Full Coverage: Information & media

27.02.2004 La couverture de l'information algérienne par les médias étrangers est menacée par une nouvelle décision du ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, qui désormais refuse d'accréditer un même journaliste pour plusieurs médias étrangers. Un décret devrait être prochainement adopté pour entériner cette mesure.

27.02.2004 As nominations for the April 2 general elections ended Tuesday, there is widespread political resentment in Sri Lanka over the government's abuse of state-run media.

26.02.2004 It is barely a quarter of the year since the first phase of The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was held in December 2003 to discuss ways in which the Information Society, could address issues of accessibility and how the dissemination of information for development could be made easier than ever before in the world, through the use of communication tools such as Internet, radio, TV, telephones, etc, collectively known as Information and Communications Technologies (ICT's).

24.02.2004 Fifteen journalists are still languishing in Eritrean prisons nearly two years after a crackdown on the independent media, according to Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) and the Association of Eritrean Journalists in Exile (AEJE).

23.02.2004 More journalists were killed in the line of duty in 2003 than in any other year in almost a decade, according to two major international press watchdogs, Paris-based Reporters Sans Frontieres (Reporters Without Borders) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in New York. Eritrea is one of the countries with a poor press freedom record.

20.02.2004 At last night's prestigious BAFTA ceremony in London, Peter Armstrong, co-founder of OneWorld, was presented with a Lifetime Achievement award for being "an inspiration to us all," "an innovator in the truest sense" and for playing "a key role in shaping the UK's hugely vibrant and creative new media industry that we are celebrating at today's BAFTAs," in the words of Baroness Blackstone.

19.02.2004 Court cases expected to determine the future of Zimbabwe's popular anti-government newspaper, the Daily News, have been postponed to next month, lawyers said.

19.02.2004 The status of media in Eritrea has not changed in a long time. More than a dozen journalists most of them from the private press, who have been blamed of spying for the enemy state, Ethiopia, are still in prison and their fate is unknown. At present not a single private paper is published from Eritrea.

18.02.2004 Estão abertas as inscrições para o 3° Concurso Rede ANDI para Projetos em Comunicação pelos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente, dirigido a ONGs com sede no Brasil. As organizações que apresentarem os melhores projetos que contribuam para a qualidade da informação sobre os direitos da criança e do adolescente receberão R$ 15 mil e apoio técnico para implantar suas propostas.

17.02.2004 ARTICLE 19, The Global Campaign for Freedom of Expression and the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (African Commission) in collaboration with the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) and Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) are organizing an Africa Conference on Freedom of Expression from 19 to 20 February 2004, in Pretoria, South Africa.

16.02.2004 Le documentaire l'Argent est une enquête passionnante traitant des mécanismes de création et de régularisation du contrôle monétaire à l’échelle nationale et internationale. ATTAC-Québec, vous invité à une soirée-rencontre en présence du réalisateur Isaac Isitan le mercredi 18 février 2004.

16.02.2004 Media organizations in Zambia staged a series of events to push for the re-introduction of the Freedom of Expression bill in the current session of parliament. The last of these was a march by media practitioners and civil society organizations urging the masses to join the freedom of Information campaign.

13.02.2004 As a journalist, any kind of oppression of the media saddens me profoundly. My heart is heavy as I read, hear and watch the media oppressions in Zimbabwe. I ask myself, is too much to ask if we can only work in a conducive environment in our quest to provide information?

12.02.2004 Media organisations in Zambia are staging a five-day campaign this week to lobby for the proposed Freedom of Information Bill to be brought before the current session of Parliament.

11.02.2004 Amnesty International would like to invite entries for the Global Award for Human Rights Journalism 2004. This award recognises excellence in human rights journalism in the written media anywhere in the world. It is made for an article that has raised awareness and understanding of human rights issues, whether at a local, national or international level, within the areas covered by Amnesty International's vision and mission.

09.02.2004 ans la conception et le développement du gouvernement en ligne, Québec doit nécessairement traiter le milieu communautaire en tant que partenaire essentiel. Voilà l'une des résolutions prises par l'assemblée générale des membres de Communautique en janvier 2004. Invité par Communautique à s'exprimer sur ce projet, Henri-François Gautrin, député de Verdun et responsable du dossier au gouvernement, a fait savoir que l'appui du milieu communautaire est primordial à la réussite du projet.

04.02.2004 The State of the Media Report is an assessment of the media environment carried by the Media Institute of Southern Africa-Zimbabwe Chapter (MISA-Zimbabwe). The report looks at the operational environment of media practitioners and media organisations. Particular attention is paid to media and freedom of expression violations as these demonstrate the extent to which the media is free or otherwise in a given state.

03.02.2004 Asocijacija nezavisnih elektronskih medija uputila je oštar protest zbog napada visokog funkcionera Srpske radikalne stranke na novosadski "Građanski list", čije je novinare nazvao izdajnicima i špijunima.