Hier wieder IFEX – das Magazin f\u00fcr internationale PRESSE- & MEINUNGSFREIHEIT, mit Sitz in Kanada – widmet sich vor allem jenen L\u00e4ndern, von denen die westliche Presse selten bis gar nicht berichtet. IFEX berichtet insbesondere \u00fcber die Verletzung von Menschenrechten, Verletzungen der Freiheit des Ausdrucks und \u00fcber die zahlreichen verletzten oder get\u00f6teten Journalisten, in diesen Gebieten. <\/p>\n
Z.B. In ERITREA sind 16 Journalisten nach wie vor an unbekanntem Ort eingesperrt.<\/p>\n
Au\u00dferdem Link zum AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT 2005 \/<\/p>\n
Die Gedanken sind frei ….
An: info@feminissima.de <\/p>\n
Betreff: IFEX COMMUNIQU\u00c9 VOL 14 NO 22 | 31 MAY 2005 <\/p>\n
Datum: Tue, 31 May 2005 21:58:53 -0400 <\/p>\n
\n IFEX COMMUNIQU\u00c9 VOL 14 NO 22 | 31 MAY 2005 <\/p>\n
The IFEX Communiqu\u00e9 is the weekly newsletter of the International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX), a global network of 64 organisations working to defend and promote the right to free expression. The IFEX Communiqu\u00e9 is also available in French, Spanish, Russian and Arabic. IFEX is managed by Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (www.cjfe.org).<\/p>\n
————–| Visit the IFEX website: http:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/ |——————<\/p>\n
— | INDEX | —<\/p>\n
FREE EXPRESSION SPOTLIGHT:
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\n1. WAN, IPI Assess Global Press Freedom Conditions<\/p>\n
REGIONAL NEWS:
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\n2. Syria: Growing Crackdown on Free Expression
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\n3. Honduras: Supreme Court Strikes Down „Insult“ Provision
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\n4. Sierra Leone: „Draconian“ Law Used to Muzzle Critics
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\n5. India Strengthens Public’s Right to Know<\/p>\n
TAKE ACTION!
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\n6. Togo: Protest Attacks on the Media<\/p>\n
„IN OTHER NEWS“\u2026
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\n7. Romania Moves to Curb State Interference in Media
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\n8. IWPR Project Supports Women Journalists in Muslim Countries<\/p>\n
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
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\n9. Costa Rican Reporters Win Anti-Corruption Prize
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\n10. ICIJ Award for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting<\/p>\n
USEFUL WEBSITES:
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\n11. Amnesty International 2005 Report<\/p>\n
ALERTS ISSUED BY THE IFEX CLEARING HOUSE IN THE PAST WEEK
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\nFREE-EXPRESSION SPOTLIGHT<\/p>\n
1. WAN, IPI ASSESS GLOBAL PRESS FREEDOM CONDITIONS<\/p>\n
Press freedom on a global level is deteriorating, with independent media under siege in most regions of the world and dozens of journalists killed because of their work, says a new report by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN). <\/p>\n
Surveying the state of press freedom over the past six months, the report names Nepal, Cuba,
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\nBelarus, Turkmenistan, Eritrea, China and Zimbabwe as the worst among countries where independent media are being suffocated by government censorship. <\/p>\n
WAN released its report at the World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum, which is being held this year in Seoul, Korea from 29 May to 1 June 2005.<\/p>\n
In Nepal, the media has faced an „onslaught of pressure and terror“ following King Gyanendra’s declaration of a state of emergency on 1 February 2005, says WAN. Over 1,000 radio journalists have lost their jobs and scores of others have been assaulted or harassed by police. Although the King officially ended the state of emergency on 29 April, no improvements in restrictions on the media have been noted. In Cuba, 23 journalists remain behind bars, making the country one of the leading jailers of journalists in the world. In Belarus, the dictatorship of President Aleksander Lukashenko continues to create an extremely difficult environment for media. <\/p>\n
Ongoing attacks on cyber-dissidents in China in the name of national security continue to land scores of journalists and human rights activists in prison with harsh sentences, while Turkmenistan’s government bars independent media and remains completely isolated from the outside world. Press freedom in Zimbabwe under President Mugabe\u2019s regime has deteriorated in the past few months, with the elimination of the last independent media through licensing and security laws. In Eritrea, 16 journalists remain imprisoned in unknown locations. <\/p>\n
