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Documentary tells story of Burma’s undercover journalists
This year, a documentary film that portrays the plight of these audacious undercover journalists is in the running for an Oscar as Best Documentary Feature. Burma VJ, directed by the Danish filmmaker Anders Ostergaard, tells the heroic story of Burma’s bold video journalists, armed with their battered handycams to report the uncensored truth from their country while risking torture and jail sentences
Section 76, which criminalizes taking pictures of the police in Britain, angers photojournalists and activists
Matt Kennard talks to photojournalists and activists about Section 76 of the Terrorism Act 2008, which makes taking pictures of the police potentially illegal.
Interview: Sameh Habeeb, independent Palestinian journalist in Gaza, tells of the destruction and clamp down on the media
Sameh Habeeb, a journalist working in Gaza City, talks to Kourosh Ziabari about the dire situation in Gaza, the levels of depravity reached by the Israeli military during the latest assault, and the Palestinians hopes for the future.
Sri Lankan government is not fighting a ‘war on terrorism’, but a war on its people
The international community has yet to realize that the Sri Lankan government is not just fighting a ‘war on terrorism’, but a war against journalists, dissidents and anyone else who questions its legitimacy.
As prominent newspaper editor is murdered, Sri Lankans come out to protest media censorship
Sri Lankan newspaper editor Lasanthe Wickrematunga was murdered last week as he made his way to work. 10,000 people came out for his funeral calling for the end of intimidation of journalists in a country that ranks bottom for press freedom in the democratic world.
Media freedom in Mexico is being strangled
Mexico is the most dangerous place in the Americas for journalists, and it’s often the people who have the power to protect the media from attacks who are doing the silencing.
Land Of The Free: My second day at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul
Matt Kennard remembers his second day at the Republican National Convention 2008 in St Paul.