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Newsletter n°14
07.05.08
NEWS FROM THE MEDIA SCENE
African Editors’ Forum Launches Third Chapter On World Press Freedom Day
The breadth of activities on World Press Freedom Day (3 May) 2008 gave birth to a particularly positive development in the fight for press freedom in Africa. The African Editors’ Forum (TAEF) launched its third chapter in Eastern Africa. Sixty editors from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Somalia and Sudan gathered in Nairobi, Kenya to discuss the regional laws and regulations affecting the media in the region as well as the pivotal role they can play in securing press freedom.
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Cartoons Expose Criminal Defamation in Africa
In country after country, the African press is crippled by a panoply of repressive measures, from the jailing and persecution of journalists to the widespread scourge of ’insult laws’ and criminal defamation.
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PRESS FREEDOM
Investigative Journalism Leads to Arrests and Raids for Ugandan Newspaper
The bimonthly independent newsmagazine The Independent has been in the government’s spotlight for the past month following investigations the paper led into illegal detention centres in the suburbs of Kampala, Uganda. Consequently, the paper’s staff is getting accustomed to police raids and arrests. Nevertheless, managing editor Andrew Mwenda said to RAP 21, “Of course we are publishing as usual,” inferring that it will take a lot more to silence his publication.
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Impunity Index Reveals More Journalist Killings Occur With Impunity in Two African Countries
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reports that over the last 15 years, at least 500 journalists were killed in direct relation to their journalistic work. CPJ also reports that in less than 15 percent of cases the perpetrators have been brought to justice. Sierra Leone and Somalia hold the second and third worst records after Iraq, where 9 and 5 cases, respectively, remain unsolved.
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Alerts from the Continent
On 4 May, unidentified gunmen in the Bari region of Somalia attacked television journalist for the Eastern Television Network (ETN) Bisharo Mohammed Waeys. The armed men opened fire on her vehicle, but she managed to drive away unhurt.
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CONFERENCES & SEMINARS
Magazine Journalism Course to be Held in South Africa
A three-day course on magazine journalism will be held in Parktown, South Africa, beginning 14 July by the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism (IAJ).
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Course to Aid South African Political Reporters
The Institute for the Advancement of Journalism in South Africa will also offer a political reporting course that will begin on 30 June for three days.
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AWARDS OPPORTUNITIES
Worldwide Competition on Environmental Journalism Accepting Entries
The “2008 Environmental Media Awards,” presented by the Reuters Foundation and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), is a worldwide competition on environmental journalism that recognizes excellence in professional reporting on environmental and sustainable development issues.
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