WAN says 38 journalists have been killed worldwide since November 2004, half of them in Iraq and the Philippines. <\/p>\n
The full report is available here: http:\/\/www.wan-press.org\/article7247.html<\/p>\n
The International Press Institute (IPI), which held its annual congress in Nairobi, Kenya, last week,
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\nexpressed its ongoing concern over press freedom conditions in Nepal, Ethopia, Russia, Venezuela and Zimbabwe. The countries were placed on IPI’s Watch List, which puts governments on notice that the press freedom group is closely monitoring their actions.<\/p>\n
Highlighting Nepal, IPI called on the government to remove restrictions on the press and a ban on political activities. It said a 2 February 2005 order banning the media from reporting anything that is against „the spirit and letter of the 1 February royal proclamation and supports and encourages the activities of the terrorists directly or indirectly“ remains in place. <\/p>\n
See IPI’s Congress Resolutions: http:\/\/www.freemedia.at\/Protests2005\/pr_resolutions24.05.05.htm<\/p>\n
Visit these links:
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\n– WAN Congress Updates: http:\/\/www.editorsweblog.org
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\n– Most Murderous Countries for Journalists: http:\/\/www.cpj.org\/Briefings\/2005\/murderous_05\/murderous_05.html
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\n– Enemies of Press Freedom: http:\/\/www.rsf.org\/article.php3?id_article=13657
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\n– International News Safety Institute: http:\/\/www.newssafety.com\/
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\nREGIONAL NEWS:<\/p>\n
MIDDLE EAST<\/p>\n
2. SYRIA: GROWING CRACKDOWN ON FREE EXPRESSION<\/p>\n
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans fronti\u00e8res, RSF) are calling attention to an escalating crackdown on human rights activists in Syria, where at least 14 individuals have been arrested and detained in the past month for advocating democratic reform.<\/p>\n
Eight of the activists were detained without charge on 24 May 2005 for attending a public forum in Damascus on 7 May in which a statement written by the banned Muslim Brotherhood party was read out loud. The statement called on the Syrian government to respect human rights and initiate electoral reform. The activists are members of the al Atassi Forum, one of the only government-sanctioned organisations in the country. They include Suhayr Jamal al Atassi, Hussein al Awadat, Nahed Badawiyah, Nazem al Nahr, Youssef al Jihmani, Mohamed Mahfoudh, Abdel Nasr Qalhouss and Jihad Massouti. All are being detained without charge and without access to lawyers. <\/p>\n
Their arrests followed the 15 May arrest of writer Ali Abdallah, who had read the Muslim Brotherhood statement at the public forum. He is being detained without charge at Adra prison, according to Amnesty International. <\/p>\n
Other individuals who have been detained include Nizar al Ristanawi and Mohamed Raadoun of the Arab Organization for Human Rights in Syria (AOHR-S), Sheikh Mohamed Maashouq al Khaznawy, deputy director of the Islamic Studies Centre in Syria and a vocal supporter of the Kurdish cause, and Habib Saleh, a writer who recently posted letters on two websites that were harshly critical of the Syrian regime. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Aktham Naissa, head of the Committees for the Defence of Democratic Liberties and Human Rights (CDF), faces charges of spreading false information and „opposing the objectives of the revolution.“ If convicted, he could be jailed for up to 15 years. His court case is scheduled to resume on 26 June. <\/p>\n
EOHR says all of the human rights activists will be tried by the Syrian State Security Court (SSSC), a government-controlled tribunal whose procedures have been criticised by the UN for violating the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Syria is a signatory to the treaty. <\/p>\n
Visit these links:
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\n– EOHR: http:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66988\/
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\n– RSF: http:\/\/www.rsf.org\/article.php3?id_article=13932
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\n– Amnesty International: http:\/\/web.amnesty.org\/library\/Index\/ENGMDE240342005?open&of=ENG-SYR
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\n– Muslim Brotherhood Slams Ruling Baath Party
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\nhttp:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb\/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=13996<\/p>\n
IFEX Members‘ Reports on Syria:
