I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has joined the
JHR mailing list.  Particularly, I would like to thank our mailing list
chief, Georges Lessard.  If you have any questions or comments about the
list, contact Georges.  In only a few days we have a lot of people sign up,
and the list is growing every day.  So thanks to everybody.

Please pass the following on to anyone who might be interested.

JHR JOB POSTINGS:

Positions Available: 1) Country Director, 2) Expert, 3) Volunteer.  All
positions are based in Accra, Ghana.

To apply to all positions, please send a cover letter and CV to
ben.peterson@....

1) Position title: Country Director (hiring one only for Accra, Ghana)

Description:  Job starting date: late February or early March, 2003.  The
Country Director will be directly responsible for overseeing JHRs ground
operations in Accra, Ghana.  A one-year renewable contract.  The salary is
competitive. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
' Establishing a country office
' Establishing and nurturing media and government contacts and relationships
' Managing the stay and work of JHRs Experts
' Organizing training seminars
' Managing the stay and work of groups of JHR Volunteers
' Establishing, managing and editing a newspaper supplement on human rights
' Public relations work
' Some accounting

Qualifications:
' A relevant degree from an established university
' Minimum 2 years relevant work experience, preferably in management
' Good knowledge of the country of application,
' Excellent knowledge of international human rights issues
' Some journalism experiencepreferably in editing or management
' Excellent people and diplomatic skills
' Excelling writing and communication skills
' Dedication to the mission of JHR
' Fluent in English

2)  Position title: Expert (Hiring 4 in 2003)

Description:  Job Start Date: Two will be selected to start in April, 2003
and two again in November, 2003.  Place: Various cities in Ghana.  Duration:
1 or 2 weeks.  Compensation: All costs will be covered (flight, room and
board, and local transportation).  Experts will conduct a number of training
seminars, symposiums and lectures throughout Ghana for the purpose of
educating journalists, editors and media owners about various issues in
human rights.  The Experts will tour the country together, conducting these
forums for training in the places of most impact.  While JHR will direct the
Expert in choosing the general topics for the training exercises, the Expert
will be expected to largely construct the training material.  JHR will
organize all training activities.

Qualifications:
' Extensive experience in international human rights or journalism
' Some experience in journalism
' Public speaking experience
' Knowledge of the African human rights situation
' A public profile a definite plus
' Fluent in English

3) Position title: Volunteer (10 positions in 2003 in Ghana)

Description: Volunteers stay will be 4 months.  Five will be hired to begin
in April, 2003 and five more will start in November, 2003.  Volunteers will
be attached to journalism institutions and media houses, working with a
number of journalists at a time.  Their central task will be to follow-up on
that which the experts discussed, ensuring that the work of the journalists
reflects human rights issues, answering questions the local journalists may
have, and expanding on the information which the experts have provided.
Together with the Country Directors, the volunteers will also coordinate the
monthly newspaper supplement on human rights issues.  They will be paid a
by-weekly stipend to cover all reasonable expenses, plus their all housing
and transportation costs will be covered.

Qualifications:
' A good undergraduate degree (or near completion)
' Relevant experience or interest
' Strong knowledge of human rights
' Excellent interpersonal skills
' Some experience in journalism
' Excellent written and communication skills
' Fluent in English (Ghana position) or French (Cote DIvoire position)

Ben Peterson
President and Co-Founder
Journalists for Human Rights
Phone: 416-925-0460
Cell: 416-725-3994
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Côte d'Ivoire
Opposition and foreign journalists targeted with impunity
10.28.2002 - Reporters Without Borders issued a report on press
freedom in Côte d'Ivoire called "Exaggerated patriotism and the
smearing of the foreign media," in which it urged the UN Security
Council to refer the serious situation there to the International
Criminal Court.

http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=4175

10.28.2002

Opposition and foreign journalists targeted with impunity

After a week-long fact-finding mission, Reporters Without
Borders appealed to the UN Security Council on 25 October to ask
the International Criminal Court (ICC) to consider the grave press
freedom situation in the country. It demanded an immediate
international investigation of the abuses committed by both
government and rebel forces in the current conflict.

It said the threats and attacks on journalists and destruction of their
property since the troubles began on 19 September were serious
violations of humanitarian law that could be tried and punished by
the ICC even though Côte d'Ivoire had not yet ratified the ICC
statute.

Reporters Without Borders also urged the Ivorian authorities to give
protection to media requesting it and to restore the FM reception
facilities for foreign radio stations RFI, the BBC and Africa No. 1,
which Ivorians have not been able to hear for more than a month
now.

It asked the Ivorian communications ministry to see that state radio
and TV employees removed because of their ethic origin or political
opinions were allowed to return to their jobs at once.

The events of 19 September plunged Côte d'Ivoire into the
grimmest period of its history. An attempted coup d'état turned into
a wholesale uprising by rebels who now control part of the country.
The media have been attacked by both the armed forces and police
and by the rebels. No media currently feels safe.

The foreign press under broad attack Ivorian officials early on
accused foreign journalists of being in league with the rebels and
their intention of "destabilising" the country. The foreign media can
be criticised but nothing justifies the virulent attacks on it by the
authorities and sections of both the privately-owned and
government media. Sometimes named people are targeted and this
creates an climate of lawlessness which on occasion leads to
physical attacks.

Nearly all foreign journalists the fact-finding mission met said these
repeated threats had seriously affected their freedom of movement.
Several who had covered other conflicts in Africa said the situation
was unprecedented. A French freelance radio producer working for
the Radio France Outre-Mer (RFO) was held for six days without
explanation by Ivorian security officials.

Local media threatened In the course of a month, two media offices
have been ransacked, several journalists physically attacked and
countless anonymous threats received by staff. Despite requests,
the authorities have not taken effective measures to guarantee the
safety of journalists. Communications minister Séry Bailly has
simply said that "the safest thing for journalists is to report the news
in a proper manner." This remark has encouraged self-censorship,
which has now become routine in the local media.

Xenophobic media "We Ivorian journalists have set the scene for
this war," the former editor of a local daily said recently. "We must
take responsibility for that. Our diatribes and hate-filled language
have filled Ivorian heads with the idea of war."

The foreign press, France and opposition figure Alassane Dramane
Ouattara are the targets of some pro-government papers. Le
National is once again the most vicious, stepping up its attacks,
calling for violence and hurling insults. The paper is a true
mouthpiece of hatred. Other papers are guilty too. The pro-
government daily Notre Voie and L'oeil du Peuple regularly pour oil
on the flames.

The attitude of the government media Several local journalists said
the government media were playing an unhealthy role in the crisis.
As organs of official propaganda, they are not helping to calm
things down and are seriously misinforming the public. By reporting
only one side of things and making warmongering comments, their
journalists are poisoning the situation even more.

Ethnic and political purges Immediately after the 19 September
attempted coup, several dozen staff of the state-controlled radio
and TV were no longer allowed to work. Officially, this was said to
be for their own safety, but several laid-off journalists said it was
because they allegedly supported the opposition Republican Rally
(RDR) party or were born in the north of the country. Two
government TV journalists, who asked to remain anonymous, told
Reporters Without Borders they had been deliberately pushed out.
"All the laid-off staff are northerners or supposed RDR members.
Nearly all those remaining are from the Bete tribe."

The rebels control the news too In the rebel-ruled part of the
country, journalists are not much better off. Foreign reporters are
less vulnerable than the few Ivorian journalists working in the area.
The rebels have well understood the importance of controlling the
news and on 21 October they set up their own TV station. It too
simply relays propaganda all day, including meetings of the rebel
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Date sent:       Wed, 27 Nov 2002 13:00:54 -0500
To:              politech@...
From:            Declan McCullagh <declan@...>
Subject:         FC: Amnesty Int'l fingers MS, Sun, Cisco
as Chinese censors
Send reply to:   declan@...

[Somehow, I don't recall Amnesty International slamming Microsoft,
Sun, Nortel, and so forth for selling software to the Feds that can be
used for Carnivore deployment. And did Amnesty complain about all
those businesses selling legal pads, calculators, and maps to the
FBI that were used in the brutal killing of innocents at Waco? Of
course not. In those cases, at least, Amnesty appears to have
realized that blame for wrongdoing should rest on the shoulders of
the government.

I don't mean to say that corporations are never complicit (certainly
there have been allegations raised about IBM in World War II), but
it seems that that should be a pretty high threshold to meet, and
that doesn't seem to be the case here. Amnesty offers no proof
beyond hand-waving allegations likely born of an anti-corporate
bias. If China orders a few thousand copies of Windows, how is
Microsoft to know where they'll be used? It can't, of course, and to
suggest otherwise is silly. Amnesty should know better, and focus
its otherwise good work on the real culprits: The Chinese
government. --Declan]

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http://www.web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/recent/asa170072002

[...]

Foreign companies, including Websense and Sun Microsystems,
Cisco Systems, Nortel Networks, Microsoft,(27) have reportedly
provided important technology which helps the Chinese authorities
censor the Internet. Nortel Networks(28) along with some other
international firms are reported to be providing China with the
technology which will help it shift from filtering content at the
international gateway level to filtering content of individual
computers, in homes, Internet cafes, universities and businesses.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights calls on "every
individual and every organ of society" to play its part in securing
human rights for all. Amnesty International believes that
multinational companies operating in China have a responsibility to
contribute to the promotion and protection of fundamental human
rights.

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Date sent:       Thu, 28 Nov 2002 15:09:42 +0000
Subject:         [africa_net] Un article sur la crise ivoirienne censuré
 	 chez nos voisins
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Bonjour à tous,

Quand on parle de développement de l'Afrique, on ne pas dissocier les faits
politiques. Voici un article sur la crise ivoirienne qui ne plait pas du
tout à notre tonton d'à côté (suivez mon regard). Lisez-le. Vos commentaires
ne sont pas obligatoires.
___________

L’échec de la médiation conduite à Lomé par le président Gnassigbe Eyadema
était prévisible car elle a démarré sur des bases fausses, c’est-à-dire sur
un très mauvais diagnostic des causes de la crise ivoirienne et sur une
mauvaise appréciation des faits et de la réalite actuelle. Ces erreurs
d’appréciation seraient incompréhensibles et fort surprenantes pour des
professionnels de la négociation.

Lire l'intégralité de l'article à
http://www.abidjan.net/lettreouverte/lettre.asp?ID=3757


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"Tunisia Stifles Web Publications"

An online journalist is jailed for publishing a letter, which
criticized the independence of the country's judicial branch.
He joins other Internet publishers who also offended their
homeland's leadership. By Andrew Stroehlein.

http://www.ojr.org/ojr/world_reports/1036538983.php

Reporters Without Borders has decided to offer alternative
solutions to Internet-citizens who wish to protect the anonymity of
their communications. On this web site the organisation provides a
simple guide to downloading and using OpenPGP cryptography
software, an application that guarantees the confidentiality of e-
mails.

  Visit the website of OpenPGP and download the software
http://www.openpgp.fr.st/

  Read the press release
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=2543

The english version will be available tonight on the website of RSF
(www.rsf.org)
Third Attack On TV Station Headquarters
[See http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=4350 ]

Libertad de prensa
21 de noviembre de 2002

VENEZUELA

Reporteros Sin fronteras preocupada por la violencia contra la
prensa

Reporteros Sin Fronteras denuncia la agresión de que ha sido
víctima un equipo del canal público Venezolana de Televisión
(VTV), en Caracas. En una carta dirigida a Diosdado Cabello,
Ministro de Interior y Justicia, la organización ha pedido que se
haga todo lo necesario para garantizar la seguridad de los
representantes de los medios de comunicación, y para que se
denuncie a quienes ponen trabas al ejercicio de la libertad de
prensa. Como precisó Robert Ménard, secretario general de
Reporteros Sin Fronteras, "es urgente que las autoridades pongan
fin a la violencia de que es víctima la prensa, sean quienes sean
los autores de ella".

Por otra parte, cuando la oposición ha anunciado que pronto
convocará un paro general indefinido, Reporteros Sin Fronteras
pide a sus responsables que impartan instrucciones claras a sus
partidarios, para que no se ataque a los medios de comunicación
considerados cercanos al gobierno.

En la mañana del 19 de noviembre de 2002, la periodista Zaida
Pereira y su camarógrafo Eduardo Escalona fueron agredidos por
partidarios de un grupo de militares, que se han declarado en
situación de "desobediencia legítima".

El equipo de la televisión resultó agredido cuando llegaba a la
plaza Francia de Altamira en Caracas, punto de partida de una
manifestación de la oposición. Los periodistas fueron atacados por
Arturo Vilar, jefe de prensa de un grupo de militares que ocupa la
plaza desde el pasado 22 de octubre, para reclamar la renuncia del
presidente Chávez. Una decena de partidarios de los militares
rebeldes agredieron a Eduardo Escalona, y le confiscaron la
cámara. Finalmente le devolvieron la cámara, pero sin la cassette
que contenía algunas imágenes del incidente. Zaida Pereira
precisó que disponía de las autorizaciones municipales necesarias
para instalarse en la plaza Francia de Altamira.


