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Betreff: IFEX COMMUNIQU\u00c9 VOL 17 NO 45 | 19 NOVEMBER 2008
\nDatum: Wed, 19. Nov 2008 16:14:14 -0500 <\/p>\n
The „IFEX Communiqu\u00e9“ is the weekly newsletter of the International Freedom
\nof Expression eXchange (IFEX), a global network of 81 organisations working
\nto defend and promote the right to free expression. IFEX is managed by
\nCanadian Journalists for Free Expression.<\/p>\n
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FREE EXPRESSION SPOTLIGHT:
\n1. PEN Commemorates Day of the Imprisoned Writer<\/p>\n
REGIONAL NEWS:
\n2. Mexico: Veteran Crime Reporter Shot Dead in Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez
\n3. Uruguay Passes Access to Info Law
\n4. Philippines: Radio Broadcaster Gunned Down in Mindanao
\n5. Pakistan: Journalists at Risk in Border Regions
\n6. Nepal: IFEX Members Work to Get Free Expression Written in Constitution
\n7. Sudan: Journalists Arrested at Censorship Rally<\/p>\n
TAKE ACTION!
\n8. Have Your Say on Anti-Terror Legislation in Europe<\/p>\n
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
\n9. Saudi Arabia Bans Lawyer From Receiving Award
\n10. Korean Film Triumphs at Rory Peck Awards
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\nFREE EXPRESSION SPOTLIGHT<\/p>\n
1. PEN COMMEMORATES DAY OF THE IMPRISONED WRITER<\/p>\n
One afternoon in May, police officers stormed City Hall in Bulawayo,
\nZimbabwe, where rehearsals were taking place for a play. „The Crocodile of
\nZambezi“ is about an ageing leader of a fictional African country facing
\npolitical and personal crises. The police accused the play of ridiculing
\nPresident Robert Mugabe, and said they were sent to „censor or stop any
\nsuspicious performances.“ And although the crew vowed to end the show after
\nonly having delivered a single performance, the police gave crew members a
\nsevere beating and banned the play altogether.<\/p>\n
That Zimbabwean crew has been chosen as one of five stories to mark
\nInternational PEN’s Day of the Imprisoned Writer on 15 November. PEN urges
\nyou to send a letter on behalf of the actors and the thousands of writers
\nwho have been jailed, harassed or persecuted this year alone because of
\ntheir work.<\/p>\n
Each year PEN focuses on five cases – one from each world region, each
\nillustrating a different kind of repression. There is Eynulla Fatullayev, a
\njournalist from Azerbaijan who is serving an eight-year sentence for his
\nwritings on politics and investigations into the murder of another
\njournalist in 2005. Tsering Woeser is a woman poet from Tibet whose work is
\nbanned in China. Mohammed Sadiq Kabudvand, a Kurdish journalist based in
\nIran, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for advocating Kurdish rights.
\nMelissa Roc\u00edo Pati\u00f1o Hinostroza is a young poet on trial for charges of
\nterrorism based on her involvement with a left-wing political organisation
\n– although she has never used nor advocated violence.<\/p>\n
Some PEN centres chose to focus on other cases closer to home to
\ncommemorate the day. In Somalia, for example, PEN organised a day-long
\nsymposium in Mogadishu on 15 November that brought together writers,
\njournalists, human rights activists, government representatives and others
\nto debate free expression violations amid the backdrop of a civil war.