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\n– Human Rights Watch: http:\/\/hrw.org\/english\/docs\/2005\/01\/13\/syria9812.htm
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\n– Reporters Without Borders: http:\/\/www.rsf.org\/article.php3?id_article=13313&Valider=OK
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\n– International Press Institute: http:\/\/www.freemedia.at\/wpfr\/Mena\/syria.htm
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\n– Committee to Protect Journalists: http:\/\/www.cpj.org\/attacks04\/mideast04\/syria.html
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\n– Freedom House: http:\/\/www.freedomhouse.org\/research\/freeworld\/2004\/countryratings\/syria.htm<\/p>\n
AMERICAS<\/p>\n
3. HONDURAS: SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN „INSULT“ PROVISION<\/p>\n
Honduras‘ highest court has ruled that a provision in the country’s Penal Code which criminalises press offences is unconstitutional and should be repealed. <\/p>\n
On 19 May 2005, the Supreme Court of Justice ruled that Article 345 of the Penal Code restricted freedom of expression by giving „special protection“ to public officials. „The privilege established under Article 345 of the Penal Code is an impediment to public criticism and discussion,“ the court declared. The ruling, effective immediately, repealed the Article.<\/p>\n
Article 345 contained the „insult“ („desacato“) provision, under which individuals could be jailed for up to six years for offending public officials, including the president. In its ruling, the Supreme Court cited a 1994 report by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), which said desacato laws violate the American Convention on Human Rights and should be repealed because they restrict the right to freedom of expression. Honduras is a signatory to the Convention. <\/p>\n
The ruling was hailed by the World Press Freedom Committee (WPFC), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the Inter American Press Association (IAPA).<\/p>\n
WPFC says the repeal of the desacato provision marks a first step in bringing Honduras‘ laws in line with international standards. The IFEX member says other provisions that criminalise defamation should also be amended and placed under the Civil Code. <\/p>\n
Honduras joins a growing list of Latin American countries that have removed desacato provisions from their statutes, including Argentina, Paraguay, Costa Rica and Peru. <\/p>\n
Visit these links:
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\n– WPFC: http:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66901\/
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\n– CPJ: http:\/\/www.cpj.org\/news\/2005\/Honduras26may05na.html
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\n– IAPA: http:\/\/www.sipiapa.org\/pressreleases\/chronologicaldetail.cfm?PressReleaseID=1398
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\n– Desacato Laws: An Insult to Press Freedom: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/cntg8
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\n– IACHR 1994 Report: http:\/\/www.cidh.oas.org\/annualrep\/94eng\/chap.5.htm
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\n– American Convention on Human Rights: http:\/\/www.cidh.oas.org\/Basicos\/basic3.htm
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\n– C-Libre: http:\/\/www.conexihon.com<\/p>\n
AFRICA<\/p>\n
4. SIERRA LEONE: „DRACONIAN“ LAW USED TO MUZZLE CRITICS<\/p>\n
In Sierra Leone, where journalists can be jailed for libeling public officials, the Public Order Act has become a convenient tool for silencing critics. Just ask Paul Kamara, Sydney Pratt and Dennis Jones. All three journalists have been imprisoned on charges of „seditious libel“ after writing articles about alleged government corruption. <\/p>\n
The move has provoked outrage from the International Press Institute (IPI), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans fronti\u00e8res, RSF), who are urging authorities to immediately release the journalists and drop the criminal charges against them. The IFEX members say press offences should be decriminalised and treated under civil law.<\/p>\n
Pratt and Jones, who work for the weekly newspaper „Trumpet“, were arrested in Freetown on 24 May 2005 after publishing an article headlined „Kabbah Mad over Carew Bribe Scandal.“ It cited an unnamed source who claimed that President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah was angered by earlier allegations that two senior cabinet ministers had accepted bribes. <\/p>\n
Kamara, the editor and publisher of the newspaper „For Di People“, is serving two concurrent two-year prison sentences for articles that were critical of the president. He was sentenced in October 2004. The charges stem from articles Kamara wrote in October 2003 which detailed a 1967 commission of inquiry linking Kabbah to fraud allegations. <\/p>\n