Liberté de la presse
21 novembre 2002

VENEZUELA

Reporters sans frontières préoccupée par les violences contre la
presse

Reporters sans frontières dénonce l'agression dont a été victime
une équipe de la chaîne publique Venezolana de Televisión (VTV)
à Caracas. Dans une lettre adressée à Diosdado Cabello, ministre
de l'Intérieur et de la Justice, l'organisation a demandé que tout soit
fait pour garantir la sécurité des représentants des médias et pour
que les auteurs d'entraves à l'exercice de la liberté de la presse
soient poursuivis. Comme l'a précisé Robert Ménard, secrétaire
général de Reporters sans frontières, "il est urgent que les autorités
mettent fin aux violences dont est victime la presse, quels qu'en
soient les auteurs."

Par ailleurs, alors que l'opposition a annoncé qu'elle lancerait
bientôt une grève illimitée, Reporters sans frontières demande à
ses responsables de donner des instructions claires à ses partisans
pour que les médias considérés comme proches du gouvernement
ne soient pas pris à partie.

Dans la matinée du 19 novembre 2002, la journaliste Zaida Pereira
et son cameraman Eduardo Escalona ont été agressés par des
partisans d'un groupe de militaires qui s'est déclaré "en
désobéissance légitime".

L'équipe de télévision a été agressée alors qu'elle arrivait sur la
place Francia de Altamira à Caracas, point de départ d'une
manifestation de l'opposition. Les journalistes ont été pris à partie
par Arturo Vilar, chargé de presse d'un groupe de militaires qui
occupe cette place depuis le 22 octobre dernier pour réclamer le
départ du président Chávez. Eduardo Escalona a été agressé et sa
caméra confisquée par une dizaine de partisans des militaires en
rébellion. La caméra lui a finalement été rendue mais sans la
cassette contenant des images de l'incident. Zaida Pereira a
précisé qu'elle disposait des autorisations nécessaires de la mairie
pour s'installer place Francia de Altamira.



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Title -- 3852 PNG: Media academic praises local reporters, bravery
Date -- 22 November 2002
Byline -- None
Origin -- Pacific Media Watch
Source -- PNG Post-Courier, 22/11/2
Copyright -- PC
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LOCAL REPORTERS, BRAVERY HERALDED
http://www.postcourier.com.pg/

PORT MORESBY (PNG Post-Courier/Pacific Media Watch): Papua
New Guinea journalists don't get much recognition for the bravery
they show in the line of duty, the Post-Courier reports.

And the tough environment due to lack of capacity in institutions to
protect them often result in constraints on information that "borders
on self-censorship".

These sentiments were expressed independently by South Pacific
Post Ltd managing director Bob Howarth and visiting Murdoch
University senior lecturer Dr Stephen Tanner yesterday in Port
Moresby.

The two men said this following reports of harassment of journalists,
including guns being pointed to the head —three times in the case
of Post-Courier journalist Gorethy Kenneth— and the lack of
protection from relevant institutions like police.

The comments and reports came out during the one-week post-
election workshop hosted by the PNG Media Council with
sponsorship from the Centre for International Journalism based at
the University of Queensland.

Fifteen journalists from radio stations NBC, PNGFM, FM100 and the
National and Post-Courier had reported their experiences in
covering elections.

Some of them had decided to hold back information because it
would have endangered their lives and others had swum across
flooded rivers and had defied armed gunmen who tried to seize
their cameras.

"I have worked as a journalist in London, Hong Kong, East Timor
and Australia and I don't think that PNG journalists get enough
recognition for the bravery they show," said Howarth.

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Title -- 3857 FIJI: Treason trial to 'establish links' between rebel
journalist and politician
Date -- 26 November 2002
Byline -- None
Origin -- Pacific Media Watch
Source -- Pacnews, 3rd edition, editor@..., 26/11/2
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TREASON TRIAL TO ESTABLISH LINKS BETWEEN SILATOLU
AND NATA

SUVA (Pacnews/Pacific Media Watch): The state prosecution in the
Fiji treason trial will attempt to establish that the two defendants --
politician Ratu Timoci Silatolu and journalist/publicist Jo Nata --
knew about the planned overthrow of the Fiji Government in
advance, Pacnews reports.

State prosecutor Peter Ridgeway in his opening statement said
evidence to be tendered during the trial would include phone
records that showed Silatolu and Nata were in constant contact
weeks before the coup and "so many times on the night and
morning" of 19 May 2000.

"There were more than 80 phone calls exchanged between the two
during that period," Ridgeway said.

"Not only that, the two were also in phone contact with George
Speight and Iliesa Duvuloco. Duvuloco was leading a civilian march
through the city on that day," Ridgeway said.

"Both the men were aware of the coup. They were party to it," he
added.

The leading state prosecutor said witnesses to be called would
establish that the Silatolu and Nata were part of the "inner circle" of
people that were aware of the events leading to the events of 19
May.

Ridgeway explained that treason is an assault on the heart of the
state.

This is the first treason trial in Fiji, even though the charges existed
in the country' statute books.

"The abrogation of the constitution on its own is an act of treason."

Silatolu and Nata are jointly charged with treason and seven overt
acts. These include the appointment of the illegal Taukei Civilian
Government and the abrogation of the 1997 Constitution.

One of the key witnesses for the state, former Prime Minister
Mahendra Chaudhry, is expected to take the witness stand on
Thursday (28 Nov).

The trial is presided over by Justice Andrew Wilson.

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Title -- 3858 INDONESIA: Jakarta's media see new law curbing
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JAKARTA'S MEDIA SEE NEW LAW CURBING FREEDOMS

South China Morning Post
November 26, 2002

by Mariane Kearney

The Indonesian parliament yesterday delayed passing a draconian
press law which critics fear would allow for the return of a Suharto-
style press council with powers to censor one of Asia's freest and
most vociferous media industries.

The delay, which comes amid widespread protests, was because
the number of legislators in attendance was insufficient to form a
quorum. However, critics say the unpopular law will probably be
passed this week before parliament goes into recess.

Print, radio and television broadcasters, as well as civil society
groups say the law - which establishes a commission with the power
to revoke broadcasters' licences or impose sanctions - will roll back
the freedoms enjoyed by the Indonesian media since the downfall of
former president Suharto in 1998.

"We fear this could take us back to the Suharto era, we think the
KPI (Indonesian Broadcasting Commission) would be very much
under government control and it will just be rubber-stamping the
government's decisions," said Endy Bayuni, editor of the Jakarta
Post.

During the Suharto era several publications had their licences
revoked or suspended by the government after criticising the then
president.

Civil society groups say they suspect the government is backing
such a law, and the parliament supporting it, because the press has
exposed corruption scandals in the government and parliament.

"The parliament and the government don't appreciate freedom of
expression because they both enjoy being in power, and according
to them their power is endangered by freedom of expression," said
Leo Batubara from the Community Press and Broadcasting Society.

Also embarrassing for the government is the press coverage of
ethnic violence, riots, bomb blasts and human rights violations that
have made headlines over the past three years, Mr Batubara said.

Information Minister Syamsul Ma'arif argues that Indonesian media
needs some form of regulation because the press has been free to
conduct character assassinations and provoke ethnic and racial
tensions, and because media are publishing pornography.

Publishers and broadcasters point out Indonesia already has laws
against libel and prohibitions on the publishing of pornography.

Mr Endy of the Jakarta Post suspects the law is aimed at controlling
private television stations which politicians fear could have far too
much influence on public perceptions of the government and
politicians ahead of the 2004 elections.

Part of the draft law will cripple television stations as it requires the
10 broadcasters to begin regional broadcasts, a requirement which
broadcasters say is not financially viable.

"How can we get investors if the government and the parliament can
change the rules at any time?" said Karni Ilyas, from the National
Television Station. As broadcasters point out, nearly all the
advertising money to fund television stations is centred in Jakarta,
not in the regions. Other critics point out that the draft law is so
loose that it could be interpreted any way the Broadcasting
Commission wanted - for example, there is no definition of exactly
what constitutes pornography or the broadcasting of sadistic
violence.


"The commission has the power to revoke licences but there is not
detailed explanation of what is a violation of the law, so it can make
a subjective interpretation," said Suryana Nata Adikusumah, from
the Federation of Newspapers.

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Liberté de la presse
26 Novembre 2002

HAÏTI

Une radio incendiée et neuf journalistes menacés dans le nord du
pays

Reporters sans frontières a exprimé sa vive inquiétude à la suite
des agressions contre la presse survenues ces derniers jours en
Haïti. Dans le nord du pays, une station de radio a été partiellement
incendiée et neuf journalistes ont été menacés, dont sept sont
obligés de se cacher. Reporters sans frontières a demandé au
président Jean-Bertrand Aristide de condamner ces agressions et
actes d'intimidation attribués à ses supporters.

"Nous vous enjoignons de donner des consignes claires à vos
partisans afin qu'ils cessent leurs persécutions envers les médias",
a déclaré Robert Ménard, secrétaire général de Reporters sans
frontières. Par ailleurs, ce dernier a renouvelé son appel au
Président à donner un coup d'arrêt à l'impunité en ordonnant
l'ouverture d'enquêtes qui conduisent à la sanction des auteurs des
agressions et menaces contre les journalistes.

Selon les informations recueillies par Reporters sans frontières, les
locaux de Radio Etincelle aux Gonaïves (100 kilomètres au nord-
ouest de Port-au-Prince) ont été incendiés dans la soirée du 24
novembre 2002. Des cocktails Molotov lancés par des inconnus
seraient à l'origine de l'incendie qui a détruit une partie de la station
et de son matériel.

Le directeur de Radio Etincelle, Esdras Mondélus, avait reçu des
menaces de mort quelques jours plus tôt par téléphone, suite à la
couverture donnée à une manifestation de l'opposition. Il avait été
obligé de suspendre les programmes de la radio les 21 et 22
novembre. Les menaces provenaient de membres d'organisations
populaires proches de Fanmi Lavalas (au pouvoir).

Dans la même ville, sept journalistes de la presse privée, dont Jean
Robert François, correspondant de Radio Metropole, Fleurimont
Henry, correspondant de Radio Kiskéya, Frantz Rénel Lebrun,
correspondant de Radio Ibo, Esdras Mondélus, ainsi que trois de
leurs confrères, ont été menacés de mort par ces mêmes
organisations. Les sept professionnels de l'information ont été
contraints de se cacher.

Quelques jours plus tôt, au Cap-Haïtien (150 km au nord de Port-
au-Prince), deux journalistes de Radio Maxima, Péguy Jean et Joël
Joseph avaient également été agressés par des membres
d'organisations populaires se réclamant du gouvernement Lavalas.
Ces derniers leur reprochaient leur couverture de la manifestation
de l'opposition du dimanche 17 novembre.

Le climat en Haitï est très tendu. Le 17 novembre, deux
manifestations se sont déroulées au Cap-Haitïen (deuxième ville du
pays). L'une demandait le départ du président Aristide et regroupait
plus de 20 000 participants selon les journalistes présents sur
place, alors que l'autre soutenait le gouvernement. De nouvelles
manifestations hostiles au gouvernement se sont déroulées dans
d'autres villes de province. Ces marches ont été suivies de
manifestations progouvernementales à Port-au-Prince. Selon
l'agence Associated Press, six personnes ont été blessées par
balles le 25 novembre lors de nouvelles manifestations pro-
gouvernementales et de l'opposition se déroulant à Port-au-Prince
et aux Gonaïves.


Press freedom
26 November 2002


HAITI

A radio station set on fire and nine journalistes threatened in the
north

Reporters Without Borders today voiced deep concern about the
attacks against the press in recent days in Haiti, especially in the
north of the country, where a radio station was partially torched and
nine journalists were threatened. The organisation called on
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to condemn these acts of
intimidation and attacks, for which his supporters have been held
responsible.

"We urge you to give your supporters clear instructions to stop
attacking the news media," Reporters Without Borders secretary-
general Robert Ménard said in an appeal to the Haitian president.
He also reiterated an earlier appeal to President Aristide to put an
end to impunity by giving orders for investigations that result in the
punishment of those responsible for attacks and threats against
journalists.

The premises of Radio Etincelle in Gonaïves (100 kms north-west
of Port-au-Prince) and its equipment were partially damaged by a
fire on the evening of 24 November, apparently started by Molotov
cocktails thrown by unidentified assailants. Several days earlier,
after covering an opposition demonstration, Radio Etincelle director
Esdras Mondélus received death threats by telephone from
members of popular organisations close to the ruling Lavalas
Family party, as a result of which he suspended programming on 21
and 22 November.

In separate circumstances in Gonaïves, members of popular
organisations made death threats against Mondélus and six other
journalists including Radio Métropole correspondent Jean Robert
François, Radio Kiskeya correspondent Fleurimont Henry and
Radio Ibo correspondent Frantz Rénel Lebrun. The seven
journalists were forced to go into hiding.

Several days earlier in Cap Haïtien (150 kms north of Port-au-
Prince), Radio Maxima journalists Péguy Jean et Joël Joseph were
attacked by popular organisation members who avowed support for
the Lavalas government and criticised Radio Maxima's coverage of
an opposition protest that took place in Cap Haïtien on 17
November.

