by admin | Oct 18, 2011 | international, photographers, Press
Two Swedish journalists charged with terrorism in Ethiopia last month face trial today in Addis Ababa, with the European Federation of Journalists and rights groups criticising the process. Photographer Johan Persson and reporter Martin Schibbye, both freelancers,...
by admin | Oct 11, 2011 | Campaigns, international, whistle blowing
I have just received the following updated on Mocdechai Vanunu who 25 years ago this month was kidnapped in Rome and shipped to Israel where he stood trial (held in secret) for revealing that country’s ‘secret’ nuclear arsenal. I was there is 2004 when Mordechai was...
by admin | Sep 16, 2011 | international, media freedom
In Canada, the Quebec government’s proposal to create legislation that would define who is a professional journalist is first going to have to undergo public scrutiny, reported the National Post and TheSuburban.com. Public meetings will be held in 10 cities over...
by admin | Jul 27, 2011 | international, whistle blowing
On 7 June I blogged the latest on Mordechai Vanunu and mentioned an article by Duncan Campbell which drew attention to Mordechai’s letter requesting that his Israeli citizenship be revoked. In this letter to Eli Yishai, the Interior Minister, Mordechai pointed...
by admin | Jul 27, 2011 | Europe, international
It is likely that Norway will never be the same after the bombing and murders in Oslo and on Utoya Island, where many people, mostly teenagers and in their 20s were attending the Labour party’s annual youth summer school. Writing in Sunday’s Observer (24 July 2011),...
by admin | Jul 17, 2011 | BBC, Campaigns, international, media freedom, nuj, Press
On 30 June, I was demonstrating outside the Department of Culture Media and Sport offices, just off Trafalgar Square in London. There was a general feeling that it was only a matter of time before Jeremy Hunt MP would waive through the takeover of BSkyB by News...