Sierra Leone’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, established by the UN to document human rights abuses, has called on the government to repeal laws criminalizing seditious and defamatory libel and has recommended a moratorium on prosecutions under those laws. According to the commission’s statute, the government is required to implement its recommendations faithfully and in a timely manner.<\/p>\n
Visit these links:
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\n– CPJ: http:\/\/www.cpj.org\/news\/2005\/Sierra25may05na.html
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\n– RSF: http:\/\/www.rsf.org\/article.php3?id_article=13937
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\n– IPI: http:\/\/www.freemedia.at\/resolutions2005.htm#gambia
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\n– PEN Canada Backgrounder on Paul Kamara: http:\/\/www.pencanada.ca\/prison\/hm.php?writerID=70
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\n– Interview with Paul Kamara: http:\/\/www.worldpress.org\/Africa\/1025.cfm<\/p>\n
IFEX Members‘ Reports on Sierra Leone:
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\n– CPJ: http:\/\/www.cpj.org\/attacks04\/africa04\/sierra.html
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\n– IPI: http:\/\/www.freemedia.at\/wpfr\/Africa\/sierrale.htm
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\n– Reporters Without Borders: http:\/\/www.rsf.org\/article.php3?id_article=13572&Valider=OK
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\n– Human Rights Watch: http:\/\/hrw.org\/english\/docs\/2004\/12\/15\/sierra9876.htm
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\n– Freedom House:
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\nhttp:\/\/www.freedomhouse.org\/research\/freeworld\/2004\/countryratings\/sierra-leone.htm<\/p>\n
ASIA<\/p>\n
5. INDIA STRENGTHENS PUBLIC’S RIGHT TO KNOW<\/p>\n
India has enacted a new access to information law that will make it easier for citizens to obtain government information, reports the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). Passed on 12 May 2005, the Right to Information Act replaces an earlier law that had been criticised by civil society activists for being weak. <\/p>\n
The Bill legitimises citizens‘ right to information and the duty of the government to provide it. It establishes that the government must be given the resources to provide information requested by the public and that information should be inexpensive to obtain. Most importantly, it contains serious penalties for non-compliance and provides for an independent appeals procedure in case of non-compliance or disputes. The new law is unique in that the implementation will be overseen by a body whose composition is not confined to civil servants.<\/p>\n
The passing of the Right to Information Act is largely due to successful campaigning efforts by Indian civil society activists who held the ruling Congress Party to its election promise of strengthening India’s access to information law. <\/p>\n
The text of the Act can be viewed here: http:\/\/freedominfo.org\/news\/india\/20050516\/THE_RIGHT_TO_INFORMATION_ACT_2005-Final.pdf<\/p>\n
Visit these links:
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\n– IFJ: http:\/\/www.ifj-asia.org\/page\/india050513.html
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\n– Analysis of the Right to Information Act: http:\/\/freedominfo.org\/news.htm
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\n– India’s Remarkable Right to Information Movement: http:\/\/www.freedominfo.org\/case\/mkss\/mkss.htm
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\n– ARTICLE 19 Model Access to Information Law: http:\/\/www.idlo.int\/texts\/IDLO\/mis7007.pdf
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\n– Global Survey of Access to Information Laws: http:\/\/www.freedominfo.org\/survey.htm
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\n– Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative: http:\/\/www.humanrightsinitiative.org\/programs\/ai\/rti\/india\/india.htm
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\nTAKE ACTION!<\/p>\n
6. TOGO: PROTEST ATTACKS AGAINST MEDIA<\/p>\n
The African Press Network for the 21st Century (RAP21), a project of the World Association of Newspapers, invites press freedom advocates to write letters to the Togolese government in protest against attacks on journalists. <\/p>\n
WAN says the 24 April 2005 presidential elections were marred by incidents in which a journalist was assaulted and detained by soldiers at an election office in Lom\u00e9 and a radio station was set ablaze in Atakpam\u00e9. Telephone, Internet and fax communications were also cut off during the elections, making it very difficult for local and international media to report efficiently.