According to journalists present at this demonstration in Cap
Haïtien (Haiti's second largest city), more than 20,000 people took
part, calling for the departure of President Aristide. A separate, pro-
government demonstration was held in Cap Haïtien the same day.
Haiti has been tense ever since. Further anti-government protests
have taken place in other provincial cities, followed by pro-
government demonstrations in Port-au-Prince. According to the
Associated Press, six persons were hit by gunfire during pro-
government and opposition demonstrations on 25 November in
Port-au-Prince and Gonaïves.


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Despacho Américas / Americas desk
Reporters sans frontières
5, rue Geoffroy-Marie
75009 Paris - France

tél. : +33 (0) 1 44 83 84 68
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Paris, le 27 novembre 2002

Justice internationale
www.damocles.org
Un site pour aider les victimes

Comment s'y retrouver dans la jungle du droit international ?
Comment déposer plainte au nom de la fameuse " compétence
universelle " qui a valu tant d'ennuis à Augusto Pinochet ?
Comment utiliser au mieux la toute nouvelle Cour pénale
internationale ? Que faire quand la justice de votre pays est
défaillante ? A qui s'adresser pour faire valoir ses droits quand on
est confronté aux plus graves des violations des droits de l'homme
? A ces quelques questions, le site www.damocles.org tente
d'apporter des réponses.


Pour la première fois, un site Internet ne se contente pas de mettre
à disposition les textes de référence en matière de droit mais
propose un Guide pratique à l'usage des victimes de crimes
internationaux. Aussi facile d'accès que possible compte tenu de la
complexité du droit international, conçu comme un outil à l'usage
des victimes mais surtout de leurs avocats, il pose les questions
que chacun doit avoir en tête quand il veut recourir au droit
international.

Présenté sous la forme d'une arborescence qui permet de
s'aiguiller aisément sur les différentes législations des pays traités -
pour l'instant la France et la Belgique, en attendant d'autres pays
qui suivront dans les mois à venir -, il propose quelques pistes
juridiques qui pourront aider à bâtir une plainte, en tenant compte,
par exemple, du type de crime, de la personne qui a commis ce
crime, de sa fonction, du pays où réside la victime, des traités qui
ont été ratifiés par le pays en question, etc.

Le réseau Damoclès, présidé par le juge espagnol Baltasar Garzon
à l'initiative des premières poursuites contre A. Pinochet, propose
également à travers ce site d'orienter ceux qui le consulteront vers
les personnes les mieux à même de les soutenir, une hot line au
service de ceux qui ont été victimes des crimes parmi les plus
abjects.

Créé par Reporters sans frontières fin 2001 et soutenu par la
Commission européenne, le réseau Damoclès lutte contre
l'impunité dont bénéficient trop souvent les assassins et
tortionnaires de journalistes. Bras judiciaire de Reporters sans
frontières, Damoclès est né d'un constat alarmant : alors qu'au
cours de ces dix dernières années, plus de 500 professionnels des
médias ont été assassinés, torturés ou portés "disparus", la grande
majorité de ces crimes sont restés impunis. Pour combattre ce
fléau, Damoclès mène des enquêtes sur les lieux mêmes des
exactions afin de dénoncer, le cas échéant, les manquements et les
dysfonctionnements de la police et de la justice. Par ailleurs,
Damoclès assiste les victimes ou leurs familles afin de mettre en
¦uvre les procédures judiciaires appropriées.

Le site www.damocles.org, c'est également une information inédite,
mise à jour régulièrement, sur les questions touchant à la fois à la
liberté d'expression et à la justice internationale, et des
contributions de personnalités du monde judiciaire ou de la presse.
Le site rend compte des actions entreprises par Damoclès et des
procédures judiciaires engagées par le réseau. Ainsi, tous les
rapports de mission sont disponibles dans leur intégralité au format
"pdf" ou en version "à imprimer". On pourra y trouver aussi les
textes les plus importants relatifs aux droits de l'homme et au droit
international humanitaire, une sélection de sites "favoris", ainsi
qu'une présentation d'ouvrages récents sur la justice internationale.

Le site Damoclès est facile d'utilisation grâce à une barre de
navigation très simple où chaque rubrique est représentée par une
icône (il est compatible avec les anciennes générations de
navigateurs). Disponible en version française et anglaise, il a été
habillé par Rampazzo & associés.

Ë Le site Damoclès est également accessible depuis le site Internet
de Reporters sans frontières : www.rsf.org

Pour tout renseignement complémentaire :
Réseau Damoclès - 5 rue Geoffroy-Marie - 75009 Paris.
Téléphone : 33 1 44 83 84 84 / Fax : 33 1 45 23 11 51
Email : damocles@... / Hotline : hotline@...



Paris, 27 November 2002

International justice
www.damocles.org
A website to help the victims

How do you find your way through the jungle of international law?
How do you lodge a complaint under the "universal jurisdiction"
principle that caused former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet so
much trouble? What's the best way to use the brand-new
International Criminal Court?

What can you do when your country's courts don't work properly?
How can you defend your rights when they're seriously violated?
The Damocles Network's website, www.damocles.org, tries to
answer all these questions.

For once, a website doesn't just give you the key legal documents
but offers a guide that victims of international crimes can use. It's as
easy as possible to understand given the complexity of international
law and has been devised as a tool for the victims and especially
their lawyers. It asks the questions everyone has in mind when they
want to use international law.

The site is designed like a tree so the laws in different countries (for
the moment only France and Belgium with others soon to be added)
can be readily found. It suggests ways to draw up a legal complaint,
based for example on the kind of crime, the type and rank of person
who committed it, the victim's country and the treaties that country
has ratified.

The website of the Damocles Network, which is headed by Baltasar
Garzón, the Spanish judge who pursued Pinochet, also offers a
hotline for victims of terrible crimes, to point them in the direction of
those who can best help them.

Damocles was set up at the end of 2001 by Reporters Without
Borders, with the financial support of the European Commission, to
fight against the impunity too often enjoyed by those who kill and
torture journalists. The legal arm of Reporters Without Borders, it
was born out of the alarming realisation that very few of those
responsible for the murder, torture and forced disappearance of
more than 500 journalists over the past decade had been punished.

To fight this, Damocles sends fact-finding missions to investigate
the abuses and expose, if necessary, the failings and
ineffectiveness of police and legal officials. It also helps victims and
their families to take suitable legal action.

You can also find on the www.damocles.org website the latest news
about freedom of expression and international justice and read
articles by prominent legal and media figures. The site reports on
what Damocles is doing and the legal action it's taking. All its
mission reports are downloadable in full in "pdf" or printable format.
It also has the texts of all the major documents about human rights
and international humanitarian law, a selection of our favourite
websites and a list of recent publications about international law.

The Damocles Network site is easy to use, with a handy tool-bar
where each section has its own icon.  It's also compatible with older
browsers. The site is in English and French and designed by
Rampazzo & Associates.

Ë The Damocles website can also be accessed from the Reporters
Without Borders website : www.rsf.org

For further information:
Damocles Network - 5 rue Geoffroy-Marie - 75009 Paris.
Phone : 33 1 44 83 84 84 / Fax : 33 1 45 23 11 51
Email : damocles@... / Hotline : hotline@...



París, 27 de noviembre de 2002

Justicia internacional
www.damocles.org
Un sitio para ayudar a las victimas


¿Cómo no perderse en la jungla del derecho internacional? ¿Cómo
plantear denuncias en nombre de la famosa "competencia
universal" que tantas molestias causó a Augusto Pinochet? ¿Cómo
utilizar de la mejor manera posible el nuevo Tribunal Penal
Internacional? ¿Qué hacer cuando fracasa la justicia de vuestro
país? ¿A quien dirigirse para hacer valer los derechos cuando uno
se tiene que enfrentar con las más graves violaciones de los
derechos humanos? El sitio www.damocles.org intenta dar
respuesta a estas cuestiones.

Por primera vez, un sitio de Internet no se conforma con poner a
disposición de todos los textos de referencia, en materia de
derecho, sino que ofrece una Guía práctica para uso de las
víctimas de crímenes internacionales. Con un acceso tan fácil como
ha sido posible, teniendo en cuenta la complejidad del derecho
internacional, y concebido  como una herramienta para uso de las
víctimas, pero sobre todo de sus abogados, plantea las cuestiones
que todos deben tener en mente cuando deciden recurrir al
derecho internacional.

Presentado con un diseño arborescente, que permite orientarse
cómodamente por las diferentes legislaciones de los países
tratados -de momento, Francia y Bélgica, en espera de otros países
que se agregarán en los próximos meses-, ofrece algunas pistas
jurídicas que podrán ayudar a plantear una denuncia teniendo en
cuenta, por ejemplo, el tipo de crimen, la persona que ha cometido
el crimen, su función, el país donde reside la víctima, los tratados
que han sido ratificados por los países en cuestión, etc.

La Red Damoclès, presidida por el juez español Baltasar Garzón,
que tomó la iniciativa de las primeras acciones judiciales contra A.
Pinochet, también se propone, a través de su sitio, orientar a
quienes lo consulten hacia las personas que mejor pueden
ayudarles; una línea caliente al servicio de quienes han sido
víctimas de los crímenes más abyectos.

La Red Damoclés, creada por Reporteros Sin Fronteras a finales
de 2001 con el apoyo de la Comisión Europea, lucha contra la
impunidad que frecuentemente disfrutan los asesinos y los
torturadores de periodistas. Damoclès, brazo judicial de Reporteros
Sin Fronteras, nació de una constatación alarmante: en el curso de
los diez últimos años más de 500 profesionales de los medios de
comunicación fueron asesinados, torturados o "desaparecidos", y la
inmensa mayoría de estos crímenes permanecen impunes. Para
combatir esta plaga, Damoclès lleva a cabo investigaciones, en los
propios lugares en que se cometieron las exacciones, con el fin de
denunciar, en caso necesario, los incumplimientos y las
disfunciones de la policía y de la justicia. Por otra parte, Damoclès
asiste a las víctimas, y a sus familias, para poner en marcha los
procedimientos judiciales apropiados.

El sitio www.damocles.org es igualmente una información inédita,
puesta al día regularmente, sobre cuestiones que afectan a la vez a
la libertad de expresión y a la justicia internacional, así como
algunas contribuciones de personalidades del mundo judicial y de
la prensa. El sitio da cuenta de las acciones emprendidas por
Damoclès y de los procedimientos judiciales puestos en marcha por
la Red. De esta forma, todos los informes de las misiones se
encuentran disponibles, en su totalidad, en formato "pdf" y en
versión "para imprimir". En él  se pueden encontrar también los
textos más importantes relativos a los derechos humanos y al
derecho internacional humanitario, y una selección de sitios
"favoritos" así como una presentación de obras recientes sobre la
justicia internacional.

El sitio Damoclès resulta de fácil utilización gracias a una barra de
navegación muy simple, en la que cada tema está representado por
un icono (es compatible con las antiguas generaciones de
navegadores). Disponible en versión francesa e inglesa, ha sido
diseñado por Rampazzo & associés.

Ë Al sitio Damoclès se puede acceder también desde el sitio de
Internet de Reporteros Sin Fronteras: www.rsf.org

Para cualquier información complementaria:
Red Damoclès - 5 rue Geoffroy-Marie - 75009 París
Teléfono: 33 1 44 83 84 84 / Fax: 33 1 45 23 11 51
Email : damocles@... / Hotline : hotline@...


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Reporters sans frontières
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From:            IRIN <IRIN@...>
To:              George Lessard <media@...>
Date sent:       Wed, 27 Nov 2002 16:01:50 GMT
Subject:         DRC: UN calls for respect of humanitarian principles in
northeast

U N I T E D  N A T I O N S
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN)

DRC: UN calls for respect of humanitarian principles in northeast

NAIROBI, 27 November (IRIN) - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs (OCHA) in the capital, Kinshasa, launched an appeal on Wednesday for the
respect and support of humanitarian workers in northeastern regions of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

The call comes in the wake of the expulsion of the OCHA representative to Ituri,
Felix Ntumba, and his declaration as persona non grata by the Union des
patriotes
congolais rebel authorities that control Bunia.

OCHA said the current situation in Ituri was illustrative of the depth of the
humanitarian crises plaguing the DRC, with an estimated 500,000 people in the
northeastern region alone uprooted, displaced, and continually fleeing a
situation of
"absolute insecurity".

"These civilians know they are being used as pawns among armed groups who
have never shown respect toward them, in a strategy of terror and reciprocated
horrors," OCHA said. "Massive movements of populations living in perpetual fear
have been the result."

OCHA reported that among all the regions of the DRC, Ituri had been the subject
of
the most widespread efforts to disseminate information regarding basic
humanitarian principles of impartiality, neutrality, and independence, in the
Kihema,
Kilendu, Kiswahili, Lingala, French and English languages.

"However, these universally accepted principles are not respected in the regions
of
Ituri and Uele, and in North Kivu [Province], where a multitude of armed
factions are
fighting," OCHA said.