\nOther readings and events were also held across Africa: in Sierra Leone,
\nUganda, Malawi, Ghana and Guinea.<\/p>\n
Swedish PEN awarded Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho with the Tucholsky
\nAward, granted to writers who have fought for the right to free expression,
\nwhile the Oxfam Novib PEN Freedom of Expression Award will be presented at
\nthe Crossing Borders Festival on 22 November in The Hague to five writers
\nand journalists who have been jailed or threatened for their writing.<\/p>\n
See what happened in your country or region here: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/68r9z7<\/p>\n
PEN is also commemorating the 39 writers and journalists murdered as a
\nresult of their work since last year’s Day of the Imprisoned Writer. In
\nvery few cases have the perpetrators been brought to justice. Mexico, Iraq
\nand Pakistan remain the countries where to be a writer or journalist is a
\ndangerous profession.<\/p>\n
PEN says it is not too late to send an appeal with copies to your embassy
\non behalf of at least one of the highlighted cases. Advice and addresses
\nare given with each profile, which can be found here:
\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/6s5zzx<\/p>\n
Christopher Mlalazi and Raisedon Baya, two of the cast members of
\n„Crocodile“, hope that International PEN’s efforts will make their case
\nheard around the world. „We hope that it will also inspire other production
\nhouses and writers all over the world not to take things lying down, just
\nas we have been inspired by others who have come before us,“ they said.<\/p>\n
‚Tis the season – International PEN’s Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) is
\nalso asking that you send greetings cards to writers in prison or their
\nfamilies. For more details of this initiative, email: wipc (@)
\ninternationalpen.org.uk
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\nREGIONAL NEWS<\/p>\n
AMERICAS<\/p>\n
2. MEXICO: VETERAN CRIME REPORTER SHOT DEAD IN CIUDAD JU\u00c1REZ<\/p>\n
A crime reporter was shot to death outside his home last week in the border
\ncity of Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez, Chihuahua, report the Center for Journalism and
\nPublic Ethics (CEPET), the Committee to Protect Journalists and other IFEX
\nmembers.<\/p>\n
Jos\u00e9 Armando Rodr\u00edguez Carre\u00f3n, a well-known and respected reporter who
\ncovered crime for more than a decade for the local daily „El Diario“, was
\nshot at least eight times in a company-owned car parked inside his garage
\non 13 November, reports CPJ. His young daughter, who was in the car at the
\ntime of the attack, was uninjured.<\/p>\n
A motive for the killing has not yet been established, but CPJ reports that
\nRodr\u00edguez’s colleagues feel he was targeted for his work. Pedro Torres,
\ndeputy editor of „El Diario“, said Rodr\u00edguez had received a threatening
\ntext message in February telling him to „tone it down.“ As a result, he was
\ntransferred to El Paso, Texas temporarily for his safety, says Reporters
\nWithout Borders (RSF), but on his return he insisted on resuming work
\nwithout any special protection.<\/p>\n
In a joint statement, the National Center for Social Communication
\n(CENCOS), ARTICLE 19-Mexico, the World Association of Community Radio
\nBroadcasters (AMARC) and other local rights organisations said the murder
\nof a journalist is „the most extreme form of censorship, which not only
\nrestricts the right to free expression of the victim but also the right of
\nsociety as a whole to learn.“<\/p>\n
Torres said in a television interview that the murder would not silence the
\npaper. „The worst thing we could do as journalists, as a company, is to
\nkeep quiet. I think that the authorities are doing nothing. We have a
\ncommitment beyond that which the authorities have with the public. We must
\ncontinue to cover all these events as they are, not as many people would
\nlike them to be.“<\/p>\n
IFEX members working in Mexico say it’s time for the government to get
\ninvolved. „The state has an obligation to prevent, investigate and punish
\nthe perpetrators, as well as to ensure adequate reparation to victims,“
\nthey said.<\/p>\n
Because of the poor record of successful prosecutions, the Mexican Congress
\nis considering legislation that would make crimes against free expression a
\nfederal offence, a step backed by President Felipe Calder\u00f3n. A law has yet
\nto be passed.<\/p>\n
More than 1,000 people, including journalists, police officers, doctors,
\nlawyers and drug traffickers, have been killed in drug-related crimes in
\nCiudad Ju\u00e1rez this year, say IFEX members. On 6 November, unidentified
\nindividuals left a decapitated head at the city’s Journalists‘ Square.
\nPolice have not identified it.<\/p>\n
Powerful drug cartels and escalating violence associated with criminal
\ngroups have made Mexico one of the deadliest countries for reporters
\nworldwide. According to International PEN’s Writers in Prison Committee
\n(WiPC), Rodr\u00edguez is the eighth writer to be killed in Mexico in 2008.<\/p>\n
Visit these links:
\n– CPJ: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/6ke3tb
\n– CEPET: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/6bblec
\n– IFEX members in Mexico statement: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/6kwhq6
\n– RSF: http:\/\/www.rsf.org\/article.php3?id_article=29293
\n– WiPC: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/66mz7g
\n– International Federation of Journalists: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/5hhrct<\/p>\n
3. URUGUAY PASSES ACCESS TO INFO LAW<\/p>\n
Last month, Uruguay became the latest country in the Americas to pass an
\naccess to public information law, reports the World Association of
\nCommunity Radio Broadcasters (AMARC).<\/p>\n
Article 1 of the law outlines that its aim is to „promote transparency in
\nthe administrative functioning of all public bodies, whether they be
\nstate-run or not, and to guarantee the fundamental right of individuals to
\npublic information.“<\/p>\n
Secret and confidential information is not covered by the law, says AMARC.
