16 Jun 2010 | Events
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
9 Jun 2010 | Index Index, minipost, News and features
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.
26 Apr 2010 | Index Index, minipost
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.
14 Apr 2010 | Index Index, minipost
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.