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From:            IRIN <IRIN@...>
Date sent:       Thu, 28 Nov 2002 10:20:03 GMT
Subject:         COTE D IVOIRE: Government urged to end human rights
violations

U N I T E D  N A T I O N S
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN)

COTE D IVOIRE: Government urged to end human rights violations

ABIDJAN, 28 November (IRIN) - Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the
government of Côte d'Ivoire to investigate human rights abuses which, it said,
have
been perpetrated against innocent civilians on the basis of their ethnic origin,
religion or political allegiance and to take action against the perpetrators.

The international watchdog made the call on Thursday in a 16-page report titled
'Côte d'Ivoire: Government Abuses in Response to Army Revolt'. The report
documents security-force operations in shantytowns following a coup attempt that
began on September 19, 2002 and developed into an insurgency. In the raids,
northerners and West African migrants were arbitrarily arrested and their homes
razed, HRW said.

Human rights defenders live in fear

The report, based on research done during a visit to Cote d'Ivoire in October,
said
other people were targeted because they belonged to an opposition party or were
presumed to be supporters of the insurgents. Local human rights defenders were
living in fear, it added.

"Legitimate security measures are one thing, but targeting individuals just on
the
basis of their ethnic group or religion is completely unacceptable," said Peter
Takirambudde, executive director of the Africa Division of Human Rights Watch.
"Even in a time of emergency, basic human rights must be respected."

Human Rights Watch also expressed concern at reported abuses by insurgents of
the Patriotic Movement of Côte d'Ivoire (Mouvement Patriotique de Côte d'Ivoire,
MPCI), who control much of northern and central Cote d'Ivoire. It said although
its
researchers could not visit rebel-held areas, due to security concerns, there
were
credible reports in those areas of unlawful killings and detentions.

According to the human rights group, government policy has deliberately
exacerbated tensions among Ivorians of different ethnic and religious
backgrounds
over the last few years. It also said the government had failed to address the
violence and intimidation that marred presidential and parliamentary elections
in
October and December 2000.

Bring perpetrators of abuses to book

"This downward spiral in respect for human rights is not inevitable," said
Takirambudde. "The way to stop that spiral is to bring to justice the people who
are
responsible for abuses. Without such action, Côte d'Ivoire could plunge into the
sort
of brutal war well known to neighbouring Liberia and Sierra Leone."

Among the abuses committed since 19 September, HRW mentioned killings
perpetrated in mid-October after government forces regained control of the
western
town of Daloa, which had been held briefly by the insurgents.  "People dressed
in
military uniform," it said, "killed several dozen civilians - Ivorian Muslims,
Malians
and Burkinabés - in Daloa soon after the government gained control of the town."
HRW added: "In the face of international criticism, the government has ordered
an
inquiry into this mass killing".

Human Rights Watch called on the Ivorian government to take steps immediately to
halt abuses, such as publicly acknowledging and condemning the unlawful killings
of alleged "assailants" and opposition sympathisers, providing comprehensive
public information on their killings and compensation to the families, and
facilitating
access for the families to the criminal justice system.

Action needed against rights violators

The government should also make public statements that no person should be
arrested or attacked on the basis of ethnic, religious or national identity, HRW
added.

It urged the Ivorian authorities to "suspend from active duty, investigate, and
prosecute where appropriate all members of the security forces accused of
unlawful
killings, arrests or extortion," and ensure that the criminal justice system
responds
effectively to complaints of abuses, "paying particular attention to bringing to
justice
those responsible for assaults motivated by suspicion of foreigners, Muslims, or
northerners".

Human Rights Watch called on the MPCI to ensure that all its combatants were
instructed to respect the human rights of all civilians and to treat all
captives in
accordance with international humanitarian law.

The full report is available at http://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/cotedivoire/.

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From:            IRIN <IRIN@...>
To:              George Lessard <media@...>
Date sent:       Thu, 28 Nov 2002 17:50:56 GMT
Subject:         COTE D IVOIRE: More fighting reported in
the west

U N I T E D  N A T I O N S
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN)

COTE D IVOIRE: More fighting reported in the west

ABIDJAN, 28 November (IRIN) - Fighting has been reported in
locations in western Cote d'Ivoire between loyalist forces and
insurgents, including a new group calling itself the Mouvement
Patriotique Ivoirien du Grand Ouest (Ivorian Patriotic Movement of
the Great West).

The affected areas are around Vavoua, some 450 northwest of the
commercial capital, Abidjan, and the town of Danane, near the
border with Liberia, according to humanitarian sources, media and
area residents.

In Abidjan, there was a heavy military presence in Le Plateau, the
main administrative district. Groups of men in civilian clothes could
be seen filling sandbags around the Presidential Palace under the
supervision of soldiers in uniform, an eyewitness told IRIN. Security
was exceptionally tight at Abidjan airport. A curfew from 19:00 to
06:00 GMT/local time that was to have ended on Wednesday was
extended to 6 December.

Thursday's developments followed a vow made on Wednesday by
the loyalist forces to go on the offensive in retaliation for what they
claimed was a rebel attack on an area north of the western town of
Man. The claim was denied by the Patriotic Movement of Cote
d'Ivoire (MPCI), which has been involved in peace talks in Togo
with the government for about one month now following the
conclusion of a ceasefire on 17 October. A spokesman for a French
buffer force that has been monitoring the ceasefire was unable to
confirm Wednesday's alleged attack.

On Thursday, humanitarian sources and news media reported that
the hitherto unheard-of Ivorian Patriotic Movement of the Great
West had occupied Danane, a town about 600 km west of Abidjan
and located in the heart of a zone populated by Liberian refugees.

>From Danane, an NGO worker told IRIN intense shooting started
at around 09:00 GMT/local time. It lasted over two hours and a half,
died down for a while, and then resumed with less frequency and
intensity. A resident of a peripheral neighbourhood said shooting
started there in the early afternoon.

International media quoted a former loyalist of late de facto ruler
General Robert Guei as saying the new movement had decided to
take up arms against President Laurent Gbagbo to avenge the
death of Guei, killed by loyalist forces along with his wife, other
relatives and friends during the 19 September mutiny that marked
the start of the rebellion.

Humanitarian sources told IRIN that loyalist troops had strafed three
locations around the town of Vavoua and had engaged MPCI
insurgents in the town. Media reports quoted the spokesman of the
French buffer force as saying that the government troops were
supported by about 200 people who appeared to be mercenaries -
whites and English-speaking blacks.

The offensive came one day after visiting French Foreign Minister
told journalists that opposition leader Alassane Ouattara had left the
residence of the French Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire, where he had
sought refuge at the onset of the rebellion.



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NEWS MEDIA UPDATE
Vol. 8, No. 23
December 2, 2002

Published by
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press


WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 19)
Homeland Security Act criminalizes leaks of business information

Congress, which refused this term to criminalize leaks of classified
information, set criminal penalties of fines and imprisonment for
persons who disclose critical infrastructure information that
businesses want kept secret.
     http://www.rcfp.org/news/2002/1119hr5710.html


TEXAS (Nov. 27)
Concerns over cameras in court, jury room halt murder trial

PBS' "Frontline" got the go-ahead to videotape the entire trial --
including jury deliberations -- of a 17-year-old murder defendant
for a documentary, but the state's high court wants the judge to
address concerns of critics.
     http://www.rcfp.org/news/2002/1127texasv.html


WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 26)
New stock analyst rules could stifle press freedom

Proposed disclosure rules filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission by the New York Stock Exchange and the National
Association of Securities Dealers would require analysts to stop
giving interviews to news media outlets who do not publish analysts'
conflicts of interest.
     http://www.rcfp.org/news/2002/1126nasdru.html


UTAH (Nov. 19)
Supreme Court throws out 1876 criminal libel statute

The court, declaring an old criminal libel law unconstitutional,
dismissed a prosecution against a teen who posted offensive
comments
on a Web site.
     http://www.rcfp.org/news/2002/1119utahvl.html


WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 25)
Justice Department will not appeal rule to open adjusted census

On the last day for appeal, the government decided not to ask the
U.S. Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision that said
the
Census Bureau must release its “adjusted count,” data based on a
statistical adjustment to account for what the 2000 count may have
missed.
     http://www.rcfp.org/news/2002/1125carter.html


MASSACHUSETTS (Nov. 26)
Judge condemns church for failing to publicly disclose documents

In denying the Archdiocese of Boston’s emergency motion for
secrecy,
the court bristled at being “toyed with” by the church.
     http://www.rcfp.org/news/2002/1126fordvl.html


KENTUCKY (Nov. 22)
Judge ordered to consider sealing records in priest sex abuse case

The state high court found that a "sliding scale approach" based on
a document's use in court should be used in determining whether to
seal it.
     http://www.rcfp.org/news/2002/1122romanc.html


SEVENTH CIRCUIT (Nov. 22)
Court rules peddling ordinance is a prior restraint on free speech

Reversing a district court's decision, a federal appellate panel
ruled in favor of an author who was kept from distributing his book
outside a hockey arena.
     http://www.rcfp.org/news/2002/1122weinbe.html


NINTH CIRCUIT (Nov. 19)
Gennifer Flowers may proceed with defamation suit

A federal court of appeals reinstated claims brought by Bill
Clinton's purported former lover against ex-White House aides
James
Carville and George Stephanopoulos.
     http://www.rcfp.org/news/2002/1119flower.html


VIRGINIA (Nov. 27)
America Online must reveal subscriber's identity

The state Supreme Court upheld a circuit court decision ruling that
AOL must produce the identity of one of its subscriber sought by a
foreign electronics company.
     http://www.rcfp.org/news/2002/1127americ.html


TEXAS (Nov. 26)
Newspaper’s second attempt to dismiss parody libel suit refused

Appeals court finds -- for the second time --  that a Dallas
Observer satire piece could be found defamatory.
     http://www.rcfp.org/news/2002/1126newtim.html


EIGHTH CIRCUIT (Nov. 26)
Seizure of videotapes did not violate the rights of cable show hosts.

Television hosts lost their bid to prove that their rights were
violated when they were forced out of a party for Maplewood, Minn.,
city council members and their videotape was confiscated by police.
     http://www.rcfp.org/news/2002/1126zickvc.html


SECOND CIRCUIT (Nov. 26)
Court says privacy exemption does not protect former INS official

Information about a former Immigration and Naturalization Service
official involved in a program allegedly associated with wrongdoing
must be disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act, a federal
appeals court ruled.
     http://www.rcfp.org/news/2002/1126perlma.html


IDAHO (Nov. 26)
Hospital must release employee names and salary information

A Twin Falls newspaper can see a medical center's salary records
under the open records law, the state's high court ruled Nov. 22.
     http://www.rcfp.org/news/2002/1126magicv.html


WYOMING (Nov. 25)
Newspaper cannot see concealed weapons permits

The state Supreme Court denied a Gillette newspaper access to
concealed weapons permits, arguing that disclosing such
information
defeats the purpose of the law allowing the permits.
     http://www.rcfp.org/news/2002/1125wyomin.html


NEW YORK (Nov. 20)
Cornell University ordered to release documents under FOI Law

A New York appellate court panel ruled Nov. 7 that Cornell
University, a private institution, must disclose documents requested
under the state's freedom of information law because it performs a
public function.
     http://www.rcfp.org/news/2002/1120alders.html


NORTH CAROLINA (Nov. 22)
Council sues publisher over open meetings complaint

When the Burlington, N.C., City Council received a complaint that it
had violated the state's open meetings law, it sued the publisher
who made that complaint.
     http://www.rcfp.org/news/2002/1122burlin.html


SOUTH DAKOTA (Nov. 22)
Supreme Court presents live audio of oral arguments

The state Supreme Court announced this week that all Supreme
Court
oral arguments will be broadcast live on the Internet and archived
on its site.
     http://www.rcfp.org/news/2002/1122broadc.html


GEORGIA (Nov. 22)
Media, police team up to write open records guide

A coalition of media and law enforcement organizations worked
together to produce an open records guide for law enforcement
officers.
     http://www.rcfp.org/news/2002/1122acoali.html


CALIFORNIA (Nov. 26)
Counties may charge fees in excess of direct copying costs

An attorney general opinion said that a county board of supervisors
may charge more than is mandated by the California Public
Records
Act in order to cover costs.
     http://www.rcfp.org/news/2002/1126califa.html


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that was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly
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IVD provides a terrific opportunity to showcase the
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-- Organizations can send an email to all current and
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To:              cr-india@...
Subject:         [cr-india] NEWS: Asia's community media struggle to be
heard....
Date sent:       Thu, 28 Nov 2002 11:54:16 +0530 (IST)


Asia Times Online, Hong Kong. Nov 28, 2002
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/DK28Ae01.html
Full text:
Asia's community media struggle to be heard
By Marwaan Macan-Markar

BANGKOK - Satien Chantorn, a fruit farmer, has become the symbol of defiance
of an information revolution that is gradually spreading across Thailand.

In mid-November, the police were ordered to arrest Satien, 52, for a program
he broadcast from a community radio station in Ang Thon province, central
Thailand. Earlier, the local police had seized the radio station's
transmitter.

Satien's act, according to officials at the Post and Telegraph Department,
was a violation of the rules governing the airwaves in this Southeast Asian
country. Communities cannot set up such stations and take to the airwaves
because parliament has not yet passed laws overturning feudal arrangements
that give government authorities control over them. This is despite the 1997
constitution that recognizes a community sector - separate from the
government and commercial ones.