\nBut the law also says that entities cannot resort to using the
\nconfidentiality clause when the information requested relates to human
\nrights violations or aids in the investigation of such cases.<\/p>\n
„The law represents a new milestone for Uruguay as it recognises the access
\nto public information rights of all individuals and legally recognised
\nbodies without discrimination,“ says AMARC.<\/p>\n
The law has been promoted by the Archives and Access to Public Information
\nGroup (GAIP), a coalition of civil society organisations, including AMARC,
\nformed three years ago to help develop access to info legislation. GAIP
\nwelcomed „this historic step in the democratic and republican
\ninstitutionalisation of the country,“ but recognised the passing of the law
\nonly marks the beginning of their work.<\/p>\n
The complete text of the law (in Spanish only) can be found at:
\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/5aeog6<\/p>\n
Also visit this link:
\n– AMARC: http:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/98213\/<\/p>\n
ASIA<\/p>\n
4. PHILIPPINES: RADIO BROADCASTER GUNNED DOWN IN MINDANAO<\/p>\n
A radio broadcaster who often criticised local corruption was shot to death
\non 17 November in Gingoog City, Mindanao, southern Philippines, report the
\nCenter for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) and other IFEX members.<\/p>\n
Aresio Padrigao, broadcaster at Radyo Natin (Our Radio), had just dropped
\noff his daughter in front of Bukidnon State University on the morning of 17
\nNovember when he was killed by a gunman riding tandem on a motorcycle.<\/p>\n
While the motive is unclear, CMFR believes Padrigao was killed for his work
\nas a journalist. Padrigao anchored „Sayri ang Katilingban“ (Know the
\nPeople), which aired every Friday. He often criticised local government
\ncorruption as well as illegal logging activities in the province on his
\nprogramme. He also wrote a column for the community newspaper „Mindanao
\nMonitor Today“.<\/p>\n
Toto Gancia, a radio announcer at the same station, told CMFR that Padrigao
\nhad received threats prior to his murder. „The threats told him in effect
\nthat he would not live ‚til Christmas,“ Gancia said.<\/p>\n
According to CMFR, Padrigao was the fifth Filipino journalist killed in the
\nline of duty in 2008. Of the 37 journalists murdered in relation to their
\nwork during President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s reign, only two have
\nyielded convictions for the gunmen and none have resulted in convictions of
\nthe masterminds, says CMFR.<\/p>\n
„The aura of impunity surrounding these attacks on journalists is the
\ngovernment’s fault,“ says the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). „As
\nlong as authorities continue in their failure to prosecute those
\nresponsible for such killings, journalists will be seen as easy targets.“<\/p>\n
CPJ has launched a global campaign to combat impunity in unsolved
\njournalist murders, focusing initially on the Philippines and Russia.<\/p>\n
Visit these links:
\n– CMFR via Southeast Asian Press Alliance:
\nhttp:\/\/www.seapabkk.org\/newdesign\/newsdetail.php?No=992
\n– CPJ: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/62o3x8
\n– International Federation of Journalists: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/67z6nf
\n– Reporters Without Borders (RSF): http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/6y6erl<\/p>\n
5. PAKISTAN: JOURNALISTS AT RISK IN BORDER REGIONS<\/p>\n
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), the International Federation of
\nJournalists (IFJ) and other IFEX members have voiced great concern about
\nthe deteriorating security situation in the border area of Pakistan.<\/p>\n
Last week, two journalists were shot and wounded in Peshawar, the capital
\nof Pakistan’s restive North West Frontier Province, as they were returning
\nfrom interviewing a Taliban commander in nearby Khyber.<\/p>\n
Sami Yousafzai, „Newsweek“ magazine’s special correspondent in the region
\nand a CBS News stringer, and Yatsukura Motoki, Islamabad bureau chief for
\nthe Japanese daily „Asahi Shimbun“, are in stable condition. Their driver
\nwas also shot.<\/p>\n
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), it’s unclear
\nwhether the journalists were attacked for their work or were the targets of
\na criminal gang seeking ransom.<\/p>\n
The North West Frontier Province, as well as the adjoining Federally
\nAdministered Tribal Areas (FATA), has been the scene of a number of attacks
\non journalists, foreigners and government officials in recent weeks.<\/p>\n
On 11 November, Khadija Abdul Qahaar, a Canadian freelance journalist and
\npublisher of the website Jihad Unspun, and her Pakistani translator and
\nguide were kidnapped while travelling in the region’s Bannu district, say
\nCPJ, PPF and IFJ. PPF says tribal elders are negotiating for Qahaar’s and
\nher colleagues‘ release.<\/p>\n
„The Pakistan-Afghanistan border region has long been unstable, but its
\nviolence has been steadily spreading into other areas of Pakistan,“ said
\nCPJ. „Journalists in the region have long warned about the lack of security
\nand the threats they face from all sides – Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters,
\ndrug lords, gun runners, criminal gangs, and even the Pakistani government.
