15 Jul 2009 | Index Index, minipost
On 10 July, an Indonesian logging company detained three members of a French television news crew in Jambi province, Sumatra. Ciryl Payen, the Southeast Asia bureau chief for the France 24 television station, Gilaume Martin and Dewi Arilaha were apprehended by security officers from PT Lontar Papirup Pulp and Papers, while they were filming trucks loaded with logs parked at the company’s premises in Tebing Tinggi. The company’s head of security, Eriyanto, also seized their video tapes. The three journalists were then taken to the local police station. The police, however, could not think of an appropriate charge to file against them. Despite this, Eriyanto continued to detain them, saying they took video footage of the company’s property without seeking permission.
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15 Jul 2009 | Index Index, minipost
Journalists from Telesur and Venezolano de Television (VTV) both Venezuelan state funded channels claim to have been expelled from Honduras. Four crew members were detained on the night of 11 July and although they were released early on Sunday they were not allowed to leave their hotel and claim that they were told to leave the country the following day. Honduran authorities deny that they expelled the journalists and claim that they are not censoring the press.
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15 Jul 2009 | Middle East and North Africa, News and features
More than 100 prominent journalists from 47 countries sent a petition to the Iranian government today calling for the immediate release of Maziar Bahari, Newsweek’s Tehran correspondent, who has been held without charge in an Iranian jail since 21 June.
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14 Jul 2009 | Comment, News and features, United Kingdom
The Culture, Media and Sports Committee has heard evidence on the tabloid voicemail hacking scandal. Padraig Reidy reports
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