15 Mar 2010 | Index Index, minipost, Uncategorized
Journalists working in China will now be required to undergo training in Marxist and communist theories of news. The General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) revealed that it will launch a new certification that will encourage reporters to serve the government and not undermine its initiatives. According to the South China Morning Post, Li Dongdong, deputy director of the GAPP, said that some Chinese journalists were giving the country a bad name as they have not been properly trained.
15 Mar 2010 | Index Index, minipost
Baris Yarkadas, editor of online newspaper Gercek Gündem, faces five years in jail for failing to remove a comment posted on his website insulting President Gül. The comment, written by an anonymous reader, accused President Gül of allowing his Armenian counter-part to defy him, and of bringing shame upon Turkey. Yarkadas is also charged with insulting the head of the Turkey’s Institute for Forensic Medicine by reporting
allegations brought about by human rights NGOs.
15 Mar 2010 | Index Index, minipost, Uncategorized
A prominent independent Rwandan reporter is missing amid concerns that security forces are cracking down on dissenters. The Ugandan news agency 256news.com has expressed concern that its correspondent Godwin Agaba has been arrested or disappeared on president Paul Kagame’s orders. The Rwandan police have denied that he is being held. However, Kagame said earlier this month that he had information on journalists working with those opposed to him.
15 Mar 2010 | Index Index, minipost, Uncategorized
Reporters Without Borders has named Burma, China, North Korea and Vietnam as among the worst violators of freedom of expression on the internet. The Enemies of the Internet 2010 report claimed that governments in these countries are either preventing citizens from accessing the web or developing increasingly sophisticated filtering techniques.