However, the outpouring of support for Satien from some academics and media
reform activists has given him a reprieve. The police have still to act on
the arrest order.

But the most significant backing has come from the over 150 local
communities who for about a year now have turned away from the diet of
information served by the mainstream media to set up their own radio
stations. The first such station to go on air was in Kanchanaburi, in
western Thailand, in December 2001.

"This is to be expected," said Supinya Klangnarong of the Campaign for
Popular Media Reform, a Bangkok-based non-governmental organization (NGO).
"Communities want a medium to express their voice, their views and to gain
information that matters to them, and the government is denying them that."

"The growth of so many community stations this year is also a challenge to
the mainstream media, which does not serve local community needs," added
Ubonrat Siriyuvasak of the faculty of communication arts at Bangkok's
Chulalongkorn University. "There is a heavy Bangkok focus in the mainstream
media."

Satien's case - one that will determine if the Thai authorities will stick
to their threat to silence the community radio revolution or recognize
communities' right to their own media - is emblematic of a drama being
enacted in a few other countries across Asia. An increasing number of
communities in the region are struggling to assert their right to gain
space, a voice and recognition by establishing their own media, be it via
radio or on the Internet.

"Community radio stations and other forms of community media are still at a
pilot stage and are struggling to assert themselves in Asia," said Pradip
Thomas, editor of Media Development, a quarterly journal published by the
London-based World Association for Christian Communication. "In some places
it reflects the political realities of the countries, where civil society
groups and communities are involved in pushing for more space to establish
community media. In spite of good things that have happened, it is always a
one-step-forward-two-steps-back situation."

A seminar held here over the weekend provided snapshots of the struggles of
community media as well as the inroads they have made so far.

In South Korea, homosexual communities have had to endure government
pressure. A popular gay and lesbian website was shut down by the country's
Information Communication Ethics Committee.

In India, communities aspiring to set up radio stations cannot do so due to
laws that give the government control over the airwaves. This has continued,
said Thomas, despite a Supreme Court decision in the mid-1990s declaring
that the airwaves are owned by the public. The rest of South Asia has little
to offer by way of community radio stations thanks to its political climate,
say experts at the seminar. The few community stations that exist include
one in Sri Lanka and two in Nepal.

As a result, many in India are turning to small newspapers, Internet sites
and videos to "create space for their voices to be heard," said Gargi Sen of
the Magic Lantern Foundation, a New Delhi-based NGO supportive of local
communities creating their own media outlets. "Through such efforts
communities are trying to fight for their right to communicate," she added,
pointing to examples in such places as Goa and Madurai.

The Philippines "is a special case in Asia" where communities have turned to
their own media outlets to assert their rights and identity, said Alan
Alegre of the Foundation for Media Alternatives, a Quezon City-based NGO.
"There is the free-media tradition that has helped, and the law." A typical
example is that of the farmers in Negros Occidental province in central
Philippines, where they used community media to help get land back from the
region's landlords.

But on the whole, Asian communities have still to chalk up the impressive
achievements of their counterparts in regions such as Latin America, said
Bruce Girard of the Campaign for Communication Rights in the Information
Society Campaign.

Community media are "widespread in Latin America", he said, but there is
growing interest in some Asian countries about its significance. The best
example is war-ravaged Afghanistan, where President Hamid Karzai backs the
introduction of community radio stations, Girard said. "There are only two
community radio stations now, but with plans to promote growth of local
communities, the stations could grow."

But those like Girard and Thomas do not expect community media to dent the
monopoly on information held by the mainstream media. "These are little
drops in the ocean," said Thomas.

So activists are looking to the World Summit on the Information Society
(WSIS), to be held in Geneva in December 2003, to gain recognition of
communities' right to have their own media. "The WSIS will be the ideal
place for this issue to gain legitimacy. A community's right to communicate
must be recognized as part of the human-rights language," Sen said.

(Inter Press Service)
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Date sent:       Wed, 27 Nov 2002 02:16:33 -0500 (EST)
Subject:         [MediaMentor] NEWS: Nigerian State Says Miss World
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Nigerian State Says Miss World Reporter Should Die
By Tume Ahemba
<http://news.findlaw.com/news/s/20021126/
religionnigeriamissworlddc.html>


KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - A Nigerian Muslim state said Tuesday it had
issued a "fatwa" urging Muslims to kill the author of a newspaper story on
the Miss World pageant that sparked deadly riots in northern Nigeria.

Nigerian Muslims were enraged by the article, written by a young woman
journalist named Isioma Daniel who recently returned from a journalism
course at Britain's University of Lancaster. It suggested that the Prophet
Mohammad probably would have married one of the contestants in the beauty
contest, which was to have been staged in Nigeria.

"What we are saying is that the Holy Koran has clearly stated that whoever
insults the Prophet of Islam, Mohammad, should be killed," Zamfara State
Commissioner for Information Umar Dangaladima Magaji told Reuters.

Editors of the newspaper said that Daniel, ThisDay's style editor, had
fled to the United States after tendering her resignation in the wake of
the crisis.

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If by now, Simon Kolawole, the Saturday editor of
THISDAY newspaper in Nigeria has not been released by
the Nigerian police, it means he has spent unbroken
seven days in detention without trial. This is
mindless human right violation in Nigeria.
Although Kolawole edit the paper, he did not write the
story that led to the religious riots in Kaduna and
Abuja last week. The young reporter who did the
offending story has since fled Nigeria. She is now in
London.
The continued detention of Kolawole is criminal. The
human rights community must rise in support of this
accomplished Saturday editor of ThisDay newspaper in
Nigeria. This is not the first time he has unsettled
the powers that be in Nigeria. In May this year, he
exposed the dirty deals of Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu,
the governor of Lagos state while he was editor of THE
WEEK newsmagazine owed by Atiku Abubakar, the vice
president of Nigeria. Atiku on Tinubu's pleas,
disallowed the circulation of the offending edition of
THE WEEK magazine.
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as he resigned in protest against undue interference
of his political boss - Atiku. He refused to tender
apology for the story done. Instead, he resigned and
took another job at the THIS DAY newspaper.
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blessing of Atiku and Tinubu who the chief security
officer of Lagos state. Since Kolawole works in Lagos
and THISDAY newspaper is published in Lagos, he is
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Subject:         [africa_net] SMSI: CONFERENCE ELECTRONIQUE
AFRICAINE DES JEUNES
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Bonjour

Des jeunes africains organisent un forum virtuel pour contribuer aux
discussions du PrepCom 2 dans le cadre du SMSI et au sommet en
général. Les discussions se passent en anglais (pour l'instant peut
etre car ils cherchent à impliquer les autres eres linguistiques).
Un exemple à suivre ?

Voir ci-dessous
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SMSI: CONFERENCE ELECTRONIQUE DES JEUNES

Date de lancement 20 novembre 2002

Le SMSI (Sommet Mondial de la Société de l'Information) qui sera
organisé en en 2003 (à Genève) et en 2005 (à Tunis) sera le point
culminant d'un processus de concertation mondiale sur les
technologies de l'information. L'objectif final est d'aboutir à une
déclaration politique et à l'élaboration d'un plan d'actions concret
pour faire face aux défis posés par la société de l'information.

Le SMSI est une initiative de l'Union Internationale des
Télécommunications (UIT) et des Nations-Unies (lONU). La préparation
du SMSI se fait à travers de Comités Préparatoires (PrepCom) et des
réunions régionales. La conférence régionale africaine a eu lieu à
Bamako, (Mali) du 26 au 30 mai 2002. La deuxième PrepCom se tiendra
du 17 au 28 février 2003 à Genève. Un comité des Jeunes (Youth
Caucus) http://projects.takingitglobal.org/wsisprepcom1 a été créé
lors du PrepCom1 et sert de cadre de discussions des thématiques du
SMSI suivant le prisme de la jeunesse.

« WSISYOTUHAFRICA » est la section africaine du Comité des Jeunes.
Les discussions qui ont lieu dans ce groupe ont pour objectif, à
partir de ce forum virtuel, d'aboutir à l'élaboration de
propositions concrètes. Nous espérons contribuer ainsi à faire
jaillir la voix de l'Afrique du point de vue des jeunes, afin que la
société de l'information puisse être vraiment démocratique et juste.

LE FORUM VIRTUEL

1. De quoi s'agit-il ?
Il s'agit des discussions virtuelles devant permettre de structurer
et d'intégrer les points de vue des jeunes africains dans la
plateforme mondiale de propositions du Comité des Jeunes. Il devrait
aussi permettre la participation des jeunes aux délégations
gouvernementales, la prise en compte de leurs préoccupations dans
les documents de politiques et déclarations.

Voir suite ici
http://www.takingitglobal.org/opps/event.html?eventid=1727


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THIS WEEK IN THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISTS' NETWORK
The bulletin below highlights the latest media training and
assistance
news from Central and Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent
States,
Africa and Latin America (in Spanish). For complete texts, visit the
International Journalists' Network (IJNet) at http://www.ijnet.org
IJNet is published by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ).

Issue #181
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November 18, 2002.

HIGHLIGHTS:

* ICFJ now accepting applications for training programs in
Azerbaijan
* BBC school in Russia announces fall training programs
* Prague center schedules training for Balkan journalists in
2003
* Post-graduate scholarships offered to Commonwealth
journalists
* Deadline nears for Excellence in Financial Journalism
Award
* HIV/AIDS reporting workshop for women radio reporters in
Nigeria

NOTE: The following items on the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific
appear only in this bulletin and not on the IJNet site.

* Bursary offered to Commonwealth broadcasters for Cardiff
course
* Internews publishes media guide for East Timorese
politicians
* Asian environmental journalists issue declaration on
media's role

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Announcements :
* Journalism teaching jobs open at the American University in
Bulgaria
* OSI seeks senior legal officer for its Justice Initiative
*******************************************************

NOTE: The following items on Latin America appear in this bulletin
as well as on the IJNet site only in Spanish.

* Taller Regional Fotoperiodismo Avanzado 2003
	 (Regional wrkshop on advanced photojournalism 2003)
* Seminario de Innovación Periodística en Cancún
	 (Workshop on innovative journalism in Mexico)
* Seminario sobre Ética Periodística en Panamá
	 (Workshop on journalism ethics in Panama)

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LATEST DEVELOPMENTS:

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE (CEE) AND THE NEWLY
INDEPENDENT STATES (NIS)
http://www.ijnet.org/News/CEENIS
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ICFJ NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR TRAINING
PROGRAMS IN AZERBAIJAN
--------------------------------------
The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is accepting
applications for its 2003 Professional Development Program for
Print
and Broadcast Media Professionals from Azerbaijan. The deadline
is December 6, 2002.

The program is designed to improve the journalism and
management
skills necessary to create a free, independent and economically
viable media. It is sponsored by the U.S. State Department and
coordinated by ICFJ and the Baku Press Club.

Among the program's objectives:

*Provide a solid grounding in the importance of free and
independent media in a democracy.

*Enhance understanding of the principles and practices of
independent and fact-based journalism that can help the media
retain freedom and economic viability.

*Increase knowledge of modern business practices in marketing,
advertising, distribution, sales, and promotion, which are particularly
relevant to Azerbaijan's nascent economy.

*Encourage participants to aim to achieve a balance in the
activities of the cooperating, yet separate, news and business
operations of a media company.

*Expose participants to professional standards and ethics that will
assist them in developing free and independent broadcasting and
a free press. Foster a clear understanding that a fair and ethical
media can contribute to a civil society, even amid economic
hardships.

*Create a cadre of better professionals who can return and
implement new strategies and practices in their daily work and
share the lessons learned with their colleagues.

Each participant begins the program in Feburary 2003 with a
five-day training workshop in Baku. Four of these workshops are
scheduled during the month: for broadcast journalists, broadcast
managers, print journalists, and print managers. Each participant
may attend one or both workshops in either broadcast or print.

After the workshops, eight participants are invited to the United
States for the program's second phase. Invitations are offered to
individuals who have had little or no previous professional travel
in the United States, and who are in a position to apply and share
the knowledge they gain overseas with colleagues upon their
return home.

The second phase begins in Washington, D.C., with an orientation
session and workshop from April 14 to19. Each participant then
travels to another city to serve a professional attachment at an
American media organization until May 6. The group then meets
in New York City for further training and debriefing until May 10.
Also, the ICFJ trainers conduct two months of follow-up
consultation through an e-mail listserv.

To be eligible for the Azerbaijan workshops, applicants must be
editors, reporters or media managers in print, broadcast or news
agency journalism. The applicants must work for independent
media organizations or those committed to pursuing journalistic
and economic independence. English proficiency is not a
requirement for participating, and Russian interpretation will be
provided throughout the program. However, English speakers
are encouraged to apply.

Participants in the Baku workshops, who come from outside Baku,
may qualify for travel and per diem stipends.  The U.S. program
phase is fully funded with no cost to the participant.

Applicants for the Baku workshops must submit a completed
application form to ICFJ or the Baku Press Club before December
6. Application forms can be found on the ICFJ Web site at
http://www.icfj.org/Azerapp.html in English or
http://www.icfj.org/Azerappruss.pdf in Russian.

