Full Coverage: Information & media

28.04.2005 L'Échange international de la liberté d'expression (IFEX) lance aujourd'hui une nouvelle publication qui vise à fournir aux activistes du monde entier qui oeuvrent en faveur des droits de la personne les outils essentiels qui leur permettront de faire campagne plus efficacement, afin de mieux défendre la liberté d'expression et la liberté de la presse.

26.04.2005 The oldest and biggest tradional Linux conference in Croatia, CLUC/DORS 2005, was held from April 20-22 at the School of Electronics and Computer Sciences in Zagreb.

25.04.2005 Le 28 avril à Montréal a lieu un événement visant à approfondir certains enjeux liés au développement d'une démocratie en ligne au Québec et ses impacts sur la population, un dossier qui persiste à retenir l'attention d'une toute petite poignée de féministes québécoises. La société de l'information et de la communication gagnera-t-elle à continuer d'être conçue sans vous?

19.04.2005 Reporters Sans Frontiers conteste le bien-fondé de la décision prise par les autorités taïwanaises, le 10 avril 2005, d'interdire la présence sur l'île de deux importants médias officiels chinois, l'agence de presse Xinhua et le quotidien "People's Daily".

19.04.2005 The African Civil Society for the Information Society(ACSIS) has clocked a year with proud achievements to its name.

19.04.2005 The Media Institute for Southern Africa has re-launched its website and is back online. For more information on media freedom in Southern Africa, please visit MISA.

18.04.2005 Everybody seeking an information owned by the authorities has the right to get it, if not otherwise regulated by the Law, says the “Guide Through the Law on Free Access to Information”, presented at the offices of the OSCE Mission to SCG. The OSCE supported the project to prepare the Guide.

16.04.2005 BEIJING, Apr 15 (IPS) - When Chinese censors axed a novella about steamy sex in the People's Liberation Army, it was the timing of its appearance earlier this year that proved most crucial in effecting the ban.

15.04.2005 The FOSIM and the Union of Local Self-Government Units-ZELS organized a working meeting of the Legislative Commission of ZELS and the working group for preparation of Municipal Statutes, regarding the provisions on access to information.

13.04.2005 THE Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) has launched a newspaper, the Advocate, as an additional tool to advocate for media reforms, good governance and human rights in Zambia

12.04.2005 Families living on the banks of River Ghazni in Afghanistan are thanking a local radio station for saving their lives when the old Sultan Dam burst late last month. News of the collapse was broadcast during a morning show, allowing town residents time to evacuate; shops and homes were swept away but no lives were lost.