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U.S. protests beatings and arrests of journalists covering protests in Egypt

donal brown February 3, 2011

With reports that Mubarak supporters had beaten a number of journalists and that two dozen reporters had been arrested including two Americans, the White House issued a statement that the actions were “completely and totally unacceptable.” A report by Erika Niedowski in The Hill quoted Reporters without Borders secretary-general Jean-François Julliard on Wednesday: “We remind all parties that journalists are external observers who under no circumstances should be identified with one side or the other,”

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Press Freedom Index: U.S. remains in 20th place

FAC October 22, 2010

Amplify’d from voices.washingtonpost.com Reporters Without Borders, the journalism watchdog group, released its Press Freedom Index for 2010, tracking media freedom across 178 countries. The report measures the violations of press freedom in the world, taking into account murders, imprisonment, physical attacks and threats as well as censorship, confiscation, searches and harassment. The United States remained in the same position as it occupied last year: No. 20 on the list, behind most of the Northern European

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Europe losing ground in fight for press freedom

donal brown October 21, 2010

The 2010 World Press Freedom Index shows that while Europe claims some of the highest rated countries for press freedom, many other countries in Europe rank near the bottom. -db MediaShift Commentary October 21, 2010 By Clothilde Le Coz Reporters Without Borders yesterday released its 2010 World Press Freedom Index. Thirteen of the EU’s 27 members are in the top 20 in terms of press freedoms, but some of the other EU nations are very

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President signs law to protect journalists worldwide

donal brown May 18, 2010

President Barack Obama signed a law to monitor press freedom around the world and identify countries where journalists are killed, imprisoned or subject to censorship. The law is named after Daniel Pearl, an American journalist murdered in Pakistan in 2002. -db Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press May 17, 2010 By Brian Westley President Barack Obama signed legislation on Monday that will promote press freedom around the world and honor a Wall Street Journal

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Free internet depends on establishing ‘net neutrality’

donal brown October 29, 2009

While the European Union is rejecting the principles of an open internet, the United States with leadership from the Obama administration favors “net neutrality”, policies the provides equal access to the internet without any restrictions on accessing content.No company or government would be allowed to restrict use except to safeguard security and to fix temporary technical glitches.-DB MediaShift Commentary October 29, 2009 By Clothilde Le Coz Late last week, the Federal Communications Commission announced it was seeking public input

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