Please fax, E-mail, or mail your application to one or both of
the following:

Mario Scherhaufer, program officer, International Center for
Journalists, 1616 H Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20006,
USA. Telephone 1-202-737-3700. Fax 1-202-737-0530. E-mail
Azerbaijan2003@...

Arif Aliev, president, Baku Press Club, 96 Nyzami. Baku, Azerbaijan
Telephone 93-02-97. Fax 98-23-37. E-mail
bakupressklub@...
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BBC SCHOOL IN RUSSIA ANNOUNCES FALL TRAINING
PROGRAMS
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The BBC School of Journalism in Ekaterinburg, Russia, has
announced its spring training schedule. Eight seminars in
November
and December remain for Russian reporters, technical specialists
and program directors interested in acquiring new skills.

The following seminars are available for interested participants:

*Technical and cultural language for media managers (November
20-22, U.S.$100).
*Stress management for journalists (November 22-23, U.S.$40).
*Cultural themes for radio (November 25-29, U.S.$100).
*Course for TV camera operators (November 25-30, U.S.$100).
*Dramaturgy of video-montage (December 2-7, U.S.$100).
*Working for a radio news service agency (December 2-7,
U.S.$100).
*On-air radio anchoring (December 9-14, U.S.$100).
*On-air TV anchoring (December 9-14, U.S.$250).

Each seminar will be held at the school's headquarters in
Ekaterinburg.  Organizers would like to remind applicants that
the course fee does not include living accommodations.

For more information on the upcoming seminars, including
application and course fee details, contact the BBC Center
at 19 ul. Mira, 620002 Ekaterinburg. Telephone and Fax
(3432) 74-55-51. E-mail bbc@...  Or visit the BBC
School's Web site at http://bbc.ur.ru
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PRAGUE CENTER SCHEDULES TRAINING FOR BALKAN
JOURNALISTS IN 2003
----------------------------------
Journalists from countries of the former Yugoslavia can apply for
scholarships from the Media Development Loan Fund (MDLF) to
participate in courses offered in 2003 by the Media Training
Center in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.

MDLF is a private foundation dedicated to assisting independent
news organizations in developing democracies. The Fund operates
currently in over 30 countries in Eastern and Central Europe, the
former Soviet Union, Asia, Africa and Latin America.

In cooperation with the Albanian Media Institute (AMI), the Center
is also offering a course on financial reporting in Tirana, the
Albanian capital. The training workshop, previously scheduled for
October 2002, has been postponed until spring 2003 on dates to
be announced

In Prague, the Center is offering a basic course in business
planning for top managers and financial directors of small media
companies without prior experience in planning. The course,
scheduled in Prague from February 4 to 9, 2003, will deal with
employment, marketing, financial and accounting planning,
general rules, source data, and financial statements.

An advanced business planning course is scheduled by the Center
from March 18 to 23, 2003, also in Prague. The course is designed
for experienced financial directors and top executives of mid-sized
and larger print media companies, with responsibility for more
sophisticated media operations, such as mid-sized radio and
television networks.

This course will cover correlation, regression, elements of
managerial accounting, sales analysis, unit and product cost
analysis. Also on the agenda are discussions of motivational
systems, advertising, sales, distribution, production, and
organizational structure development.

Both courses will be taught in English and Serbo-Croatian.

To apply for these two courses, scholarships or more information,
go to http://training.mdlf.org/. The Media Training Center address
is Na vinicních horách 24, 160 00 Praha 6, Czech Republic.
Telephone 420 2 2431 2832. Fax +420 2 2431 5419. E-mail
training@...

In Tirana, Albania, the rescheduled course is designed for print
journalists from Southeastern Europe with at least three years
experience, who work primarily in the business and economics
sections of their newspapers or magazines. Candidates must
have good English speaking and writing skills.

Based on the model of "learning by doing," this five-day practical
writing course replicates a live newsroom, using simulated
economic news scenarios. Participants are expected to write on
deadline on highly specialized topics, such as financial, equity
and commodity markets, international financial relations and
economic policy in transitional countries. The program also covers
the mechanics of story composition, assessing priorities,
presentation, context and communication. Two former Reuters
bureau chiefs will lead the course.

Interested persons should send their CV and motivation letter to
josh.laporte@... Scholarships are available on merit basis
through the Albanian Media Institute. Contact is Genc Caushi
(genc@...). Further information is available at
http//training.mdlf.org

AFRICA
http://www.ijnet.org/News/Africa
-----------------------------------
POST-GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED TO
COMMONWEALTH JOURNALISTS
----------------------------------
The Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) is now
accepting applications from journalists in developing
Commonwealth nations for a post-graduate scholarship program
at the City University in London.

The bursary, which covers 12 months of master's level study in
international journalism, was created to enhance Commonwealth
broadcasting by providing extensive education and experience in
London.  The financing covers all course fees, and includes a
basic living allowance of £6,806.  An additional £2,000 scholarship
from Goodenough College will also go towards accommodation
costs.

The program is open to journalists from developing Commonwealth
countries, except Australia, Brunei, Canada, Cyprus, Gibraltar,
Malaysia, Malta, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.
Applicants must have graduated with a first-class or upper
second-class degree. They should also be under 33-years-old,
and be employed as a journalist for a CBA member organization.

The CBA, which works to foster freedom of expression and the
right to communicate throughout the Commonwealth, offers several
other scholarships and training opportunities for journalists working
in its member organizations.

The association recently awarded several travel scholarships for
broadcasters from India, Malawi, Nigeria, U.K. and Gibraltar to visit
another Commonwealth country on a project benefiting the
recipient's organization and society.  The 2002 winners include
Pankajkumar Saha, an executive producer from India, who plans
to visit London and Dartington, and Raymond Kataika, a producer
with the Malawi Broadcasting Association, who will to travel to
Tanzania to study environmental reporting.

Application forms are available from the CBA Web site
(http://www.cba.org.uk) or by faxing or e-mailing the CBA
Secretary-General, Elizabeth Smith, at +44 (0) 20 7583 5549, or
elizabeth@....  Applicants will be asked to enclose, along
with the completed forms, a reference from their current editor or
manager, and from a university professor or lecturer.
Representatives from the City University, the British Council, and
Goodenough College will make the final decision. More information
on this bursary, and other CBA programs, can be obtained from
Secretary-General Smith or the CBA Web site.
----------------------------------
DEADLINE NEARS FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL
JOURNALISM AWARD
----------------------------------
South African financial reporters have until December 17 to enter
the annual SANLAM Award for Excellence in Financial Journalism.

The award, made annually since 1974, honors the indispensable
role of financial journalists in modern business by rewarding
reporters who exhibit the high levels of integrity, diverse knowledge
and insight, responsibility and judgment required by the profession.

The competition is open to all bona fide African journalists, either
in full-time employment by a South African-based media group
or freelance journalists.

Only work of a financial or economic nature published, broadcast,
distributed or cybercast within South Africa, from January 1 to
December 31, 2002, will be eligible.

The deadline for entries is December 17, 2002.

The winners will be announced at a banquet in Johannesburg
on April 23, 2003.

Anyone interested in entering should contact SANLAM Award
coordinator André Coetzee. Telephone (+27-21) 947-2567.
Mobile (+27-83) 709-7065. E-mail andre.coetzee@...
Additional information is available on SANLAM's Web site at:
http://www.sanlam.co.za/journalism
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HIV/AIDS REPORTING WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN RADIO
REPORTERS IN NIGERIA
-------------------------------------------
Women broadcasters in Nigeria are invited to apply for a six-day
HIV/AIDS reporting workshop in the commercial capital, Lagos,
scheduled from December 16 and 21.

The workshop, facilitated by the African Women Media Centre,
will provide an overview of the latest basic radio reporting
techniques and hands-on training in radio production.

The AWMC initiative is presented in collaboration with Journalists
against AIDS (JAAIDS-Nigeria) and the International Press Center
(IPC). The workshop will feature HIV/AIDS informational sessions,
followed by practical instruction in technical radio production using
HIV/AIDS issues as content.

Participants will explore the complex issues surrounding HIV/AIDS
in Nigeria by meeting with area experts, doctors and organizations
working on prevention and awareness of the disease. The
workshop will also examine the media's responsibility in
disseminating accurate and up-to-date information about the
pandemic.

The technical radio training sessions will ensure that participants
receive hands-on instruction in radio production; develop and
produce stories; and conduct interviews and produce radio
programs on women and HIV/AIDS that can be aired by their radio
stations.

The AWMC will select 20 young or mid-level women radio
journalists
for the program and will cover all costs. In addition, other local
journalists will be invited to participate in panel discussions and
presentations.

Applicants must have a minimum of two years experience working
in radio and must be able to demonstrate a strong interest in the
issues surrounding HIV/AIDS. English proficiency is required.

The deadline for applications is November 20, 2002.

For more information, contact AWMC project manager Gifti Nadi
at e-mail gnadi@... or apply online at
http://www.awmc.com/nigeria_app.php

  MIDDLE EAST, ASIA AND PACIFIC

NOTE: The following items on the Middle East, Asia and the
Pacific appear only in this bulletin and not on the IJNet site.
------------------------------------
BURSARY OFFERED TO COMMONWEALTH BROADCASTERS
FOR CARDIFF COURSE
------------------------------------
The Thomson Foundation and the Commonwealth Broadcasting
Association (CBA) are offering a bursary for an employee of a
CBA member organization, working as a TV or radio journalist,
to attend their three-month summer course in Cardiff, Wales.

The course will take place from June 23 until September 12, 2003.
The scholarship application deadline is March 1, 2003.

The bursary is open to all broadcasters from Commonwealth
developing countries except Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Gibraltar,
Malta, Cyprus, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the United
Kingdom. The scholarship covers fees and living costs
(for one person). Efforts will be made to cover the return air fare.

The International Broadcast Journalism Course has parallel
sections
for television and radio. Subjects covered are writing for radio or
TV,
news selection, reporting techniques, interviewing, presenting,
packaging, field direction, and planning. Other subject areas include
political, sports, court and investigative reporting; and also, program
appraisal, editing, documentary techniques, idea development,
team
leadership, ethics and values. Participants visit broadcasting
establishments and undertake a one-week work experience with a
BBC or independent station.

Application forms can be obtained from either the CBA, or
downloaded from http://www.cba.org.uk
-----------------------------------
INTERNEWS PUBLISHES MEDIA GUIDE FOR EAST TIMORESE
POLITICIANS
--------------------------------
As part of its ongoing program of support for independent media
in East Timor, Internews has published a new guide to help
politicians work effectively with the media in the newly
independent island nation.

"Building Democracy Through the Media: A Guide for Political
Leaders," contains practical advice for politicians on fostering better
relations with the media and a brief overview of the roles journalists
can play in democracy building. It also offers suggestions for
reaching out to the people so they will have the information to
make informed decisions about their lives and their nation.
The booklet is available in Portuguese, Tetum, Bahasa Indonesia
and English,

Peter du Toit, a South African media trainer with experience in
East Timorese politics, authored the new guide.  "While the
relationship between politicians and journalists is not always an
easy one," said du Toit, "both groups are crucial players in the
establishment of democracy."

East Timor is a former Portuguese colony that was invaded and
occupied by Indonesian forces after declaring its independence
  in 1975. A long campaign of "pacification" followed, in which an
estimated 100,000 to 250,000 individuals lost their lives. On May
20, 2002, following a 1999 U.N.-sponsored referendum for
independence, East Timor was internationally recognized as an
independent state and the world's newest democracy.

For more information on the new guide, contact Lyndal Barry,
Internews country director, at lbarry@... or visit the
Internews Web site at
http://www.internews.org/regions/seasia/easttimor.htm
-------------------------------
ASIAN ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS ISSUE DECLARATION
ON MEDIA'S ROLE
-------------------------------
Environmental journalists in Asia emerged from a summit in Sri
Lanka with new leadership and a new declaration on the media's
role in working for peace and a clean environment.

The Asia-Pacific Forum of Environmental Journalists (APFEJ)
held its 14th World Congress from October 27 to 31 in Colombo.
The APFEJ organized the congress in partnership with the
Commonwealth Environmental Journalists Association (CEJA),
which includes countries from the British Commonwealth, and the
groups' national chapters.

The congress concluded with a declaration on the "Role of the
Media on Peace and Environment." Among the declaration
provisions were:

Condemnation of violence that targets or victimizes innocent
people in any country, and a call for peace restoration with all
responsible force.

Appreciation of the ongoing peace process between the
Sri Lankan government and the Tamil rebel group, and the mediator
role played by Norway.

Support for the recent APFEJ initiative to carry out a
South-South exchange program in nine Asian countries with the
support of Fredskorpset, Norway. The program will help journalists
enhance their skills in environmental journalism and develop
networks in their respective countries.

Cooperation among groups in the region to develop
fellowship programs for environmental journalists.

Leadership role for members in building public awareness
of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, held in
September in South Africa.

Work with the United Nations Human Settlements Program
in raising awareness of urban issues.

