Asian Media

Classic but still. Cambodian reporter’s home set on fire as he wrotes about illegal logging in the country. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), Cambodian Association for the Protection of Journalists (CAPJ), International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), and International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) have all called for independent investigations and [...]

The Alliance of Independent Journalists, together with Tifa Foundation was monitoring the content of 10 news dailies from June 12-Aug. 4. Based on the result, they said that the print media has violated the traditional professional standards of impartiality and objectivity in their coverage of the gubernatorial election. The dailies are Indo Pos, Kompas, Pos Kota, [...]

T. P. Mishra from The Rising Nepal writes an editorial on the blocking of www.bhutantimes.com (one of the popular sites in Bhutan) by the royal government. They said it brought controversial issues. Previously, www.bhutannews.com was also banned. THE Royal Government of Bhutan has blocked one of the popular sites - www.bhutantimes.com - since June from viewing [...]

From IPS News: Kurdish human rights and political groups have launched an Internet campaign Internet to save the lives of Adnan Hasanpoor and Abdolvahed (Hiva) Bootimar, two Iranian Kurdish journalists who were sentenced to death on Jul. 16 by a revolutionary tribunal in the Iranian Kurdish city of Marivan. Hasanpoor was found guilty of ‘moharebe’ (taking up [...]