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28.10.2004 Os esforços do governo de Camarões por uma melhor comunicação a serviço do combate à pobreza receberam o apoio de um projeto financiado pelo PNUD e pela UNESCO (Organização das Nações Unidas para a Educação, Ciência e Cultura), e realizado pelo UNICEF (Fundo das Nações Unidas para a Infância). São 15 rádios comunitárias em áreas rurais — 11 das quais acabam de entrar em operação.

27.10.2004 For the first time in Macedonia, the right to access to information will be regulated by a Law which covers many aspects of the issue of access to information. The Law also provides for responsibility in cases of failure to provide the required information, says Zoran Jacev, President of Transparency Macedonia.

27.10.2004 Reporter senza frontiere ha reso nota la classifica mondiale della libertà di stampa. La repressione è maggiore in Asia orientale (Corea del Nord, Birmania, Cina, Vietnam, Laos) e in Medio-Oriente (Arabia Saudita, Iran, Siria, Iraq): paesi dove la stampa indipendente è inesistente, vige la censura, non sono garantite la libertà di informazione e la sicurezza dei giornalisti. Cuba è, dopo la Cina, la più grande prigione del mondo per i giornalisti (26 detenuti). Con 44 reporter uccisi dall'inizio del conflitto, la guerra in corso in Iraq si sta rivelando, per chi fa informazione, il conflitto più micidiale di questi ultimi anni. Italia e Spagna sono i due paesi dell'Unione europea con la peggiore posizione in classifica: ex-aequo al 39° posto.

21.10.2004 Dy 2 orë pasi që ART nënshkroi kontratën me “Mobikos-Mobitelin”, të licencuar kohë më parë si operator i dytë i telefonisë mobile, shefi i UNMIK-ut, Soren Jessen-Petersen, e anuloi këtë vendim së bashku me tërë procesin e tenderimit, duke ushtuar kështu kompetencat e tij të rezervuara.

21.10.2004 Sono terminati gli anni bui della guerra civile, ma i giornalisti algerini sono tuttora vittime di intimidazioni e censure. In particolare la carta stampata subisce le pressioni del governo che detiene quasi tutte le tipografie. Tre quotidiani chiusi negli ultimi mesi, due giornalisti ancora in carcere dopo processi sommari, circa 250 querele per diffamazione contro giornalisti e testate. È quanto emerge dal dossier "Libertà di espressione in Algeria", presentato ieri a Roma e realizzato dall'associazione di giornalisti indipendenti Lettera22. Che ha ricevuto una "spiacevole telefonata" intimidatoria.

20.10.2004 On 7 October, 2004, hard drives from two Indymedia servers were seized from the London office of a US-owned web hosting company, Rackspace, at the request of the US Justice Department, apparently in collaboration with Italian and Swiss authorities. The seizure of the hard drives in London shut down an Indymedia radio station and around 20 different Indymedia websites.

19.10.2004 (RSF/IFEX) - Le ministre de la Communication et de la Formation civique, Pitang Tchalla, a assuré, le 13 octobre 2004, devant le correspondant de RSF et des responsables d'associations de défense de la liberté de la presse, que le gouvernement avait l'obligation d'assurer la sécurité du journaliste Jean-Baptiste Dzilan, directeur de publication de l'hebdomadaire privé "Forum de la Semaine".

19.10.2004 The Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) Amendment Bill, which is designed to tighten the controversial media law, was tabled in Parliament on 5 October 2004.

18.10.2004 A British Council digital film festival showcases the products of enthusiastic, young people on issues related to culture, identity and religion.

15.10.2004 Les bureaux du fournisseur d'accès Internet de Indymedia ont fait l'objet d'un raid de la police aux États-Unis et au Royaume-Uni aujourd'hui. Un mandat de perquisition a été émis et les disques durs des serveurs ont été saisies. Aucune raison n'a été donnée pour justifier les perqusitions. Il est possible que la publications de renseignements sur des agents de la police suisse ou de renseigenments sur certains déléguées de la convention républicaine qui s'est tenu au mois de septembre à New York ait déclenché l'opération policière. Aucune de ces hypothèse n'a cependant été confirmée.

12.10.2004 Zyra e Komisionerit për media ka nxjerrë sot një raport mbi punë e mediave në mbulimin e fudshatës zgjedhore. Në raport thuhet se në pjesa më e madhe e mediave transmetuese janë në pajtueshmëri me rregullat zgjedhore, ndërkohë gazetat ende nuk i kanë ofruar popullit të Kosovës një këndvështrim të qartë dhe të hollësishëm të të gjitha opcioneve politike në dipozicion në këto zgjedhje vendimtare.

12.10.2004 BUENOS AIRES, Oct 11 (IPS) - Civil society organisations in Argentina have joined together to draft a proposal aimed at replacing the country's broadcasting legislation, which dates back to the 1976-1983 military dictatorship and basically serves to maintain the sector as a business for a small few as opposed to a service for the public good.

11.10.2004 US authorities last Thursday seized two servers that host the websites of global news network Indymedia a week before the start of the European Social Forum. The FBI says it acted on behalf of the Swiss and Italian governments.

11.10.2004 The book Sexuality in the Time of AIDS: Contemporary Perspectives from Communities in India is a collection of 16 essays based on over 10 years of research efforts among an informal network of NGO’s, and individual researchers. The book explores all segments of the Indian population and examines the key factors that should form the core of any national HIV prevention strategy.
Reviewed by: S. Vinita
Imprint: Sage Publications
Published: 2004
Price: INR 450

07.10.2004 Grupos opositores, organismos gremiales, organizaciones de derechos humanos y medios privados temen que una serie de informaciones no puedan ser conocidas si se aprueba esta ley para la prensa.

06.10.2004 The UN’s World Intellectual Property Organisation is prioritising development and creativity. Find out what OneWorld’s David Heath has to say about software patents and the threat to our digital freedom – send in your comments.

05.10.2004 International media freedom group Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has expressed outrage at the barbaric murder of a regional newspaper editor in northern Bangladesh -- the fourth journalist to be killed in the country in 2004 -- the worst record after Iraq and the Phillipines.

05.10.2004 International media freedom group Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has expressed outrage at the barbaric murder Sunday of a regional newspaper editor in northern Bangladesh -- the fourth journalist to be killed in the south Asian nation in 2004 -- the third highest tally after Iraq and the Phillipines.

04.10.2004 In the 1960s thousands of people on the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean were secretly and brutally expelled from their homes by the British to make way for a military base, recently used to launch attacks on Iraq and Afghanistan, claims John Pilger in ‘Stealing a Nation’ at 11pm on Wednesday 6 October on ITV1.

04.10.2004 The Cultural Centre of the Free University of Amsterdam plays host to a documentary film festival on the Himalayan mountain range on 6th and 7th November 2004. The film festival with its repertoire of 40 films and documentaries provides a glimpse of not just the scenic landscape but also the dynamic changes that affect the world’s highest mountain region. The festival will showcase award-winning films like ‘Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion’ that chronicles Tibet’s past through riveting personal stories and interviews.