Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog Supporting free media worldwide Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:55:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Gamal’s dilemma http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/02/gamal%e2%80%99s-dilemma/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/02/gamal%e2%80%99s-dilemma/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:55:24 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/02/gamal%e2%80%99s-dilemma/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Further to this post, check out the item on the dilemma confronting Gamal Mubarak and Egypt’s ruling NDP in the latest issue of Carnegie’s must-read Arab Reform Bulletin.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/02/gamal%e2%80%99s-dilemma/feed/ 0 Jobs/Opportunities http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/02/jobsopportunities/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/02/jobsopportunities/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:41:56 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/02/jobsopportunities/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): National Endowment for Democracy Employment opportunities include: Research Associates – Fellows Program,  Program Officer for Middle East and North Africa, Business Systems Engineer, Manager, Finance, Manager, Grants Administration, Program Assistant for Europe, Program Assistant for Middle East and North Africa, Human Resources Generalist Call for Applications:  Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellowships The Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program at the Washington,

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/02/jobsopportunities/feed/ 0 Will Putin be hit on the head by history? http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/02/will-putin-be-hit-on-the-head-by-history/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/02/will-putin-be-hit-on-the-head-by-history/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:15:44 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/02/will-putin-be-hit-on-the-head-by-history/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Will Vladimir Putin’s vulgar dismissal of Russia’s democratic dissidents come to haunt him?  And is his power vertical the principal impediment to the elite’s superpower aspirations?   Police arrested over 100 activists at last weekend’s Strategy 31 rally, including leading opposition activists Boris Nemtsov and Konstantin Kosyakin, although another organizer, former Soviet dissident Lyudmila Alexeyeva, was not

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/02/will-putin-be-hit-on-the-head-by-history/feed/ 0 Non-sectarian forces gaining in Bosnia http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/01/non-sectarian-forces-gaining-in-bosnia/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/01/non-sectarian-forces-gaining-in-bosnia/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:21:32 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/01/non-sectarian-forces-gaining-in-bosnia/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): The multi-ethnic opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the ruling Bosnian Serb party, the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), would emerge as the country’s strongest political force if Bosnia held elections today, Balkan Insight reports. The report draws on a public opinion survey conducted by the National Democratic Institute, the Washington-based democracy assistance group.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/01/non-sectarian-forces-gaining-in-bosnia/feed/ 0 Egypt: US should support democratic reform or risk stoking radicalism http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/01/egypt-us-should-support-democratic-reform-or-risk-stoking-radicalism/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/01/egypt-us-should-support-democratic-reform-or-risk-stoking-radicalism/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:55:07 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/01/egypt-us-should-support-democratic-reform-or-risk-stoking-radicalism/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Egyptian democracy advocates today warned that the Obama Administration will jeopardize prospects for Middle East peace and boost the region’s “dark forces” if it colludes in the dynastic succession of President Hosni Mubarak’s son. The U.S.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/01/egypt-us-should-support-democratic-reform-or-risk-stoking-radicalism/feed/ 0 Debating ‘moderate’ Islam http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/01/debating-%e2%80%98moderate%e2%80%99-islam/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/01/debating-%e2%80%98moderate%e2%80%99-islam/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:21:43 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/01/debating-%e2%80%98moderate%e2%80%99-islam/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): The debate over Islam, democracy and modernity continues in this insightful Wall Street Journal symposium on moderate Islam. Muslims need not discard their beliefs and traditions in order to embrace pluralism and modernity, writes Anwar Ibrahim, opposition leader in Malaysia. Holding fast to the principles of democracy, freedom and human rights, these hundreds of millions of

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/01/journalist-stabbed/feed/ 0 Islamist rule for Egypt? http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/islamist-rule-for-egypt/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/islamist-rule-for-egypt/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:46:12 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/islamist-rule-for-egypt/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Is the Muslim Brotherhood a viable alternative to the current Egyptian regime? Dissident sociologist Saad Eddin Ibrahim and Muhammad ‘Ali Ibrahim, editor of the pro-government daily Al-Gumhouriyya, debate the issue.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/islamist-rule-for-egypt/feed/ 0 Russia’s civil society coming of age? http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/russia%e2%80%99s-civil-society-coming-of-age/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/russia%e2%80%99s-civil-society-coming-of-age/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:29:51 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/russia%e2%80%99s-civil-society-coming-of-age/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): With dozens of pro-democracy demonstrators arrested today in the latest protests over freedom of assembly, does Vladimir Putin’s latest outburst against his critics suggest that the democratic opposition is finally getting under his skin?