The APFEJ members also elected a new committee for the next
three years, led by incoming chairman Quamrul Islam Chowdhury.
He was most recently chairman of the group's Bangladesh chapter
(FEJB). Outgoing chairman Dharman Wickremaratne of Sri Lanka
was named a regional director.

The APFEJ plans to hold its 15th congress next year in Vietnam.
The group, formed in January 1988, has more than 8,000
members from 91 Countries.

For more information on the organization, visit
http://www.oneworld.org/slejf or contact the APFEJ at P.O.
Box 26, 434/3 Sri Jayawardenapura. Telephone (94-1) 829519.
Fax (94-1) 826607 or 869340. E-mail afej@...

AMÉRICA LATINA
http://www.ijnet.org/News/LatinAmerica

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TALLER REGIONAL FOTOPERIODISMO AVANZADO 2003
----------------------------------
El Instituto de Prensa de la Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa y
la Facultad de Comunicación de la Universidad de Miami
organizan el Taller Regional de Fotoperiodismo Avanzado 2003,
una oportunidad única para fotoperiodistas de Argentina,
Paraguay y Uruguay.

Para accedar al texto completo, haga click
http://www.ijnet.org/Archive/2002/11/15-13744.html

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SEMINARIO DE INNOVACION PERIODISTICA EN CANCUN
------------------------------------
El INNOVATION International Media Consulting Group presenta
una nueva edición del Seminario "Como ganar lectores y
anunciantes en tiempos económicos difíciles. Once nuevas
claves para la re-evolución periodística, grafica y organizativa
de las empresas periodísticas del futuro inmediato."

Para accedar al texto completo, haga click
http://www.ijnet.org/Archive/2002/11/15-13746.html

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SEMINARIO SOBRE ETICA PERIODISTICA EN PANAMA
-------------------------------------
El Centro Latinoamericano de Periodismo presenta el Seminario
"Retos éticos del siglo XXI", que tendrá lugar los días 26 y 27 de
noviembre de 2002, en Panamá.

Para accedar al texto completo, haga click
http://www.ijnet.org/Archive/2002/11/15-13749.html

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Other news @ IJNet:

* International journalists invited to globalization seminar in
U.S.
	 http://www.ijnet.org/Archive/2002/11/15-13751.html
* Conference to discuss security-information conflicts
	 http://www.ijnet.org/Archive/2002/11/14-13723.html
* Russian language dictionary of media terms available
online
	 http://www.ijnet.org/Archive/2002/11/15-13755.html
* ICFJ now accepting applications for training programs in
Azerbaijan
	 http://www.ijnet.org/Archive/2002/11/15-13761.html
* Mongolian newspaper group campaigns to stop jailing of
journalists
	 http://www.ijnet.org/Archive/2002/11/15-13771.html
* Press watchdog says Romanian media subject to political
control
	 http://www.ijnet.org/Archive/2002/11/15-13758.html
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Slovenia
	 http://www.ijnet.org/Archive/2002/11/15-13754.html
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media laws
	 http://www.ijnet.org/Archive/2002/11/15-13772.html
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	 http://www.ijnet.org/Archive/2002/11/15-13748.html
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	 http://www.ijnet.org/Archive/2002/11/15-13745.html
* Albanian Parliament temporarily freezes broadcast licenses
	 http://www.ijnet.org/Archive/2002/11/15-13729.html
* Africa's online editors, publishers establish professional
groups
	 http://www.ijnet.org/Archive/2002/11/15-13733.html
* Deadline set for annual Mondi Awards in South Africa
	 http://www.ijnet.org/Archive/2002/11/15-13734.html
* Grants available for South African journalists researching
AIDS
	 http://www.ijnet.org/Archive/2002/11/15-13737.html
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	 http://www.ijnet.org/Archive/2002/11/15-13739.html
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Africa
	 http://www.ijnet.org/Archive/2002/11/15-13730.html
* Thomson Foundation begins second radio workshop in
Belize
	 http://www.ijnet.org/Archive/2002/11/15-13757.html
* UBA organiza panel sobre comunicación y política
	 http://www.ijnet.org/Archive/2002/11/11-13714.html
* Seminario Latinoamericano de Periodismo Deportivo
	 http://www.ijnet.org/Archive/2002/11/15-13738.html
* Seminario Internacional CIESPAL sobre Televisión
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Newsletter published by the Panos Institute of West Africa (PIWA)
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AFRICAMEDIANEWS N° 47
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PIWA's Newsletter
"To inform, to communicate, to develop"
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  SUMMARY

NEWS
      Benin: 21 dailies and yet more to come!
      Benin: New general info weekly
      Ivory Coast: Rebels go on air
      Mauritius: Third private radio station on the way
      Niger: Plans for rural radio station in Say
      Senegal: Bi-monthly comic for all the family

PLURALITY
      Benin: The media in the run up to the local elections
      West Africa: Campaign for an improved public media service
      Central Africa: Controversy over regulatory body
      Mauritius: Code for broadcasting advertisements under review
      Botswana: Establishment of a Press Council Ghana: Discussions
on the media law

INITIATIVES
      Uganda: Making newspapers accessible to school children
      Burkina: Training in editorial techniques

NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
      Senegal: Women in the information society
      Benin: Fiber optic communication has arrived!

ONLINE LIBRARY
      Communication: Hearing without listening

DIARY


____________________________________________________
1 - NEWS
----------------

BENIN
21 dailies and yet more to come!

Benin's twenty-first daily paper was launched on 6 November 2002.
It's called the "Événement du jour" and will be followed hot on its
heels by three more dailies to be launched next December.

The "Événement du jour" is a general information paper which will
give pride of place to field reports and in-depth articles. These will
be free of bias and will present the truth even when this proves
upsetting for some.

Journalist Septime Tolli left the daily, "le Progrès" in order to set up
this 12-page paper (in tabloid format) where he also holds the
position of chief editor.

Source: PanAfrican News Agency (Pana), 6/11/02 (access subject
to payment)


BENIN
New general info weekly

On 30 October 2002, journalist Anicet Carlos Oké launched a
general information and political weekly. Called the "Objectif"
(Objective), the new arrival aims to live up to its name, i.e. to give
an account of the news and events without falling prey to the frenzy
of providing the latest news at any cost and to maintain a level of
detachment in the opinions it portrays.

For this purpose, each issue of the new weekly will integrate most
of the different journalistic genres: enquiries on subjects of general
interest, a lengthy interview with a key figure and portraits of the
people who make the news. Among the subjects that the "Objectif"
intends to prioritize are the environment and the decentralization
process.

In short, the Objectif aims to become a paper that counts and
possibly even a genuine reference paper.

Source: Le Matinal, 28/10/02
<http://www.h2com.com/lematinal/archives/021028/mlculture2.htm>


IVORY COAST
Rebels go on air

Having set up a television channel in Bouaké by appropriating
equipment belonging to Radiodiffusion Télévision ivoirienne (the
state-owned RTI), the rebels have now launched their own radio
station.

"La Voix du mutin" (the rebel voice), as it's called, has been
broadcasting since the beginning of November 2002 and covers the
Katiola region in the center of the country where Radio Côte d'Ivoire
can no longer be received. The rebel voice in on air from 6 am to 6
pm during which time it attempts to explain the beliefs and
accomplishments of the rebellion to the local people. Musical
interludes complement these "instructive" programs.

Source: Fraternité-Matin, 8/11/02
<http://www.fratmat.co.ci/story.asp?ID=15055>


MAURITIUS
Third private radio station on the way

We've heard Radio One and Radio Plus and we're now about to
experience the arrival on the scene of a third privately-owned radio
station: Top FM is about to hit the airwaves. The first technical trials
may even be carried out from as early as November 2002.

According to its director, Balkrishna Kaunhye, Top FM will have four
transmission studios, one of which was already operational by 9
November. All that's missing is for the final decision to be taken
regarding the award of three FM (frequency modulation) broadcast
frequencies.  Although transmission on 104.4 MHz does not appear
to pose any problems for the transmitters in Malherbes (Center,
East and West) and Jurançon (South), the station has encountered
a technical obstacle for its third transmitter. The 105.7 MHz
frequency initially reserved to cover the North and the capital city
Port-Louis, could cause interference to television signals. The
possibility of the third transmitter using a frequency of 107 MHz is
now being looked into.

Source: Le Mauricien, 9/11/02
<http://www.lemauricien.com/mauricien/021109/so.htm#11>


NIGER
Plans for a rural radio station in Say

The town of Say, located approximately 50 km from the capital city
Niamey (in the south-west of the country) may soon boast its own
community rural radio station called Marhaba. The date when the
new station goes on air has not yet been confirmed. The new
station is the creation of a non-profit making association going
under the same name. This NGO has its headquarters in the village
of Kahé, some 25 km from Say. Yéro Garba is the main promoter of
both the association and the new radio station.

Radio Marhaba's listenership base will be the 48,373 inhabitants of
Bitinkodji, a district covering an area of almost one thousand square
kilometers. This is an agricultural and stock farming region. The
new radio station hopes to act as a "medium for participatory and
community communication in order to contribute to the development
and the well being of the people". Radio Marhaba will give a voice
to the country people and will focus on training and education for
people living in rural areas; it will work to promote local knowledge,
local know-how and local heritage.

The Zarma and Fulfulde languages will dominate the airtime.
French along with other national languages will only be used
occasionally and will always be accompanied by simultaneous
interpretation. Radio Marhaba's programs will concentrate on
agriculture, the environment, women, young people, the markets, as
well as local and national news. The future station will also
broadcast opinions and press releases, commercials and
promotional reportages.

Source: Le Républicain, 7/11/02
<http://www.republicain-niger.com/repu546.pdf> (PDF format,
available
online on a provisional basis)


SENEGAL
A new bi-monthly comic for the all family

The designer, Alphonse Mendy, and his publishing house, Atelier
Fons, launched the first issue of a bi-monthly family comic on 11
November 2002. As its name implies, "Goor Mag" will feature in
quadrichromy (four-color process) the famous Goorgoolu character,
created by TT Fons, the pen-name of Alphonse Mendy himself.

Comic strips will account for half of the eight sections forming the
structure of the bi-monthly magazine. The magazine will work with
previously unpublished designers unknown to the public. It also
hopes to expand its target audience by including contributions from
African cartoonists.

News events will not be left out though but will be accompanied by
illustrations. African legends and traditions will also feature in every
issue.

"Goor Mag" is on sale at a price of 900 CFA francs.

Source: Senegalese Press Agency (APS), 9/11/02
<http://www.aps.sn/>
(not archived)


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PLURALITY
----------------
Keeping an eye on the institutional and regulatory framework
guaranteeing pluralism of information
----------------

BENIN
The media in the run up to the local elections

The Haute Autorité de l'audiovisuel et de la communication (Higher
Broadcasting and Communication Authority or HAAC) has drawn up
the broad outlines for media coverage of the run up to and the
campaign for the local elections of December 2002.

The regulatory measures announced are aimed at preventing
excesses and imbalances on the part of the media that could
potentially lead to conflict. The HAAC intends making private radio
stations part of the official media coverage of the elections; up to
now only state-owned media bodies were involved.

Sources:
Le Matinal, 16/10
<http://www.h2com.com/lematinal/archives/021016/mlculture1.htm>
and 22/10/02
<http://www.h2com.com/lematinal/archives/021022/mlpolitique3.htm
>


WEST AFRICA
Campaign for an improved public media service

Article XIX Africa and the Media Foundation for West Africa
(MFWA) have taken steps to promote public service interests in
broadcasting. Public authorities have been called on to improve
citizens' participation in the political process.

The two organizations hope to facilitate the establishment of a
union of public broadcast institutions in West Africa.

Sources:
http://www.article19.org/docimages/1358.doc (Word format)
http://www.mediafoundationwa.org/english/updates.html


CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Controversy over regulatory body

The ordinary session of the National Assembly, which opened at the
beginning of October 2002, was expected to look at the regulations
governing the operation of the media regulatory body.

The Haut Conseil de la communication (Higher Communication
Council or HCA), established in 1996, has experienced difficulties
since its inception. At the time, journalists did not improve of its
membership and insisted that experienced media professionals be
included. They accused the government of wishing to control the
council - these problems eventually led to the dissolution of the
HCA in 1998.

In recent months journalists belonging both to the private and the
state-owned media undertook a review of the regulations governing
the HCA following which they stressed the need to decriminalize
media offences. However, they accused the Minister for
Communication of having changed the texts they had submitted to
him for introduction to the National Assembly. The representatives
will therefore now have two texts to examine and approve during
their current session which will last until December 2002.

Source: Rap21@...


MAURITIUS
Code for advertising in the audio-visual media under review

The Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) is about to examine
a code on advertising. The purpose of this code will be to regulate
advertisements broadcast by radio and television channels. The
need for this became apparent after the launch of two privately-
owned radio stations when the broadcast sector was liberalized a
short time ago.

This measure does not come a day too early: the state-owned
broadcaster (MBC) has not renewed its advertising contract with a
company that gave vouchers to participate in games of chance. As
far as the Mauritian Vice-Prime Minister is concerned, promoting
betting on prime time TV is just not on.


