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Hungary – Journalists question Hungary’s leadership of Europe as media law provokes outrage

Parliamentarians in Budapest agreed to create a new media council which will have the power to fine newspapers if they don’t provide “balanced coverage”.

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Why U.S. Public Diplomacy No Longer Works and Can It Be Fixed?

Update: America.gov restored Ted Lipien's comment.

TedLipien.com, Truckee, California, December 27, 2010 — On the day the U.S. Senate voted to approve the new arms reduction treaty

Belarus – Crackdown on the press continues, with journalists arrested, sentenced

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Photojournalist Aleksandr Astafyev was sentenced to 10 days in jail and is currently on a hunger strike to protest the authorities' actions.

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Citizen Journalists in Belarus Tell Election Story to Voice of America but VOA Fails to Deliver News Back to Belarus

FreeMediaOnline.org Truckee, CA, USA, December 23, 2010 -- Free Media Online Commentary: According to Voice of America Russian Service insiders, the rosy

Belarus – Writer and former Belarusian PEN President, Vladimir Neklyaev, arrested and beaten

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Vladimir Neklyaev was kidnapped from the hospital where he was taken after being beaten by security agents during post-election protests; his whereabouts

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Voice of America English programs go the way of Voice of Russia, says former VOA journalist

FreeMediaOnline.org Truckee, CA, USA, December 19, 2010 -- In their eagerness to promote the Obama Administration policies to overseas audiences, the Voice

Putin’s Remarks on Khodorkovsky Show Blatant Disrespect for Rule of Law

Freedom House: Freedom House today renewed its deep concern about the fairness and impartiality of the pending court decision in the case of former Yukos head, Mikhail

- News media and websites censored and blocked for carrying leaked cables

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Reporters Without Borders condemns the measures being taken by governments and government agencies to censor websites or news media that have

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Russia – CPJ calls for clear information on progress in solving Togliatti murders

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Investigations into the murders of Valery Ivanov and Aleksei Sidorov, editors of the "Tolyattinskoye Obozreniye" newspaper, have repeatedly stalled.

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Czech Court Rules RFE/RL Cannot Discriminate Against Its Own Foreign Journalists

FreeMediaOnline.org Truckee, CA, USA, December 02, 2010 -- A court in the Czech Republic has ruled that a former Radio Free Europe

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Newspaper lawyer alleges police planted drugs in his apartment | IFEX

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: The police forced their way into lawyer Vyacheslav Ismaylov's apartment, claiming they were investigating a criminal case.

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Blockage of YouTube spreads to Google services

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Internet users have been having problems accessing Google services such as Google Analytics, Google AdWords and Google Docs.

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VOA launches Digital Frontiers web project

FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog, May 06, 2010, San Francisco -- Dr. Kim Andrew

Human rights organisations call on the Kyrgyz government to implement reforms

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: IFEX members joined other human rights organisations in denouncing the deterioration of press freedom under the new interim government in Kyrgyzstan.

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VOA Russian blog under porn attack

An unknown hacker has posted a pornographic video on the VOA LiveJournal blog. The image seen on the VOA site showed a naked woman in a

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