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/russia%e2%80%99s-civil-society-coming-of-age/feed/ 0 After such action, no forgiveness…. http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/after-such-action-no-forgiveness%e2%80%a6/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/after-such-action-no-forgiveness%e2%80%a6/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:09:10 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/after-such-action-no-forgiveness%e2%80%a6/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): The FT’s Gideon Rachman can’t be the only one to object to the hype and hatred accompanying this week’s publication of Tony Blair’s memoirs. “Blair made his fateful decision on Iraq for reasons that were both honorable and understandable,” he writes: The years after the Kosovo war were the heyday of liberal interventionism on both sides of

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/after-such-action-no-forgiveness%e2%80%a6/feed/ 0 Turkey’s turning, but which way? http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/turkey%e2%80%99s-turning-but-which-way/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/turkey%e2%80%99s-turning-but-which-way/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:13:01 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/turkey%e2%80%99s-turning-but-which-way/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Will Turkey become more or less democratic following the September 12 referendum on proposed constitutional amendments? The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) insists that the changes are designed to democratize the constitution and introduce European-style rights for women, children and minorities. But their critics contend that the reform will politicize the judiciary and undermine the country’s

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/turkey%e2%80%99s-turning-but-which-way/feed/ 0 And the new Freedom House executive director is…. http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/and-the-new-freedom-house-executive-director-is%e2%80%a6/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/and-the-new-freedom-house-executive-director-is%e2%80%a6/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:37:03 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/and-the-new-freedom-house-executive-director-is%e2%80%a6/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Freedom House has appointed David J. Kramer as the organization’s new executive director. Currently a Senior Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund, Kramer served as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor from March 2008 to January 2009.  “David Kramer is highly respected within the democracy and human rights field and across the

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/and-the-new-freedom-house-executive-director-is%e2%80%a6/feed/ 0 IPI joins Turkish media organisations in launch of campaign against imprisonment of journalists http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/ipi-joins-turkish-media-organisations-in-launch-of-campaign-against-imprisonment-of-journalists/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/ipi-joins-turkish-media-organisations-in-launch-of-campaign-against-imprisonment-of-journalists/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:24:00 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/ipi-joins-turkish-media-organisations-in-launch-of-campaign-against-imprisonment-of-journalists/ IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange International Freedom of Expression eXchange: According to IPI’s Turkey National Committee, over 700 journalists are currently facing lawsuits and the threat of imprisonment.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/ipi-joins-turkish-media-organisations-in-launch-of-campaign-against-imprisonment-of-journalists/feed/ 0 Iraqi democracy: glass half-empty or half-full? http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/iraqi-democracy-glass-half-empty-or-half-full/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/iraqi-democracy-glass-half-empty-or-half-full/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:16:53 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/iraqi-democracy-glass-half-empty-or-half-full/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): The jury is still out on the prospects for Iraq’s fragile democracy, judging by the commentaries preceding President Obama’s speech on the end of U.S.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/iraqi-democracy-glass-half-empty-or-half-full/feed/ 0 Two TV stations have licences revoked, could face criminal charges http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/two-tv-stations-have-licences-revoked-could-face-criminal-charges/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/two-tv-stations-have-licences-revoked-could-face-criminal-charges/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:07:00 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/two-tv-stations-have-licences-revoked-could-face-criminal-charges/ IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Privately-run TV stations TVi and 5 Kanal were the only two independent and unbiased channels left in the country, according to the Ukrainian media watchdog Telekritika.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/two-tv-stations-have-licences-revoked-could-face-criminal-charges/feed/ 0 Shots fired at windows of newspaper office http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/shots-fired-at-windows-of-newspaper-office/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/shots-fired-at-windows-of-newspaper-office/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:28:00 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/shots-fired-at-windows-of-newspaper-office/ IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange International Freedom of Expression eXchange: “Svitlytsa” newspaper had recently published reports that were critical of the local authorities.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/31/shots-fired-at-windows-of-newspaper-office/feed/ 0 Islam and democracy ‘not contradictory’ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/islam-and-democracy-%e2%80%98not-contradictory%e2%80%99/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/islam-and-democracy-%e2%80%98not-contradictory%e2%80%99/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:27:33 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/islam-and-democracy-%e2%80%98not-contradictory%e2%80%99/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Islamic history provides grounds for promoting democracy in the Arab world, according to Heather Ferguson and Ty McCormick.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/islam-and-democracy-%e2%80%98not-contradictory%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 Democracy: Iraq’s vital ingredient? http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/democracy-iraq%e2%80%99s-vital-ingredient/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/democracy-iraq%e2%80%99s-vital-ingredient/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:14:30 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/democracy-iraq%e2%80%99s-vital-ingredient/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED):   Our friends at POMED draw our attention to  an op-ed in The Guardian by Hayder al-Khoei, a researcher at London’s Centre for Academic Shi’a Studies, which disputes the consensus that Iran has emerged as the strategic victor following the 2003 invasion of Iraq. To the contrary, he argues, Iraq is the ultimate winner since there is

