Press Freedom

IRAQ: A Story Left Incomplete

By Sanjay Suri
Alaa Hassan never did live to see publication of the last story he had filed. It got caught for a while, as stories sometimes are, in that no man's land between what a correspondent could reasonably get, and what an editor would really like.

PAKISTAN: Reporter’s Death Rouses Calls for Media Freedom

By IPS Correspondents
Three weeks after Hayatullah Khan Dawar's body was found, handcuffed and shot, his apparent death in custody has become a rallying call for those demanding an end to attacks on journalists in Pakistan's sensitive tribal areas along the Afghanistan border.

IRAQ: A Story IPS Never Wanted to Tell

By IPS Correspondents
IPS contributor Alaa Hassan was killed on his way to work last Wednesday. He was 35 years old. He is survived by his mother, five brothers, five sisters and his wife who is pregnant with their first child.

IRAQ: IPS Reporter Shot and Killed in Baghdad

By IPS Correspondents
Iraqi journalist Alaa Hassan, who reported for the international news agency IPS (Inter Press Service), was shot and killed in Baghdad.

MEDIA: A New Glasnost for Linking Citizens and Power in Globalised Era

By Sabina Zaccaro
Glasnost - meaning "openness", from the Russian words for "public" and "voice" - may be a throwback to the 1980s, but it fits the challenge of communication the today's globalised world.

MEDIA-IRAQ: Still Seeking Answers in U.S. Checkpoint Shooting

By IPS Correspondents
If one were to ask Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena why she chose to report from Afghanistan, Algeria, Somalia and Iraq prior to February 2005, despite the many perils that face reporters in war zones and areas of conflict, her response would probably be similar to the one she gave to journalist Amy Goodman of the radio news show Democracy Now!.

CHILE: Media Pluralism Loses Another Voice

By Daniela Estrada
The loss of the 18-month-old Diario Siete, considered a progressive alternative within the increasingly homogenous Chilean print media, was less than a surprise, becoming one more entry on a long list of publications that have stopped circulating since democracy was restored to Chile 16 years ago.

MEDIA: Virtue May Be Its Own Reward, But a Hot Stock Never Hurts

By IPS Correspondents
A new project to support press freedom using the stock market could be a model for other social causes seeking access to new sources of capital.

MEDIA-THAILAND: A Critic May Now Look at a King

By Marwaan Macan-Markar
Age has not softened the rebellious streak in Sulak Sivaraksa, a unique voice in Thailand's intellectual landscape. He risks landing in jail by airing his views on the country's deified royal family, protected by strict lese majesty laws.

MEDIA-MALAYSIA: Film on Communist Leader Banned on Shaky Grounds

By Baradan Kuppusamy
The Malaysian government has banned a film on the life and times of an octogenarian communist insurgent leader, who had also collaborated with the British during World War II, setting off a hornet's nest of charges about denial of freedom and space for democratic expression.

POLITICS-US: “Terror War” Begets Devil’s Bargains

By IPS Correspondents
U.S. Pres. George W. Bush's "global war on terror" has produced the unintended consequence of bringing the United States ever-closer to some of the world's most repressive regimes.

MEDIA-SRI LANKA: Press Left to Fend for Itself

By Amantha Perera
It speaks for the state of press freedom in this strife-torn country that even as journalists were holding a candlelight vigil for dozens of colleagues killed in two decades of ethnic conflict, two more were shot dead at the offices of the newspaper they worked for, this week.

WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: UN Chief Asks Media to Shun “Terrorists”

By Thalif Deen
The United Nations is willing to convene an international conference to formulate ethical guidelines for journalists covering one of the most politically sensitive issues in the world body: terrorism.

WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: Cause for Hope and Concern in Southern Africa

By Moyiga Nduru
As countries around the world commemorate World Press Freedom Day on Wednesday, a mixed picture has emerged of the state of media freedom in Southern Africa.

WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY-MEXICO: Stalked By Death

By IPS Correspondents
Since Mexican President Vicente Fox took office in December 2000, 15 journalists have been killed in the line of duty, five were murdered for reasons unrelated to their work and two are missing.

WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: Of Information Bills, and Schools on Bars

By IPS Correspondents
As preparations to mark World Press Freedom Day (May 3) in Kenya move into high gear, calls for government to pass a freedom of information bill are intensifying.

WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY-US: A Chill in the Air

By IPS Correspondents
As the world reflects on the best and worst places to practice journalism on Press Freedom Day Wednesday, independent writers' groups and civil liberties advocates warn that Washington's "war on terror" is putting a growing chill on the basic democratic right of free expression.

WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY-IRAQ: What Can You Believe?

By IPS Correspondents
There is so much more media around now; the problem is that Iraqis do not know what to believe anymore.

WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: Little Said or Heard of Jailed Eritrean Reporters

By IPS Correspondents
Good news about media freedom in Eritrea is rare - so it's understandable that delight and relief greeted the announcement last November that Isaac Dawit, an Eritrean journalist with Swedish nationality, had been released after four years in prison.

IRAN: Defiant but Ready to Deal

By IPS Correspondents
As the deadline set by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to halt uranium enrichment descends upon Iran, the already narrow window of opportunity to resolve the crisis over Tehran's nuclear programme diplomatically may soon slam shut.

MEDIA-THAILAND: Thaksin’s Departure Spells Press Freedom

By Marwaan Macan-Markar
With Thaksin Shinawatra stepping down as Thailand's leader, the country's media are rediscovering traits that had earned them a reputation for in the region - criticising and exposing those in power.
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