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
23 Mar 2010 | Index Index, minipost
United Arab Emirates’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has ordered ISPs to block a Facebook page supposedly authored by Allah. The TRA has also said it will ban the unnamed author, who claimed he believes in no god but himself, from holding an internet account. The author behind the page soon has over 600,000 followers and answers questions on the site.
17 Mar 2010 | Index Index, Middle East and North Africa, minipost, Uncategorized
A media ban on a corruption trial involving several leading Jordanian figures and the former Minister of Finance has been issued by a military court in Amman. The case, involving the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company, first came to light after revelations in the media. Now only reports personally approved by Attorney General Yousef Faouri may be published, in order, court officers claimed, to allow the judicial authorities to work calmly on the case.
17 Mar 2010 | Index Index, minipost
Afghanistan has watered down plans to ban the media from reporting on live attacks. Authorities had claimed such reports would embolden militants, but an outcry resulted in a new resolution being hammered over three days. The new resolution bars the press from showing the faces of security personal or broadcasting “disturbing” images, but allows media to report on live attacks. The law does not define “disturbing”. Afghan journalists’ groups said they remained suspicious of the motives behind the new guidelines, which they believed could be used to cover up government failings.
