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Obama against prosecuting journalists for doing their job
US President Barack Obama doesn't believe that a reporter should be prosecuted for doing his or her job, a presidential spokesman said, but maintained that the Obama Administration can't risk country's security in the case of unauthorised leaks of classified information. #White House #Barack Obama #NewsTracker #Obama administration #Press Freedom
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Space for free media is shrinking: John Kerry
In this age of technological advancement and internet, the space for free media is shrinking, the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, said on Friday, urging governments across the world to take the necessary steps to foster an environment conducive to freedom of press. #United States #World #Internet #NewsTracker #TheySaidIt #Press Freedom #John Kerry
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Delhi gangrape: Police want media coverage ban to stay
Police on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court to continue the ban on media access to the trial in the 16 December, 2012 Delhi gang-rape case. #Media #NewsTracker #Delhi High Court #Delhi Police #Meenakshi Lekhi #Fast Track Court #Press Freedom #Delhi gangrape
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Leveson report: Outdated, short-sighted, dangerous
Almost all the bad practices put on display during the Leveson inquiry are already illegal. Regulating the press inherently means providing an additional deterrent to choice, and a prior restraint on publication. #social media #Twitter #ConnectTheDots #News of the World #Leveson Report #Press Freedom #Press Regulation
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Foreign PolicyFreedom Begins at Home - By Suzanne Nossel
The investigation and potential indictment of investigative journalists for the crime of doing their jobs well enough to make the government squirm is nothing new. It happens all over the world, and is part of what the Obama administration has fought aga #Barack Obama #Geneva #US State Department
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Salt Lake TribuneAnalysis: Does religious freedom report need more ‘teeth’?
Washington • The Obama administration isn’t afraid to call out Republicans for playing politics on Capitol Hill or Wall Street for runaway profits or insurance companies for health care woes. But why, when it comes to protecting religious freedom abroad, #Wall Street #U.S. Republican Party #Barack Obama
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Guardian UnlimitedObama orders review of press freedom guidelines in wake of recent scandals
Barack Obama has ordered the Department of Justice to review its guidelines on press freedom in the wake of the media outcry over the seizure of AP phone records and the threat of criminal action against a Fox reporter. Representatives of media organisat #Barack Obama #Eric Holder #New York Times Company