Ethiopia: Stop crack down on press
Ato Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Re: Ethiopia: Stop crack down on press Dear Ato Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe, I am William Nicholas Gomes, Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com. I came to know from Al Jazeera English that an Ethiopian court has jailed a journalist [...]
Journalist Murdered in Nepal (VIDEO)
Yadav Poudel , a journalist who had served in the industry for more than half decade was murdered and found in a mysterious way in Jhapa on Tuesday evening. He was associated with Avenues Television, Mechi Times and the Rajdhani daily. According to the Police, “Poudel was attacked with a sharp weapon where the deceased [...]
PAKISTAN: Taliban threaten Associated Press journalist
Mr. Asif Ali Zardari, President of Pakistan, publicmail@president.gov.pk Re: PAKISTAN: Taliban threaten Associated Press journalist Dear President of Pakistan, Name of victim: Mr. Ashraf Khan, correspondent at Karachi, Associated Press (AP), 808-A, Saima Trade Tower, I. I. Chundrigar Road, Karachi, Pakistan Names of alleged perpetrators: Mr. Abu Hamza Karachvi, Tehreek-e-Taliban, Karachi circle, Sindh province Date [...]
A Tweet To Mohammed
Hamza Kashgari, a 23-year old journalist and blogger from Saudi Arabia, is currently in jail in Jeddah awaiting trial on apostasy charges. On February 5, the day Moslems celebrated Mohammed’s birthday, Hamza sent the following tweet addressing the prophet: “On the day of your birthday, I won’t bow before you (…) I loved certain things [...]
Togo: fragile truce emerges after five weeks of student protests (VIDEO)
West African country Togo’s students’ struggle for better education conditions is now in its fifth week and despite a recent truce, tensions remains high in the capital Lomé. A wind of appeasement seemed to blow on the demonstrations organized by the Mouvement pour l’Épanouissement des Étudiants Togolais – MEET (Movement for the Fulfillment of Togolese Students), [...]
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