Enemies of the Internet

Friday, March 20th, 2009

Last week Reporters Without Borders issued a report entitled “Enemies of the Internet” in which it examines Internet censorship and other threats to online free expression in 22 countries. “The 12 ‘Enemies of the Internet’ - Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam ...

Press freedom and restrictions in Latvia

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Recently the Latvian Minister of Justice Gaidis Berzins from Fatherland & Freedom Party proposed drafting a law that would drastically restrict media coverage of criminal cases by forbidding the publication or quoting  of case evidence and other materials in case (based on leaked documents and materials made public by the ...

World press freedom day

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Today World press freedom day is celebrated. It is initiative of United Nations Organisation as opportunity to celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom; to evaluate press freedom, to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in ...