by admin | Apr 28, 2012 | Campaigns, international, unions
Today, 28 April, is Workers’ Memorial Day (WMD). It’s when the trade union movement and safety campaigners hold a day of action to defend workers’ health and safety. Today, our health and safety is under attack in ways unprecedented in recent times, with attacks on...
by admin | Nov 24, 2011 | international
John Hartigan, the chair and chief executive of News Limited in Australia (News Limited owns 70pc of the Australian newspaper market), resigned a few days ago during Rupe’s annual visit to Oz and a day after the launch of a federal enquiry into media standards...
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...
