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Golden Pen of Freedom Awarded to Jailed Chinese Journalist

Posted by Kim Hawkey on June 4, 2007 at 1:23 PM
Shi Tao, a Chinese journalist serving a 10-year prison sentence for revealing his government’s orders to newspapers to censor their reporting of the Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary, has been awarded the 2007 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize from the World Association of Newspapers.


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Record Number of Journalists Killed in 2006

Posted by John Burke on October 6, 2006 at 9:42 AM
Seventy-five journalists have been killed so far this year, making 2006 the deadliest year for journalists on record, the World Association of Newspapers said Thursday.Twenty-six of the deaths occurred in Iraq, where journalists continue to be targetted and murdered.


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Sudan: newspaper’s print-run confiscated on Saturday

Posted by Elena Perotti on September 11, 2006 at 10:24 AM

On Saturday before dawn, the entire print-run of independent daily Al-Sudani was confiscated by Sudan authorities. "They did not tell us which article they did not like, they just said all the articles were inappropriate," said Osman Merghani, a columnist at al-Sudani.



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Golden Pen of Freedom Awarded to Iranian Journalist

Posted by Anna-Maria Mende on June 5, 2006 at 7:33 PM
An Iranian journalist who spent the last six years in jail for criticising the Iranian authorities has been awarded the 2006 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize from the World Association of Newspapers.


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Jailed Iranian Journalist Wins WAN Golden Pen of Freedom Award

Posted by John Burke on November 15, 2005 at 2:05 PM

Copenhagen, Denmark, 15 November 2005

Akbar Ganji, a leading investigative journalist who is now one of Iran's most renowned political prisoners, has been awarded the 2006 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers.


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