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Reporters Without Borders Website

Reporters Without Borders publishes daily press releases, fact-finding mission reports, regular publications, and events to highlight the issue of press freedom.

http://www.rsf.org

(Added: Wed Nov 28 2007   Hits: 25)

Serbia: Pursue Mladic not human rights activists

Amnesty International today called upon the Serbian authorities to stop the imprisonment of a human rights activist Maja Stojanovic;, convicted by a Serbian court for displaying posters in an unauthorized place. The posters had urged the Serbian authorities to arrest and transfer alleged war criminal Ratko Mladic; to the International Criminal Court in the Hague. Maja Stojanovic; is due to be imprisoned tomorrow (Amnesty International, 25 July 2007).

http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGEUR700112007

(Added: Fri Jul 27 2007   Hits: 47)

Take Action! Peaceful protests against water privatization in el salvador end in jail and terrorism charges

On July 2 the Salvadoran police violently attacked a peaceful protest against water privatization and arrested 14 people (Friends of the Earth International)

http://www.foei.org/en/get-involved/take-action/el-salvador-water-protests

(Added: Wed Aug 29 2007   Hits: 117)

Tell Putin and Bush to Protect Russian NGOs

Express your concerns over a bill entitled 'Amendments to Several Laws of the Russian Federation' which tighten government control over Russian civil society groups and force foreign organizations in Russia to close. Write to Russian President Vladimir Putin (chair of the G-8) and US President George Bush.

http://hrw.org/campaigns/russia/ngos/index.htm

(Added: Tue Oct 03 2006   Modified: Thu Jan 18 2007   Hits: 123)

UN Expert: Political and Commercial Considerations Took Precedence Over Human Rights at Information Society Summit

"The World Summit on the Information Society has been marked by political considerations and commercial perspectives taking precedence over genuine commitment to the respect for human rights, thus marginalizing debate over the right to freedom of opinion and expression. The "Tunis Commitment", one of the Summit's main outcomes, did not fully reflect the actual nature of the debate, particularly participation by the civil society, nor provide solutions to the problems of Internet governance." 15 December 2005.

http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/6DEF29EFCA3691C3C12570D80039BF73

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Zimbabwe: Progressive Media Laws, the Missing Link in Fighting Graft

The right to know, also referred to as the right to information or freedom of information, is simply the call to make information held by public institutions available and accessible to the public. The right to information is not a mere call for government records, but a call for a more transparent and accountable governance process, if democracy has to be meaningful. The reluctance or perhaps the failure of governments in Southern Africa to enact and pass legislation means that either governments are either highly corrupt or that they are genuinely ignorant on the merits of such a law. (Wilbert Mandinde, Zimbabwe Standard, 8 October 2006)

http://www.kubatana.net/html/archive/media/061008misaz.asp?sector=LEGISL&year=2006&range_start=31

(Added: Wed Oct 18 2006   Modified: Fri Jan 12 2007   Hits: 122)

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