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/democracy-iraq%e2%80%99s-vital-ingredient/feed/ 0 Putin uses ‘toilet talk’ to disparage dissidents http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/putin-uses-%e2%80%98toilet-talk%e2%80%99-to-disparage-dissidents/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/putin-uses-%e2%80%98toilet-talk%e2%80%99-to-disparage-dissidents/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:26:39 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/putin-uses-%e2%80%98toilet-talk%e2%80%99-to-disparage-dissidents/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Russia’s de facto leader, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, today hinted he would return to the presidency in 2012 and justified the recent violent suppression of pro-democracy protesters.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/putin-uses-%e2%80%98toilet-talk%e2%80%99-to-disparage-dissidents/feed/ 0 Not even a Beijing consensus on the China model? http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/not-even-a-beijing-consensus-on-the-china-model/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/not-even-a-beijing-consensus-on-the-china-model/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:39:36 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/not-even-a-beijing-consensus-on-the-china-model/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): The wrong lesson to draw from China’s emergence as the world’s second-largest economy is that authoritarianism works, writes Chrystia Freeland. Dictatorships aren’t so good at innovation or self-correction

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/not-even-a-beijing-consensus-on-the-china-model/feed/ 0 Pakistan – the next Indonesia? http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/pakistan-%e2%80%93-the-next-indonesia/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/pakistan-%e2%80%93-the-next-indonesia/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:56:43 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/pakistan-%e2%80%93-the-next-indonesia/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Pakistan could yet follow Indonesia and overcome secessionist violence, Islamist radicalism and an overly powerful military to effect democratic change, writes Steve Coll. It may be poorly governed and threatened by Islamist violence, he notes, but it “houses a raucously open society” and can boasts impressive economic growth rates: Policies designed to unleash Pakistan’s economy during the

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/pakistan-%e2%80%93-the-next-indonesia/feed/ 0 Solidarnosc’s 30th anniversary: recalling workers’ role in ending communism, consolidating democracy http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/solidarnosc%e2%80%99s-30th-anniversary-recalling-workers%e2%80%99-role-in-ending-communism-consolidating-democracy/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/solidarnosc%e2%80%99s-30th-anniversary-recalling-workers%e2%80%99-role-in-ending-communism-consolidating-democracy/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:41:52 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/solidarnosc%e2%80%99s-30th-anniversary-recalling-workers%e2%80%99-role-in-ending-communism-consolidating-democracy/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): It was thirty years’ ago, on 31 August 1980, that strikers from Gdansk’s Lenin Shipyard forced the communist regime to recognize Solidarnosc as an independent trade union, release political prisoners, end media censorship and accept the right to strike. The regime later imposed martial law and Solidarity was forced underground before being forced to concede the union’s

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/echr-rules-against-turkey-in-case-of-murdered-journalist/feed/ 0 IPI alarmed at limitation on freedom of movement of Kosovo journalists http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/ipi-alarmed-at-limitation-on-freedom-of-movement-of-kosovo-journalists/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/ipi-alarmed-at-limitation-on-freedom-of-movement-of-kosovo-journalists/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:28:00 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/ipi-alarmed-at-limitation-on-freedom-of-movement-of-kosovo-journalists/ IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Several journalists and media representatives working in Kosovo have been denied a passport because they are under police investigation.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/30/ipi-alarmed-at-limitation-on-freedom-of-movement-of-kosovo-journalists/feed/ 0 US-Indonesia partnering for democracy http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/us-indonesia-partnering-for-democracy/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/us-indonesia-partnering-for-democracy/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:52:11 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/us-indonesia-partnering-for-democracy/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Democracy advocates will share expertise and experiences through a new initiative to promote partnerships among civil society organizations across Southeast Asia. The project – “Southeast Asia – U.S.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/us-indonesia-partnering-for-democracy/feed/ 0 Debating Islamists, ideology and democracy http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/debating-islamists-ideology-and-democracy/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/debating-islamists-ideology-and-democracy/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:06:57 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/debating-islamists-ideology-and-democracy/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Are the Middle East’s Islamists committed to democracy or does their historical association with totalitarian movements provide cause for concern? Is political Islamism “inimical to the spirit of compromise and tolerance” that genuine democracy demands or do groups like the Muslim Brotherhood provide an alternative to more violent forces? The issues are debated in the latest