\nFor journalists, as for all others in Peshawar, this is a situation going
\nfrom bad to worse.“<\/p>\n
In a separate incident, Royal TV and daily „Sahafat“ reporter Abdul Razzaq
\nJohara was killed in Mianwali, in the Punjab, on 3 November – the day after
\nhe did a report on drug trafficking, report PPF, IFJ and Reporters Without
\nBorders (RSF). According to RSF, the local police said they arrested
\nseveral suspects, although five other suspects remain at large.<\/p>\n
In response to a call from IFJ affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of
\nJournalists and the All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation,
\njournalists demonstrated throughout Pakistan on 12 November in protest
\nagainst the latest killings of their colleagues and to urge the authorities
\nto go after those responsible.<\/p>\n
Visit these links:
\n– PPF: http:\/\/www.pakistanpressfoundation.org
\n– IFJ: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/5q3tue
\n– CPJ: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/5ohryy
\n– RSF: http:\/\/www.rsf.org\/article.php3?id_article=29285
\n– IFEX Pakistan page: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/23z96j<\/p>\n
6. NEPAL: IFEX MEMBERS WORK TO GET FREE EXPRESSION WRITTEN IN CONSTITUTION<\/p>\n
IFEX members in Nepal are campaigning to ensure that press freedom and
\nfreedom of expression are enshrined in the constitution.<\/p>\n
Seven months since the Constituent Assembly elections – the monumental day
\nwhen Nepal elected an assembly to decide the fate of the monarchy and write
\na new constitution for the country – the process of writing the
\nconstitution has not been taken seriously, says the Federation of Nepali
\nJournalists (FNJ).<\/p>\n
According to FNJ, a minimum general agreement among the 25 representative
\nparties of the assembly has not been reached due to „minor scuffles and
\ndifferences of opinions.“<\/p>\n
On 5 November, day one of a month-long campaign, FNJ submitted a memorandum
\nto the constituent assembly, pressuring it to begin writing the
\nconstitution, as well as to enshrine press freedom and freedom of
\nexpression as an unchangeable article. The memo has since been handed to
\nthe prime minister and other top officials from various parties.<\/p>\n
„Political parties, professional organisations and all sectors of society
\nplay equally crucial roles in the campaign to draft the constitution, so
\ncertainly Nepalese journalists will also have an essential role to play,“
\nFNJ said in the memo.<\/p>\n
The Center for Human Rights and Democratic Studies (CEHURDES), with the
\nsupport of the IFEX Campaigns Programme and funding from the Finnish media
\ndevelopment foundation VIKES, has also been working hard to promote
\npeople’s participation in the constitution-making process. Since June, it
\nhas been broadcasting a radio programme entitled „Swatantra Abhibyakti“
\n(Free Expression) on five FM radio stations in five different regions.
