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From fiction to fact: What Aquino could do to stop killings

By Tonyo Cruz Mon, Nov 21, 2011 10:24AM UTC View Comments

Sometime, somewhere in a parallel world: Recalling the assassination of his own father, President Benigno Aquino III today spoke out and acted strongly on the issue of extrajudicial killings that continue to victimize journalists, activists and lawyers across the country. In a surprise televised address to the nation, days ahead of the birthday of former...

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Attack on Sukh Ram – a passport to publicity

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Mon, Nov 21, 2011 3:41AM UTC View Comments

He is the original telecom ‘scammer’. On Saturday, November 19, 2011 Sukh Ram was sentenced to jail for five years because of accepting three hundred thousand rupees as bribe. Fifteen years later this would amount to petty change especially given the quantum of hush-money and loss to exchequer being talked about in India’s ongoing telecom...

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The great Indian media debate: Opportunity lost, intransigence overtakes

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Sat, Nov 12, 2011 3:16AM UTC View Comments

An opportunity for an open-minded panel discussion on the state of the Indian media, aberrations that have crept into the profession, criticism which was leveled by recently-appointed chairman of Press Council of India, Justice Markanday Katju (retd), its partial endorsement (and part rejection) from sections of the media – including this author – and complete...

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Indian media: Thumbs up or dumbing down?

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Thu, Nov 03, 2011 4:59PM UTC View Comments

A wave of indignation is sweeping through India on all sides of the debate on the motion: ‘Most media professionals are of low intellectual caliber”. Two representative bodies – Editors’ Guild of India and Broadcast Editors’ Association – have condemned and deplored views of Press Council chairman, Markandey Katju. These opinions were first expressed in...

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Protests around the world for press freedom in Burma

By Zin Linn Sat, Sep 10, 2011 1:15AM UTC View Comments

Reporters Without Borders, Info-Birmanie, Amnesty International, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and other human rights activists and members of the Burmese community participated in the demonstration outside the embassy in Paris, during which a letter was handed for Ambassador Kyaw Zwar Minn. Concurrently, a number of campaigners came together in front of the...

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