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Afghanistan: Press freedom in free-fall in run-up to presidential election
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
Published: 2009
Reporters Without Borders has released the report of a fact-finding visit to Afghanistan in January. Entitled â#oWe have free speech, but weâ##re not safe and we donâ##t act responsibly".
Authorities arrest two TV presenters in Kabul
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
Published: 2009
Reporters Without Borders is disturbed by yesterdayâ##s arrests in Kabul of two commercial TV presenters, Fahim Kohdamani of Emroz and Ajmal Alamzai of Ariana TV.
Britain’s Own Pravda-Style Propaganda
Ten Years Of ‘Involvement’ In Afghanistan
Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
Published: 2011
The Dangers of Embedded Journalism
A Distorted View of War
Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
Published: 2010
Global Press Freedom Declines in Every Region for First Time Israel, Italy and Hong Kong Lose Free Status
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
Published: 2009
Journalists faced an increasingly grim working environment in 2008, with global press freedom declining for a seventh straight year and deterioration occurring for the first time in every region, according to Freedom House's annual media study.
Press Freedom Under Fire in South Asia, 2008-09
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
Published: 2009
The seventh annual report on press freedom in South Asia documents alarming trends in working conditions for journalists.
A War on Wikileaks?
Unhinged at the US State Department and Pentagon
Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
Published: 2010
If the state fails to make any sense - not surprising - it is because it is has no intention of doing so. The state is appealing to something more visceral with all of this posturing: fear. It wants to strike fear into the minds and bodies of people working with Wikileaks, or anyone else doing such work, and anyone contemplating leaking any classified records. Fear is its greatest weapon of psychological destruction, with proven success at home. The outcome the state hopes for is greater self-censorship and greater self-monitoring.
The Wikileaks Afghan War Diary
Reason for Celebration, Cause for Concern
Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
Published: 2010
The release of Wikileaks acquired records from U.S. forces in Afghanistan is an event of major significance which in some ways deserves to be celebrated by those opposed to the war in Afghanistan, but there are also some serious problems with the records and with the way Wikileaks released them.

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