A crisis in a new Egyptian newspaper over an academic’s criticism of the SCAF leadership does not bode well for the future of independent media.
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Global Journalist Security is a new private security firm that provides journalists, human rights advocates, non-profit groups, private news organizations, and citizen journalists with consulting and training in security and self-defense.
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Mesfin Negash talked with us about the effect of the anti-terrorism law on Ethiopian journalism, the law’s hand in the exile of Addis Neger’s staff, and denies the validity of the government’s charges against him.
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To mark IFEX’s International Day to End Impunity, we asked African writers who have contributed to Sampsonia Way to write about the importance of fighting impunity in their home countries.
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Copwatch Nord-Paris IDF, a website that publicizes incidents of police brutality and misconduct, has been blocked in France. The site has been charged with “defaming and putting at risk the safety of police officers.”
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Despite visible press affiliation, John Farley, a web editor and reporter for the NYC magazine MetroFocus, was arrested on September 24th at Union Square during an Occupy Wall Street demonstration.
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As the internet’s role in free speech becomes increasingly prevalent, tactics to control the internet are growing more refined each year. This list of 2011′s current transgressors has been compiled…
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