All posts tagged human rights
Uzbekistan – Human rights activist attacked over critical online publications
Gulbakhor Turayeva was taking a walk near her house with her children when she was approached by two women, accompanied by two men. One of the women asked her if her name was Gulbakhor; when the journalist said yes, the woman attacked her.
BBG pushes health reporting and English lessons, downplays political and human rights journalism on Voice of America
Recent developments suggest that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which manages U.S government-funded international broadcasts, has chosen health reporting and English lessons as a partial substitute for
BBG’s “Recent Threats to Media Freedom” statement remains open to charges of hypocrisy
The latest BBG statement on threats to media freedom, while quite strong, ignores the detention of VOA correspondent in China earlier this year and is silent on violence
BBG's "Recent Threats to Media Freedom" statement remains open to charges of hypocrisy
The latest BBG statement on threats to media freedom, while quite strong, ignores the detention of VOA correspondent in China earlier this year and is silent on violence
Rep. Rohrabacher Introduces Bill to Counter Communist Chinese State Media Advantage in the U.S.
Rep. Rohrabacher also had introduced earlier an amendment, approved unanimously by
Ethiopian journalist ID’d in WikiLeaks cable flees country — CPJ
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) -
New York, September 14, 2011--U.S. diplomatic cables disclosed last month by WikiLeaks cited an Ethiopian journalist by name and referred






Anonymous: They really should dissolve the BBG into one of the other organization...
Anonymous: We can write to our senators and to members of Congress. If they rece...
anonymous: If anything is clear, the BBG is now AT WAR WITH ITS OWN EMPLOYEES. ...
Anonymous2: What an appalling public diplomacy message from a U.S. federal agency ...
Anonymous: The laughter of Broadcasting Board of Governors members and other BBG ...