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/debating-islamists-ideology-and-democracy/feed/ 0 Lawsuit against independent newspaper dismissed http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/lawsuit-against-independent-newspaper-dismissed/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/lawsuit-against-independent-newspaper-dismissed/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:00:00 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/lawsuit-against-independent-newspaper-dismissed/ IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange International Freedom of Expression eXchange: The “Central Asia Monitor” newspaper was sued for US$2.4 million after it published critical articles about several companies.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/lawsuit-against-independent-newspaper-dismissed/feed/ 0 Pakistan floods threaten ‘democratic dispensation’? http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/pakistan-floods-threaten-%e2%80%98democratic-dispensation%e2%80%99/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/pakistan-floods-threaten-%e2%80%98democratic-dispensation%e2%80%99/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:42:00 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/pakistan-floods-threaten-%e2%80%98democratic-dispensation%e2%80%99/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Do the devastating floods that have displaced several million citizens now threaten Pakistan’s fragile democracy? “The destruction could set Pakistan back many years, if not decades, further weaken its feeble civilian administration and add to the burdens on its military,” The New York Times reports. Observers are concerned that radical Islamist groups could gain from the disaster.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/pakistan-floods-threaten-%e2%80%98democratic-dispensation%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 Reporter receives threatening message with photograph of assassinated journalist Hrant Dink http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/reporter-receives-threatening-message-with-photograph-of-assassinated-journalist-hrant-dink/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/reporter-receives-threatening-message-with-photograph-of-assassinated-journalist-hrant-dink/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:50:00 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/reporter-receives-threatening-message-with-photograph-of-assassinated-journalist-hrant-dink/ IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Ozgut Topsakal received an e-mail saying he would be “called to account” by an ultra-nationalist youth organisation for an article he wrote.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/reporter-receives-threatening-message-with-photograph-of-assassinated-journalist-hrant-dink/feed/ 0 A series of unfortunate events precede Kim Jong Il’s trip to China http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/a-series-of-unfortunate-events-precede-kim-jong-il%e2%80%99s-trip-to-china/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/a-series-of-unfortunate-events-precede-kim-jong-il%e2%80%99s-trip-to-china/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:36:04 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/a-series-of-unfortunate-events-precede-kim-jong-il%e2%80%99s-trip-to-china/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s surprise visit to China is drawing considerable comment about its purpose and timing.  The trip, which follows a series of strange events, is “highly significant,” a Stratfor analysis suggests: There is much speculation surrounding the purpose of Kim’s purported trip; to gain China’s support for the North Korean leadership transition (some

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/organisation-claims-responsibility-for-murder-of-journalist-threatens-media/feed/ 0 Newspaper facing legal action over reports of police brutality http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/newspaper-facing-legal-action-over-reports-of-police-brutality/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/newspaper-facing-legal-action-over-reports-of-police-brutality/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:17:00 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/newspaper-facing-legal-action-over-reports-of-police-brutality/ IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange International Freedom of Expression eXchange: The lawsuit by police followed a series of articles citing complaints by residents of a village outside Moscow about police officers’ rude behavior, GDF said.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/27/newspaper-facing-legal-action-over-reports-of-police-brutality/feed/ 0 Challenges of change: religion, secularism, rights http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/26/challenges-of-change-religion-secularism-rights/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/26/challenges-of-change-religion-secularism-rights/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:49:11 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/26/challenges-of-change-religion-secularism-rights/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): In a world plagued by ethnic and religious clashes, where some strive to impose their beliefs and lifestyles on all, women leaders from Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East will speak to the challenges of accommodating diversity while striving for human rights at this forthcoming conference: Challenges of Change: Religion, Secularism & Rights, organized

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/26/challenges-of-change-religion-secularism-rights/feed/ 0 Russia: Release Human Rights Defender http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/26/russia-release-human-rights-defender/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/26/russia-release-human-rights-defender/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:10:24 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/26/russia-release-human-rights-defender/ Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) – (Moscow) – The Tverskoi District Court of Moscow should overturn Lev Ponomarev’s sentence of administrative arrest and ensure his immediate release from custody, Human Rights Watch said today. The activist was sentenced to three days for “disobeying police orders” and is currently serving the sentence at a special detention center of the Moscow Police Department.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/26/russia-release-human-rights-defender/feed/ 0 Dismantling Nicaragua’s democracy: anybody care? http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/26/dismantling-nicaragua%e2%80%99s-democracy-anybody-care/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/26/dismantling-nicaragua%e2%80%99s-democracy-anybody-care/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:52:02 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/08/26/dismantling-nicaragua%e2%80%99s-democracy-anybody-care/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Nicaraguan democracy and civil society groups fear that the packing of the Supreme Court is the latest in a series of moves that have seen the ruling party undermine the autonomy of the country’s democratic institutions.

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