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\nTo sign a letter online, visit: http:\/\/www.rap21.org\/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=394<\/p>\n
For background information on Togo, visit: http:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/65\/
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\n„IN OTHER NEWS“\u2026<\/p>\n
7. ROMANIA MOVES TO CURB STATE INTERFERENCE IN MEDIA<\/p>\n
The Romanian government has adopted legislative amendments aimed at discouraging official interference in the media and improving transparency, report the Open Society Institute (OSI) Justice Initiative and the Center for Independent Journalism (CIJ). <\/p>\n
Developed in consultation with press freedom organisations and journalist associations, the amendments make it more difficult for the government to influence media coverage through the use of public advertising funds. In a country whose media rely primarily on government-funded advertising to generate revenue, officials frequently use their influence to penalise media outlets that are overly critical by threatening to withhold advertising. <\/p>\n
Romania has been reforming its laws in order to meet its commitments to the European Union (EU), which it hopes to join in 2007. The EU has been urging the government to bring the country’s laws in line with European free expression standards. In an October 2004 report, it noted that „certain structural problems may affect the practical realisation of the [constitutional right to] freedom of expression.“ <\/p>\n
Visit these links:
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\n– OSI Justice Initiative: http:\/\/www.justiceinitiative.org\/db\/resource2?res_id=102722
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\n– CIJ: http:\/\/www.ijf-cij.org\/bucharest.html
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\n– EU Report on Romania: http:\/\/europa.eu.int\/comm\/enlargement\/report_2004\/pdf\/rr_ro_2004_en.pdf
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\n– Reporters Without Borders Report: http:\/\/www.rsf.org\/article.php3?id_article=10092
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\n– Committee to Protect Journalists: http:\/\/www.cpj.org\/attacks04\/europe04\/romania.html<\/p>\n
8. IWPR PROJECT SUPPORTS WOMEN JOURNALISTS IN MUSLIM COUNTRIES<\/p>\n
The Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) has launched a new project to train and support female journalists in Afghanistan, Central Asia, Azerbaijan and the North Caucasus.<\/p>\n
The Women’s Reporting & Dialogue Programme, currently covering non-Arab Muslim countries, will provide training and information resources, with the aim of forming a regional network of journalists whose reporting will become an important source of information on gender issues in their countries. <\/p>\n
A bi-weekly electronic newsletter, „Women’s Perspectives,“ and a website, will contain project updates, articles written by participants and special reports. IWPR hopes to eventually expand the project to include other regions. Start-up funding for the project is being provided by the US Department of State.<\/p>\n
For more information, visit: http:\/\/www.iwpr.net\/women_index1.html
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\nAWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS<\/p>\n
9. COSTA RICAN REPORTERS WIN ANTI-CORRUPTION PRIZE<\/p>\n
A team of investigative reporters at Costa Rica’s daily newspaper „La Naci\u00f3n“ have been awarded a journalism prize for revealing how foreign corporations illegally bribed three former Costa Rican presidents. <\/p>\n
Giannina Segnini, Ernesto Rivera and Mauricio Herrera are the winners of the 2005 prize for Best Investigative Report on Corruption in Latin American and the Caribbean. Awarded annually by Transparency International (Latin America and the Caribbean) and the Institute for Press and Society (Instituto Prensa y Sociedad, IPYS), the prize honours journalists in the region who expose corruption. The winner of the first prize receives US$25,000. Runners-up receive US$5,000. <\/p>\n
The Costa Rican journalists revealed that Alcatel-CIT of France and the Finnish company Instrumentarium Medko Medical funneled illegal payments to Miguel \u00c1ngel Rodr\u00edguez, Rafael \u00c1ngel Calder\u00f3n and Jos\u00e9 Maria Figueres, all former presidents of Costa Rica. <\/p>\n
For more information, visit:
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\n– Transparency International: http:\/\/www.transparency.org\/pressreleases_archive\/2005\/2005.05.10.press_tilac_award_eng.html
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\n– IPYS: http:\/\/www.ipys.org<\/p>\n
10. ICIJ AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING<\/p>\n
The Center for Public Integrity invites journalists from around the world to submit entries for the ICIJ Award for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting. <\/p>\n
The competition is open to any professional journalist or team of journalists of any nationality working in any medium. The winner of the first prize receives US$20,000. The main criteria for eligibility is that the investigation – either a single work or a single-subject series – involves reporting in at least two countries on a topic of world significance. <\/p>\n