\nRadio is considered one of the best methods to raise people’s awareness in
\nmostly-rural Nepal – helping to reach a large audience and „bridging the
\nviews of experts and politicians with those of commoners,“ says CEHURDES.<\/p>\n
The campaign takes place amid a backdrop of increasing attacks on media
\nhouses and personnel, says FNJ. In one of the latest attacks, the office of
\n„Himal Khabar Patrika“ magazine was burned down in Kathmandu.<\/p>\n
Visit these links:
\n– FNJ: http:\/\/www.fnjnepal.org\/view_detail.php?id=78&
\n– IFEX Nepal page: http:\/\/www.ifex.org\/en\/content\/view\/full\/155\/<\/p>\n
AFRICA<\/p>\n
7. SUDAN: JOURNALISTS ARRESTED AT CENSORSHIP RALLY<\/p>\n
Police in Sudan arrested more than 60 journalists during a protest against
\nmedia censorship, report the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information
\n(ANHRI), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International
\nFederation of Journalists (IFJ) and news sources. Riot police armed with
\ncanes and shields rounded up the journalists outside parliament on 17
\nNovember and took them to a police station. Those detained were
\nsubsequently released.<\/p>\n
The daily newspaper „Ajras al-Hurriya“ and other papers have been
\nincreasingly subject to pre-print or „proof“ censorship, a practice which
\nbegan in February, says ARTICLE 19. Sudan’s National Security Services
\nvisit newspaper houses every day before they go to print and physically
\nremove articles they deem problematic and taboo. Media houses not complying
\nwith the censors risk having their publications confiscated and destroyed
\nafter they have gone to print.<\/p>\n
„Ajras al-Hurriya“ and other Khartoum-based papers have led weeks of
\nprotests against media censorship in Sudan. The day after the arrests, 10
\nnewspapers suspended publication for day, says CPJ. Early this month, more
\nthan 50 Sudanese journalists went on a one-day hunger strike and three
\npapers, including „Ajras al-Hurriya“, shut down for three days, report
\nARTICLE 19 and ANHRI. Columnists have also decided to withdraw their
\ncolumns in protest.<\/p>\n
According to ARTICLE 19, censorship of the print press in Khartoum has
\nlargely been centred on the Darfur conflict and the turbulent political
\nrelationship with neighbouring Chad. The latest press crackdown appears to
\nbe directed at discouraging news reports on the Sudan opposition leaders‘
\nsummit due to be held on the conflict in Darfur.<\/p>\n
Journalist Salah Bab Allah of the Khartoum-based „Al Entibaha“ newspaper
\ndefied the censorship orders of security forces – and has been held
\nincommunicado, reports ANHRI. The censors had demanded that he remove a
\nstory about the outbreak of fever in western Sudan. Bab ignored them and
\nprinted it on the front page.<\/p>\n
The former southern rebels, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM),
\nhave condemned the arrests – and have removed its officers working in the
\npress department of the security forces in protest.<\/p>\n
The 2005 peace agreement that brought an end to Sudan’s north-south civil
\nwar is meant to uphold freedom of expression and the press. ANHRI, ARTICLE
\n19, CPJ and IFJ are urging the Sudanese authorities to guarantee media
\nfreedom as promised in the agreement.<\/p>\n
ANHRI said, „We add our voice to the voices of the Sudanese journalists in
\ntheir collective protest against proof censorship, and we demand the
\nSudanese Journalists Union take up its role in defence of freedom of the
\npress and the protection of journalists.“<\/p>\n
Visit these links:
\n– ANHRI: http:\/\/www.anhri.net\/en\/reports\/2008\/pr1118.shtml
\n– ARTICLE 19: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/64qbws
\n– CPJ: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/6xr5zj
\n– IFJ: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/5qxulp
\n– BBC: http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/africa\/7733255.stm
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\nTAKE ACTION!<\/p>\n
8. HAVE YOUR SAY ON ANTI-TERROR LEGISLATION IN EUROPE<\/p>\n
The Council of Europe is organising a conference on „anti-terror
\nlegislation in Europe since 2001 and its impact on freedom of expression
\nand information“ in Amsterdam on 17 and 18 November.<\/p>\n
The General Rapporteur will post questions and some results of the
\ndiscussions on the Council of Europe media freedom forum. Interested people
\nare invited to comment on these questions. Relevant comments might be
\nincluded by the General Rapporteur in her report of the conference:
\nhttp:\/\/mediafreedom.cws.coe.int\/tiki-forums.php<\/p>\n
For more information on the conference, see: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/639ku7
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\nAWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS<\/p>\n
9. SAUDI ARABIA BANS LAWYER FROM RECEIVING AWARD<\/p>\n
The Saudi authorities have banned a crusading defence attorney from
\ntravelling abroad to receive Human Rights Watch’s 2008 Human Rights
\nDefenders Award.<\/p>\n
Abdul-Rahman al-Lahim was due to be honoured in November in London, Paris
\nand Geneva with the award for his fight for the rights of Saudi citizens
