Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Stanislaus Jude Chan* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint SINGAPORE (IDN) – "Chewing gum is banned in Singapore?" a curious friend in Bangkok asks. Encouraged by my nod, she cautiously probes: "What happens when you get caught, death sentence?" You laugh. Perhaps the question was almost child-like in its naivety. But [...]
MALAYSIA: Let Information Flow, State Tells Federal Gov’t
July 28, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Baradan Kuppusamy – Asia Media Forum* KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 28, 2010 (IPS) – The freedom of information bill pending in opposition-ruled Selangor state may be just at the state level, but it throws a direct challenge to the federal government of Malaysia and its strict controls on [...]
MEDIA-PHILIPPINES: Citizen Journalism Gets Public Involved
July 20, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Kara Santos – Asia Media Forum* MANILA, Jul 20, 2010 (IPS) – Television news images of a phony policeman on a motorcycle escorting a sedan travelling against the flow of traffic – submitted by a passing motorist – is a sign of the changing face of journalism [...]
INDIA: Amid Renewed Violence, Kashmir Journalists Become the News
July 19, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Athar Parvaiz – Asia Media Forum* SRINAGAR, India, Jul 19, 2010 (IPS) – Abdul Rehman stopped in his tracks when he did not see his usual newspapers strewn out on his lawn one morning this month. But little did he know that he would not see newspapers, [...]
MEXICO: Local Media in the Line of Fire
July 9, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Emilio Godoy MEXICO CITY, Jul 8, 2010 (IPS) – It is open season on local media in states and cities in the interior of Mexico, which are virtually unprotected against violent attack and have been the worst hit by the murders of at least eight journalists this [...]
Q&A: DRC Journalists Have to be Very Careful
May 12, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Emmanuel Chaco interviews DIEUDONNE MALEKERA, journalist and human rights advocate BUKAVU, DR Congo, May 12 (IPS) – Six journalists have been murdered in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the past six years, four of them in the Eastern region. Official investigations have failed to clarify the [...]
THAILAND: Government Cracks Down on Websites in Censorship Drive
May 4, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, May 4, 2010 (IPS) – In her newspaper-strewn office on the ground floor of a quiet apartment complex, Chiranuch Premchaiporn surveys the options before her in case the government’s censors come calling again. Her first brush with the censors came when they blocked ‘Prachatai.com, the [...]
Broken Promises on Zimbabwe Press Freedom
May 3, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Busani Bafana BULAWAYO, May 3 (IPS) – Fourteen months after Zimbabwe’s government of national unity was formed, harassment, arbitrary arrest and general intimidation of journalists remains common. In a statement issued on May 3, World Press Freedom Day, the Zimbabwe chapter of the press watchdog Media Institute of South [...]
ASIA: In A Globalised World, Media Need Sharper Legal Weapons
May 3, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Lynette Lee Corporal* – IPS/Asia Media Forum HONG KONG, May 3 (IPS) – Newspapers threatened with lawsuits across borders. Journalists feeling lost as they seek redress in cases where the state is less than impartial in investigating the killings of journalists. Media caught in attempts to use religion to [...]
Pressure Mounts on Honduras as Journalist Death Toll Rises
May 1, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thelma Mejía TEGUCIGALPA, Apr 30 (IPS) – Honduran President Porfirio Lobo plans to seek help from police forces in Colombia and the United States to try to solve the murders of seven journalists committed in the space of less than two months, which will also be investigated by a [...]