Applicants must submit work that was published in print, broadcast or online media between 1 June 2004 and 1 June 2005. All entries must be postmarked no later than 15 July 2005.<\/p>\n
For more details and to download an application form, visit: http:\/\/www.publicintegrity.org\/icij\/award.aspx?act=criteria
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\nUSEFUL WEBSITES<\/p>\n
11. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 2005 REPORT<\/p>\n
For comprehensive reports on the state of human rights around the world, visit Amnesty International’s website. The human rights group has just released its 2005 report, which surveys human rights conditions in 149 countries. <\/p>\n
Visit: http:\/\/web.amnesty.org\/report2005\/index-eng
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\nALERTS ISSUED BY THE IFEX CLEARING HOUSE DURING THE PAST WEEK<\/p>\n
24 MAY 2005
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\nColombia – Two of journalist Orlando Sierra’s murderers sentenced to 28 years in prison (FLIP) – alert update
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66839\/
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\nAfghanistan – Television presenter murdered, colleague under threat (CPJ) – alert
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66841\/
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\nThailand – Journalists assert independence following prime minister’s latest criticism of the press (SEAPA) – capsule report
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66842\/
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\nCuba – Foreign journalists detained, expelled (IPI) – alert
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66843\/
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\nKenya – Attorney general blocks legal action against first lady (IPI) – alert update
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66844\/
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\nColombia – Reuters journalist stabbed, thrown into ravine near capital (FLIP) – alert
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66845\/<\/p>\n
25 MAY 2005
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\nAzerbaijan – Journalist assaulted by security forces while covering Baku demonstration (RSF) – alert
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66850\/
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\nPeru – Journalist’s home robbed a second time (IPYS) – alert
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66854\/
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\nDemocratic Republic of Congo – Community radio station allowed to resume broadcasts (JED) – alert update
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66859\/
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\nRussia – CPJ disturbed by continued FSB harassment of journalist Yuri Bagrov (CPJ) – alert update
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66873\/
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\nUzbekistan – Human Rights Watch calls for release of activist, end of harassment of rights workers seeking information on Andijan events (Human Rights Watch) – alert
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66874\/
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\nIran – Imprisoned journalist Akbar Ganji launches hunger strike (WiPC) – alert update
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66875\/
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\nZimbabwe – Journalist released (MISA) – alert update
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66876\/
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\nNepal – Journalists protest as further media restrictions are reported (CPJ) – alert
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66877\/
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\nSri Lanka – Government ordered to pay compensation to rights petitioner for wrongful imprisonment; ARTICLE 19 calls for reform of contempt of court rules (ARTICLE 19) – alert update
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66878\/
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\nArgentina – Community radio station harassed by national communications commission officials (AMARC) – alert
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66879\/
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\nRussia – Media executive severely beaten (CPJ) – alert
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66881\/<\/p>\n
26 MAY 2005
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\nAlbania – CPJ calls for reform of defamation laws (CPJ) – alert
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66882\/
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\nSierra Leone – Journalists detained, charged with „seditious libel“ (CPJ) – alert
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66883\/
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\nDominican Republic – IAPA pleased by repeal of regulation restricting press freedom (IAPA) – alert update
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66884\/
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\nIraq – APTN cameraman arrested by Iraqi police (RSF) – alert
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66885\/
