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Blogger sentenced to jail for insulting prophet in Turkey
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Turkish authorities should reverse on appeal the jail term handed down this week to a Turkish Armenian author and blogger who was convicted of insulting the Prophet Muhammad, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
On Wednesday, a criminal court in Istanbul handed a 13.5-month jail ...DETAILS |
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Turkey's EU ministry to grant funds for media, NGOs
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Turkey's European Union Ministry (EU) will provide 9 million euros in grant funds to media and civil society organizations as part of the Turkey-EU joint "Civil Society Dialogue III Grant Scheme."
EU Minister Egemen Bagis said in a written statement on Friday that the ministry will support ...DETAILS |
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Police raid news outlets in media crackdown in Uganda
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Ugandan police surrounded the Kampala offices of two private newspapers for seven hours on Monday, barring access to the premises, disabling printing presses, and effectively halting publication indefinitely, according to news reports. The police said they had search warrants to find documents ...DETAILS |
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Iraq detains journalists for Anbar coverage
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Iraqi police have arrested four regional reporters after they covered ongoing demonstrations in the fractious province of Anbar.
Sumeria satellite channel photographer Ammar al-Ani said in an interview with Arabstoday: “Anbar police released me and three other journalist after being ...DETAILS |
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Daoud Kuttab demanding free movement for Palestinian journalists
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The general assembly of International Press Institute has voted unanimously Monday evening to add Daoud Kuttab to its board of director. This is the first time since the organization was established in 1950 that an Arab journalist has been elected to its board.
Kuttab who was born in ...DETAILS |
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KUNA Chairman receives Al-Jazeera media centre chairman
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Chairman and Director General of Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) Sheikh Mubarak Al-Duaj Al-Ibrahim Al-Sabah received on Wednesday Director of Al Jazeera Media Training and Development Centre Munir Daeimi.
KUNA Chairman also received the Head of marketing and administrative affairs department at the ...DETAILS |
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Anadolu Agency readies for Kurdish wire-service
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Kemal Ozturk, the Anadolu Agency Executive Board Chairman and Director General, met on Tuesday with Nechirvan Barzani, prime minister of the regional administration in north of Iraq, as AA plans to start Kurdish wire service in two dialects this September.
"We will open a large office in ...DETAILS |
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NCP appreciates role being played by Mass Media
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The National Congress Party has appreciated the role being played by all the mass media in mobilizing the public opinion toward the national issues and supporting of the Armed Forces and the other regular forces, particularly the mobilization against the aggression that was carried out by the ...DETAILS |
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Times editor Richard Beeston dies
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Richard Beeston, foreign editor at The Times in London, has died following an extended battle with cancer.
Journalists, colleagues and friends have offered tributes to Beeston, who covered war zones in Lebanon, Iraq and Chechnya.
“Richard Beeston was one of the finest and most ...DETAILS |
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