id=98
Free Word Centre
60 Farringdon Road
London
EC1R 3GA
June 9th, 2010
Turkish journalist, Nedim Şener has been
acquitted following his prosecution for alleging police negligence in his book “The Dink Murder and the Intelligence Lies” with respect to the
murder of Turkish-Armenian reporter Hrant Dink. Accused of a “violation of secrecy” for publishing confidential information, Şener faced a three year prison sentence if convicted. However, on Friday 4 June, the court exonerated him, ruling that much of the “secret” information was already in the public domain prior to the books publication.
April 26th, 2010
A video
released last week demands a Taliban leader be set free in exchange for the safety of Asad Qureshi, a British journalist ,and two retired ISI officers. The
missing men left for the North Waziristan region at the end of March. A second
video featuring one of the captured the ex-ISI officers, Colonel Khalid Khawaja, was also sent to Asia Times Online. In it, Khawaja details his involvement in negotiations between militants and the army, as well as his part in the arrest of
Muhammad Abdul Aziz during the
Siege of Lal Masjid in 2007.
April 14th, 2010
On 11 April,
Luis Antonio Chévez, host of a musical programme on
Radio W105, was shot to death in the country’s business capital
San Pedro Sula. His cousin, 20, was also killed in the incident. The motive for the killings is unknown, but police have ruled out a robbery, given that a silver bracelet and a “considerable amount of cash” were found among the victims’ belongings. Chévez is the sixth media worker assassinated in Honduras in the last two months.
April 13th, 2010
A Japanese cameraman for Reuters,
Hiro Muramoto, was fatally shot in the chest whilst covering protests in Bangkok on 10 April. It is not apparent which side was responsible for the shooting, as Thai police used
rubber bullets, tear gas and fired live ammunition into the air,
whilst red shirt protesters were also accused of firing live rounds and grenades. The
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs have issued a statement calling for an independent investigation of Muramoto’s death.
April 9th, 2010
A British filmmaker is missing in Northern Waziristan,
Asad Qureshi is one of the group of men who have vanished in the mountainous tribal region on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. On 26 March, two former ISI agents set off with Qureshi and another British filmmaker to conduct interviews with Taliban leaders. No other reports have surfaced regarding their whereabouts but a
Pakistani army spokesperson has confirmed that they have not been detained by any intelligence agencies.
April 6th, 2010
Kosuke Tsuneoka, a freelance Japanese journalist who has been
missing since March 31, has been found imprisoned in the province of Baghlan,
according to a local Afghan reporter on Sunday. The Afghan authorities say that they were not aware of
Tsuneoka’s presence in the country until his disappearance received publicity, it has been suggested he did not have the right visa/accreditation.
