Full Coverage: Freedom of expression

28.10.2005 Under the auspices of the E-Society international conference, a public panel discussion on Freedom of the Media on the Internet took place in the Hotel Aleksandar Palace, Skopje.

26.10.2005 The Zimbabwean government is well known for its repressive treatment of critics and independent journalists. A crackdown on the press over the past five years has left the country with no independent daily newspapers, no private radio news coverage, and only two prominent independent weeklies. What is less documented is the toll that this crackdown takes on the country's journalists, including those flee overseas and struggle to rebuild their lives in exile, reports the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

17.10.2005 The Government of the Republic of Macedonia, at its session of last week, reviewed and accepted the proposed Draft-Law on Free Access to Information of Public Interest.

17.10.2005 The editor of a women's rights magazine has been accused of publishing anti-Islamic articles and faces a 10-15 year prison sentence. Write the U.S. State Department and urge them to take action on behalf of women's rights and freedom of speech in Afghanistan, urges the Feminist Majority Foundation.

11.10.2005 The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has asked the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to release Croatian journalist Josip Jovic.

03.10.2005 A competition to support writers and encourage reflection on international
ICT policies that affect East and Southern Africa. CIPESA commentaries are short informative articles or essays on current issues affecting East and Southern African stakeholders. They focus specifically on international policy-making processes related to information and communications technology (ICT), and the use of ICT for poverty reduction.