Full Coverage: Information & media

30.03.2004 Centre for Students Initiatives is a civic association that works on informing, educating and involving young people in some areas of interest: human rights and democracy, educational, cultural, scientific and other activities.

26.03.2004 The structure as well as the struggles for the second phase of the WSIS summit process are slowy becoming clearer. One thing is clear: It will be more complex than the first round, as it has to deal with many more loose ends. WSIS 2003 only had to deliver two pieces of paper (the declaration of principles and the action plan). This left a lot of time for endless discussions, arm-twisting on wording, sorting out friends or foes in different arenas, and for civil society to start playing inside the official UN process. Now, the negotiators from Geneva will meet the real world. And as conflicts remain, the actors are positioning themselves for the second round.

26.03.2004 National and international media groups in Pakistan are protesting attempts to prevent journalists from reporting on the government's offensive against Al-qaeda and Taliban members in tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, where security forces are accused of several rights violations.

25.03.2004 Gaymiddleeast.com, site d'information destiné à la communauté homosexuelle du Moyen-Orient, a été rendu inaccessible, début mars 2004, par les autorités saoudiennes. Le site avait déjà été bloqué en juin 2003, mais le gouvernement avait levé cette interdiction un mois plus tard. Le site américain 365gay.com a également été censuré.

25.03.2004 Though India let the Human Genome Project go by, the country can contribute immensely to similar information-driven activities, given its scientific manpower in both - life sciences and information technology.

22.03.2004 O Midiativa (Centro Brasileiro de Mídia para Crianças e Adolescentes) lançou o dia 15 de março, em São Paulo, pesquisa realizada pela MultiFocus Pesquisa de Mercado com pais de crianças e jovens entre 4 e 17 anos, que revela o que seriam os 10 mandamentos para um programa de qualidade assistido pelo público infanto-juvenil.

20.03.2004 Greenpeace activists scale Big Ben to hold up a "Time for the truth" banner under the clock face on the anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq. Tens of thousands of protesters take to the streets in London and across the world.

19.03.2004 La semaine dernière, les autorités chinoises ont fermé deux sites permettant la création et l'hébergement de "blogs" - pages personnelles où les internautes publient leurs commentaires sur l'actualité. Après les sites Internet et les forums, les autorités s'attaquent maintenant aux blogs, une des dernières tribunes d'expression encore ouvertes aux internautes, selon Reporters sans frontières.

18.03.2004 In a disturbing fallout of Nepal's insurgency, over the last six months, at least 25 journalists were displaced from their places of work and residence by both Maoist rebels and security forces.

18.03.2004 The Asian Development Bank seeks external comments on its draft Public Communications Policy, released online on 28 February 2004. Comments can be made online.

18.03.2004 The Asian Development Bank seeks external comments on its draft Public Communications Policy, released online on 28 February 2004. Comments can be made online.

15.03.2004 Objectivity has become a casualty on the eve of polls in Sri Lanka, with the national media divided between the president and prime minister, and regional dailies targeted by rival factions of Tamil Tiger guerrillas.

11.03.2004 Zambian law prohibits the publication, whether oral, in writing or otherwise, any statement, rumour or report which is likely to cause fear and alarm to the public or to disturb the public peace. The offence carries a maximum jail term of three years.

Newspaper editor Masautso Phiri, was recently charged under this law.

11.03.2004 LUSAKA High Court judge Philip Musonda last night stopped the deportation by the Zambian government of popular Post Newspaper columnist Roy Clarke. Post lawyer Patrick Matibini confirmed that judge Musonda's order operates to stay Clarke's intended deportation.

11.03.2004 The Zambian constitution guarantees freedom expression, which the political leaders have claimed also, guarantees by implication, the freedom of the press. Zambia's media, especially the broadcasting sector, has been the least privatised. The government still controls two national newspapers, a TV station and three radio channels.

11.03.2004 Armed police officers allowed over 200 Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) cadres to beat up several people at the Supreme Court buildings, in Lusaka, Zambia during the hearing of The Post columnist Roy Clarke's judicial review case in the Lusaka High Court.

10.03.2004 Le Centre américain du PEN International (PEN) se joint aux bibliothécaires, aux écrivains et aux libraires de partout aux États-Unis afin de lancer une campagne nationale de soutien à la législation visant à modifier le « Patriot Act », fort controversé. La « Campagne pour sauvegarder la vie privée des lecteurs » vise à recueillir un million de signatures en vue d'appuyer trois propositions de projets de lois qui limiteraient le pouvoir des autorités américaines d'espionner les usagers des bibliothèques et des librairies.

03.03.2004 The Citizens of Tuzla and Banja Luka are invited to take active participation in the public debates on the development of informationa society in B&H, which will be held in these two cities. The goal of the debates is to raise the public awareness about the information society in B&H, as well as to involve the public in the processes of strategic development planning. The debates are just one segment of the public campaign for development of information society in B&H, which also includes experts’ debates, as well as seminars and workshops for the members of the press and the media. The next two debates will be held in Mostar and Sarajevo, later in March and April, respectively.

02.03.2004 Reporters sans frontières s'inquiète de l'état de santé d'Abdallah Zouari, de l'hebdomadaire islamiste "Al-Fajr" (suspendu), qui a entamé une grève de la faim pour protester contre le durcissement de ses conditions de détention, depuis le 27 janvier 2004. Lors de sa dernière visite, sa famille, qui a été interdite de le voir pendant quinze jours, l'a trouvé physiquement et mentalement très affaibli.