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Azerbaijan: In Solidarity with Khadija Ismayilova
March 16, 2012
Azerbaijan: In Solidarity with Khadija Ismayilova
The International Partnership Group for Azerbaijan (IPGA) condemns the blackmail and continued harassment of one of the few independent investigative journalists working in Azerbaijan, Khadija Ismayilova. The most recent episode in the harassment campaign involves a one minute film of an intimate nature being posted on the internet on Wednesday March 14). A week earlier Ismayilova said she... More...
Iran frees two of six jailed journalists
October 12, 2011
Iran frees two of six jailed journalists
Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency says two filmmakers arrested last month over their alleged links to BBC’s Farsi-language service have been released. Fars said Monday that Nasser Saffarian and Mohsen Shahrnaz had been freed, without providing further details. The agency did not say if four... More...
Iranian minister of culture considers BBC accusations baseless
October 10, 2011
Iranian minister of culture considers BBC accusations baseless
Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini considers baseless the accusations of the BBC World Service Director Peter Horrocks that the relatives of staff working for BBC incur pressure from the government in Iran. BBC promoted the colonial policy of Britain, caused a... More...
Iranian minister of culture considers BBC accusations baseless
October 10, 2011
Iranian minister of culture considers BBC accusations baseless
Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini considers baseless the accusations of the BBC World Service Director Peter Horrocks that the relatives of staff working for BBC incur pressure from the government in Iran. BBC promoted the colonial policy of Britain, caused a... More...
Tbilisi Movie Theatres Sue Certain Internet-Portals
October 5, 2011
Tbilisi Movie Theatres Sue Certain Internet-Portals
On October 4 the largest movie theatres of Tbilisi Amirani and Rustaveli turned in a lawsuit against 7 Internet portals to the City Court Administrative Case Board. The movie theatres request prohibition of posting of unlicensed movies at websites and reimbursement of material loss.  The given... More...
Staff Changes Being on at TV PIK
September 29, 2011
Staff Changes Being on at TV PIK
From October 1, 2011 Perviy Informatsionniy Kavkazsky (PIK) (First Caucasus News), the Russian-language channel of the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) will be headed by Ekaterine Kotrikadze, incumbent head of news service of the channel and Robert Parsons, incumbent Director General will be... More...
Prosecutor says Ergenekon's Trabzon cell committed Dink murder
September 28, 2011
Prosecutor says Ergenekon's Trabzon cell committed Dink murder
A Turkish prosecutor conducting the investigation into the assassination of Turkish- Armenian journalist Hrant Dink said on Monday that the murder was committed by Ergenekon's cell in the Black Sea province of Trabzon. Prosecutor Hikmet Usta announced his opinion as to who masterminded the... More...
Georgia: Maestro TV Crew Requests Return of Footage Made at President Owned Premises
September 26, 2011
Georgia: Maestro TV Crew Requests Return of Footage Made at President Owned Premises
Maestro TV journalists request police to return the video footage made at President Mikheil Saakashvili's premises in Kvareli on September 25. The crew of Maestro show 'Without Accreditation', including its author Shalva Ramishvili, was detained during filming, taken out of the territory and the... More...
Turkish president receives freed German journalists
September 23, 2011
Turkish president receives freed German journalists
Turkey's President Abdullah Gul received on Sunday German journalists, who were detained in Iran on charges of espionage but who were released after his initiatives. Gul's first meeting in the German capital of Berlin, where he is paying a formal visit, was with Bild newspaper's reporter Marcus... More...
Iran frees hikers, many journalists remain imprisoned
September 23, 2011
Iran frees hikers, many journalists remain imprisoned
The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the news that U.S. journalist Shane Bauer and his friend Josh Fattal were released today on US$1 million bail by the Iranian government after two years in Tehran's Evin Prison, according to news reports. "We welcome the news that Bauer and Fattal have... More...
Iran arrests 5 people for working for BBC
September 19, 2011
Iran arrests 5 people for working for BBC
Iranian state television is reporting that authorities have arrested five people for working for the BBC's Farsi-language service. Monday's report on the channel's website says the group provided the British Broadcasting Corp. with video and negative news reports on Iran. The report did not... More...
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