\nagainst arbitrary and unjust rulings.<\/p>\n
Al-Lahim gained worldwide attention for defending a woman from Qatif who
\nwas sentenced in November 2006 to several months in prison and 90 lashes
\nafter being gang-raped. Her punishment was for an act that preceded the
\nrape: being alone in a car with a man who was not related to her, which is
\nillegal in Saudi Arabia. An appeals court increased the woman’s sentence to
\n200 lashings and six months in jail. In December 2007, King Abdullah set
\naside the woman’s sentence after the case drew international criticism.<\/p>\n
Al-Lahim „is at the forefront of the struggle to put into effect the kind
\nof judicial reforms that King Abdullah has announced,“ said Human Rights
\nWatch.<\/p>\n
Unable to attend the ceremony in London on 11 November, al-Lahim prepared
\nremarks that were read at the event: „This award is an acknowledgement of
\nthe hundreds of human rights activists in Saudi Arabia,“ he said. „It is
\nalso a recognition of the work of brave writers who have spoken against
\nIslamist extremists and their calls for violence.“<\/p>\n
Four other activists have been honoured with the Human Rights Defender
\naward.<\/p>\n
Sri Lankan rights defender Sunila Abeysekera won for the two decades she
\nhas spent working as an activist amid Sri Lanka’s civil war, exposing
\nserious abuses by government security forces and the Tamil Tigers.<\/p>\n
Mathilde Muhindo works to support rape victims and to stop the use of rape
\nas a weapon of war in Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n
Umida Niazova, an Uzbek journalist, continues to speak out against the
\ngovernment’s abuses, despite being convicted for covering the 2005 massacre
\nin Andijan, where troops killed hundreds of unarmed protesters.<\/p>\n
Bo Kyi spent more than seven years in prison for his political activism
\nsince the pro-democracy riots in Burma in 1988. Upon release from jail, he
\nco-founded the Assistance Association of Political Prisoners in Mae Sot,
\nThailand. He said upon accepting his award in London, „We have a way to
\ncommunicate with the prisoners and get their stories out. I cannot tell you
\nhow we do this. I do not want the Burmese regime to find out. But I can
\ntell you that these stories fill the pages of our reports and those of
\nHuman Rights Watch … Over time, the stories of these prisoners generate
\npressure on the international community to take a stand.“<\/p>\n
The awards are being presented at a series of dinners across North America
\nand Europe in November.<\/p>\n
For more information on the 2007 Human Rights Watch honourees, see:
\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/5a7jfj<\/p>\n
For details on the campaign to lift al-Lahim’s travel ban, see:
\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/57mn6c<\/p>\n
For Bo Kyi’s acceptance, see George Packer’s blog on „The New Yorker“:
\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/5m8h9m<\/p>\n
10. KOREAN FILM TRIUMPHS AT RORY PECK AWARDS<\/p>\n
South Korean freelance cameramen Jung In Taek and Han Yong Ho have won the
\n2008 Rory Peck Trust Impact Award.<\/p>\n
The pair received the prize for „Korea: Out of the North“, a film which
\nfollowed the journeys taken by North Koreans trying to flee the country and
\nthat was broadcast by the BBC.<\/p>\n
Both risked arrest and punishment during the 10 months of filming at night
\nin sub-zero temperatures, the Rory Peck Trust said. „Without the physical
\nand political courage that Jung In Taek and Han Yong Ho displayed in
\nundertaking this project, this compelling story of human endeavour – of
\npeople in search of freedom to pursue a better life – would never have been
\nseen by the wider public.“ <\/p>\n
The award for news footage was presented to Abdullahi Farah Duguf for his
\nSomalian film „Two weeks in Mogadishu“, which showed violence, destruction
\nand human misery on the streets of the Somali capital.<\/p>\n
British journalist Tim Hetherington was awarded the Rory Peck Award for
\nfeatures for his film „The Other War“, which focused on the experiences of
\na platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
Zimbabwean cameraman Mike Saburi was honoured with the Martin Adler prize –
\ngiven in memory of a freelance cameraman who was murdered while filming in
\nSomalia in 2006 – for his coverage of life under Robert Mugabe’s regime.<\/p>\n
At the ceremony, freelance journalist Vaughn Smith criticised news
\nbroadcasters for failing to give camera operators due recognition for their
\nwork, telling the audience, „I’ve been shot more times than I have been
\ncredited by the BBC.“<\/p>\n
Smith, who was nominated as a finalist for his film, „Grenadiers Fighting
\nin Helmand“, made an impassioned plea for fairer treatment from
\nbroadcasters and for large news organisations to stop passing off work
\nsupplied by freelance cameramen as their own.<\/p>\n
Profiles of this year’s awards winners, which are specifically for
\nfreelance cameramen and women, can by found on the Rory Peck Trust website:
\nhttp:\/\/www.rorypecktrust.org<\/p>\n
A version of Smith’s plea on the „Guardian“: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/5wghx5
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