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\nAlgeria – Several journalists convicted and sentenced in criminal defamation prosecutions (CPJ) – alert update
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66888\/
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\nSri Lanka – Editor of Tamil daily receives death threats (RSF) – alert
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66890\/
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\nKazakhstan – Issue of newspaper seized (Adil Soz) – alert
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66892\/
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\nAzerbaijan – Freedom House urges authorities to end repression of independent media, non-governmental sector and opposition political parties (Freedom House) – press release
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66894\/
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\nSomalia – Journalist shot and wounded in Mogadishu (CPJ) – alert
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66895\/
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\nChina – RSF questions Google heads on self-censorship issue (RSF) – alert
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66896\/
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\nMiddle East and North Africa – WAN announces launch of new pan-Arab electronic network (WAN) – press release
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66900\/
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\nHonduras – WPFC praises Supreme Court decision to overturn „insult“ laws; urges decriminalisation of defamation offences (WPFC) – alert update
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66901\/
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\nInternational – IPI adds Nepal to Watch List, retains Ethiopia, Russia, Venezuela and Zimbabwe (IPI) – press release
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66903\/
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\nIran – Judiciary stonewalls on journalist Zahra Kazemi’s death (Human Rights Watch) – alert update
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66904\/<\/p>\n
27 MAY 2005
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\nEgypt – Journalists assaulted while covering rally (CPJ) – alert
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66923\/
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\nBangladesh – CPJ calls for charges against Bangladeshi journalist to be dropped (CPJ) – alert update
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66924\/
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\nPeru – Congressman accuses newspaper of libel, assaults journalist (IPYS) – alert
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66929\/
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\nSouth Africa – FXI condemns granting of gagging order against „Mail and Guardian“ newspaper (FXI) – alert
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66931\/
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\nYemen – Two journalists face harassment following publication of critical editorial (IFJ) – alert
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66933\/
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\nSudan – State security police censor English-language daily (RSF) – alert
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66934\/
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\nMauritania – Journalist detained in anti-Islamist raid released (RSF) – alert
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66939\/
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\nItaly – Police search „Corriere della Sera“ newsroom (CPJ) – alert
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66941\/
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\nInternational – Resolutions passed at IPI Annual General Assembly (IPI) – press release
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66925\/
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\nMadagascar – RFI correspondent forced to leave the country after government refuses to renew his work permit (CPJ) – alert
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66926\/
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\nBangladesh – Journalists targets of growing violence (RSF) – alert
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\nhttp:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/66927\/
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Hier wieder IFEX – das Magazin f\u00fcr internationale PRESSE- & MEINUNGSFREIHEIT, mit Sitz in Kanada – widmet sich vor allem jenen L\u00e4ndern, von denen die westliche Presse selten bis gar nicht berichtet. IFEX berichtet insbesondere \u00fcber die Verletzung von Menschenrechten, Verletzungen der Freiheit des Ausdrucks und \u00fcber die zahlreichen verletzten oder get\u00f6teten Journalisten, in diesen Gebieten. <\/p>\n
Z.B. In ERITREA sind 16 Journalisten nach wie vor an unbekanntem Ort eingesperrt.<\/p>\n
Au\u00dferdem Link zum AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT 2005 \/<\/p>\n
Die Gedanken sind frei ….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-femmedien","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n