BOTSWANA
Establishment of a Press Council

A new Press Council of Botswana has been set up by media
professionals. The purpose of the council, registered on 28 October
2002, is to act as a self-regulatory body.

The Botswana branch of the Media Institute for West Africa, or
MISA supported the establishment of the press council which is the
culmination of a two-year consultation process.

Source: Mmegi, 8/11/02
<http://www.mmegi.bw/2002/November/Friday8/465369459990.html
>


GHANA
Discussions on the media law

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has initiated discussions
with the National Media Commission on a number of new provisions
to the media law with which it does not agree.

Three provisions in total are concerned including one providing for
the registration of newspapers, which the GJA considers to be a
threat to the independence and freedom of the press and to the
development of democracy generally.

Source: Daily Graphic, 8/11/02
<http://www.graphicghana.com/article.asp?artid=5011>


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INITIATIVES
----------------
Information and communication initiatives to promote and propagate
development ----------------

UGANDA
Making newspapers accessible to school children

On 23 October last, the Ugandan daily, the New Vision, launched
its "Readers are Leaders" campaign aimed at making newspapers
accessible to children. For a six-week period, school children will be
able to buy their paper at the reduced price of 350 shillings.

The objective of the project is to promote a reading culture among
school children as part of the "Newspapers in Education" program.

Specific classes at eleven Kampala schools are being targeted by
the campaign which is expected to reach approximately one
thousand two hundred young readers. Educational activities will be
organized twice a week and the best readers will be awarded prizes
at the end of the six-week campaign.

Source: New Vision, 23/10/02, reproduced by All Africa
<http://allafrica.com/stories/200210230120.html>


BURKINA FASO
Training in editorial techniques

Twelve Burkina journalists took part in a training session on basic
editorial techniques during a workshop organized from 14 to 18
October 2002.

The different editorial genres as well as the question of information
sources were among the topics discussed at this workshop, which
was organized by the pilot committee of the Norbert-Zongo National
Press Center (CNP/NZ) and run by a journalist from the France-
Presse Agency of Paris (AFP).

The French Embassy in Burkina Faso provided financial support for
this training session.

Source: Sidwaya, 22/10/02
<http://www.sidwaya.bf/sitesidwaya/sidawaya_quotidiens/sid2002_1
0_22/s
ociete_3.htm>


____________________________________________________
NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
----------------
News, developments and new information and communication
technology
applications ----------------

SENEGAL
Women and the Information Society

A workshop on the "Gender Dimensions of Information Technology
Policies" was organized from 5 to 7 November 2002 in Dakar.
Participants were asked to look at how women's participation in the
information society could be used to improve their status within
society, combat poverty, guarantee access to education for all and
reduce maternal and infant mortality.

The workshop was organized under the aegis of Enda Tiers-monde
in partnership with Senegal's Observatoire sur les systèmes
d'information, les réseaux et les inforoutes (Observatory for
information systems, networks and information highways or OSIRIS)
and the Agence de régulation des télécommunications
(Telecommunications Regulatory Agency or ART).

Source: Senegalese Press Agency (APS), 5/11/02
<http://www.aps.sn/>
(not archived)


BENIN
Fiber optic communications have arrived!

As from 7 November last, Benin has been linked into the fiber optic
sub-marine cable project known as Sat3/Wasc/Safe. This links
Europe to Asia via Africa and is expected to  improve
communication capacities in Africa.

The new facilities, inaugurated by the Beninese Head of State, will
provide Benin with the capacity for 720,000 simultaneous
communications.

Source: Le Matinal, 8/11/02
<http://www.h2com.com/lematinal/archives/021108/mlpolitique4.htm
>


____________________________________________________
ONLINE LIBRARY
----------------

COMMUNICATION
Hearing without listening

Beninese journalist, Anicet Laurent Quenum, has written a book (or
as he rather modestly puts it, "a short document") about the
problems failure to listen causes in oral communication.
Communication of course is not just about talking as the title of the
book opportunely suggests: "Listening: the Forgotten Element in
Communication".

The gap is often wide between those who just listen to themselves
talking and those who listen without getting an opportunity to talk.
Having explained the difference between hearing and listening, our
colleague goes on to explain to the reader the social role played by
listening, how it works when it comes to communications in general
and journalism in particular.

Anicet Laurent Quenum: "L'écoute ou la Communication oubliée"
(Listening: the Forgotten Element in Communication), Editions Baya
Presse (Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso), 3 000 CFA francs (or to
order for 32 euros). E-mail: <mailto:baya64@...>

Contact:
Anicet Laurent Quenum
s/c CESTI
BP 5499
Dakar-Fann
Senegal
E-mail: <mailto:laurentquenum@...>


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DIARY
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***15-16 NOVEMBER 2002: Colloquy on "Freedom of Expression in
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expression on the Internet.

It forms part of the general preparations for the World Summit on
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Date sent:       Mon, 07 Oct 2002 16:25:44 GMT
Subject:         DRC: Radio Okapi expands to Bukavu

U N I T E D  N A T I O N S
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
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DRC: Radio Okapi expands to Bukavu

NAIROBI, 7 October (IRIN) - Radio Okapi, the network operated by
the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has
expanded its service to the eastern town of Bukavu, broadcasting
on 98.6 FM.

Bukavu becomes the ninth location in the country to have a local
relay, the others being Gbadolite in the northwest (93 FM);
Kisangani (94.8 FM) in the northeast; Goma (105.2 FM) in the east;
Kalemie (105 FM) in the southeast; Kananga (100 FM) in south-
central; Mbandaka (103 FM) in the northwest; Kindu (103 FM) in
east-central; and the capital, Kinshasa (103.5 FM), from where all
broadcasts originate.

A joint initiative of MONUC and the Swiss-based Fondation
Hirondelle, Radio Okapi was launched on 25 February to coincide
with the convocation of the inter-Congolese dialogue in Sun City,
South Africa. It broadcasts 24 hours per day, seven days per week
in French, Kiswahili, Lingala, and Tshiluba.

In the coming months, additional FM stations are planned for Beni
(east), Bunia (northeast), Lubumbashi (southeast), and Mbuji-Mayi
(south-central).

The material broadcast by Okapi is made available to other local
media free of charge. Radio Okapi enables Congolese to talk to
each other across the country's political divides, the organisers say.
The radio's transmitting stations are guaranteed freedom from
censorship under agreements with the various authorities in the
country, and broadcast from UN military mission bases, guarded by
UN troops.

Currently, no medium in the country has the capacity to broadcast
nationwide, although the government has announced its intention to
establish one. Few politically independent broadcasters exist,
although Radio Amani in Kisangani, and Radio Maendeleo in
Bukavu have managed to survive as independent news
broadcasters, and have operated intermittently over the past three
years. Their reach is very limited, however.

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Date sent:       Wed, 02 Oct 2002 11:46:54 GMT
Subject:         GLOBAL: New handbook out on
reception, integration of resettled refugees

U N I T E D  N A T I O N S
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GLOBAL: New handbook out on reception, integration of resettled
refugees

NAIROBI, 2 October (IRIN) - The UN High Commissioner for
Refugees reported on Wednesday it had co-published a handbook
on refugee resettlement, focusing on issues like initial reception,
education and employment while incorporating the experiences of
resettled refugees.

Published by UNHCR and the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of
Torture, "Refugee Resettlement: An International Handbook to
Guide Reception and Integration" is targeted primarily at
programme planners in countries or communities that are planning
to receive resettled refugees.

The handbook addresses issues such as initial reception of
resettled refugees, ways of preparing receiving communities,
language training, education, employment, and the special needs of
children; and is targeted primarily at programme planners. UNHCR
said that the production of the handbook was one of the outcomes
of the April 2001 International Conference on the Reception and
Integration of Resettled Refugees, which was hosted by the
Swedish government. The conference endorsed refugee
resettlement and successful integration as important pillars of the
international system of refugee protection, UNHCR reported.

[A full account of the UNHCR report is on
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Date sent:       Sat, 05 Oct 2002 08:49:19 GMT
Subject:         WEST AFRICA: IRIN-WA WEEKLY 143 COVERING THE
PERIOD 28 SEPTEMBER- 4 OCTOBER 2002

U N I T E D  N A T I O N S
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WEST AFRICA: IRIN-WA WEEKLY 143 COVERING THE PERIOD 28
SEPTEMBER- 4
OCTOBER 2002

ABIDJAN, 5 October (IRIN) - CONTENTS:
COTE D’IVOIRE: Signing of ceasefire delayed
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: First woman prime minister named
CAMEROON-NIGERIA:  ICJ verdict set for 10 October
SENEGAL: Burials begin of ferry victims
LIBERIA: IDPs face grave health risk
GHANA: President Kufuor names new committees
MAURITANIA: Another appeal for aid

COTE D’IVOIRE: Signing of ceasefire delayed

The signing of a ceasefire between mutinous soldiers and the
government of Cote d'Ivoire was delayed on Friday with both sides
expressing discontent with the wording of the document.

Sources in the capital Yamoussoukro told IRIN that the signing was
likely to be delayed to a later date. The agreement was supposed to
signed at 1600 GMT but by 1800 pm, none of the delegations had turned
up yet to sign, sources said.

The government, humanitarian sources told IRIN, was reluctant to
commit to some provisions of the proposed agreement such as the
suggestion of a peacekeeping force in the country. The mutineers on
the other hand felt the proposed agreement did not grant them the
status they deserved.

The BBC reported that the draft text stipulated that the mutineers
should lay down their weapons, and that the authority of the
government should be restored to all areas but did not specify whether
that meant civil or military rule.

The mutineers were also uncomfortable that loyalist forces were
sending troops from Yamoussoukro to Bouake, to reinforce their
positions there or even to attack the city, which the rebels had held
since their uprising on 19 September.

The "ceasefire" came a day after ministers from the Economic Community
of West African States (ECOWAS) met with six rebel representatives in
the central rebel-held city of Bouake and persuaded them to agree to a
truce.

ECOWAS mandated Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Togo to
form a mediation group, along with South Africa as current chairman of
the African Union.

On Wednesday, the French Foreign Ministry reiterated that its presence
in Cote d'Ivoire was to safeguard the safety of its citizens, maintain
the country's unity and sovereignty and to preserve regional stability
and to support the African mediation efforts.

"In this context I recall that the mission of French forces remains
the safety of our nationals, and other foreigners. France supports the
mediation ECOWAS has begun and all efforts for dialogue," the
spokesperson said.

"If the mediation team concludes that an ECOMOG peace-keeping mission
is needed, France will contribute with logistic support."

Meanwhile, the governor of Abidjan District on Friday announced a
major rally of "all patriots", including women, men, youths, village
chiefs, and dignitaries of Abidjan District, which will be held in the
city centre.

As humanitarian organisations are trying to get access to the declared
war zones in order to evaluate the needs of those displaced, there
were reports from the Solidarity, Health and Social Security ministry,
of an eight-day suspension of burning of shantytowns.

For IRIN coverage on the Cote d'Ivoire situation please visit
http://www.irinnews.org/frontpage.asp?SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectC
ountry=Cote_d_Ivoire

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: First woman Prime Minister named

Sao Tome and Principe President Fradique de Menezes on Thursday
appointed Maria das Neves as the archipelago's first woman Prime
Minister, news agencies reported.

Menezes who fired Gabriel Costa from the prime minister's job last
week, said in a television address to the nation that he had asked
Neves, a 44-year old economist to form a new government. She was
proposed for the post by the Sao Tome and Principe Liberation Movement
(MLSTP) party.

Neves was Minister for Trade, Industry and Tourism in the former
administration. Before that she worked for the World Bank and UNICEF.

She was expected to begin consultations to form a government of
national unity on Friday with both her MLSTP party and other parties
with seats in the 55-member parliament, Lusa reported on Friday.

Menezes dissolved the government following complaints from the army
over the promotion of two officers to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
on 5 September. The Minister of Defense Victor Tavares Monteiro was
one of the officers promoted from reserve captain. He resigned last
week. The other was Major Luiz Maria, who held the defense portfolio.

De Menezes had appointed Costa to head a coalition government after
elections on 3 March left the country's 55-seat parliament without a
majority party.

Sao Tome and Principe is an island chain just off the West African
country of Gabon, and has a population of some 150,000 people.

Other items on Sao Tome and Principle this week include:
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: Unity government dissolved
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=30188&SelectRegion=West_Af
rica&SelectCountry=SAO_TOME_AND_PRINCIPE

CAMEROON-NIGERIA:  ICJ verdict set for 10 October

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced on Thursday that it
would deliver its judgment on the Bakassi peninsula, which has been
the object of a dispute between Nigeria and Cameroon, on 10 October in
The Hague.

The court’s ruling is binding and not subject to appeal, the court
said in a statement.

The case stems from a 1994 complaint filed by Cameroon, seeking a
ruling over sovereignty of the Bakassi Peninsula and a determination
of a maritime boundary between the two countries.

The territorial dispute has been a thorn in bilateral relations, as
the countries at times have traded accusations. Each believes it is
the rightful proprietor of the peninsula located in an oil-rich area.
On 6 September, President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria and Paul Biya
of Cameroon promised to abide by the ruling and to implement measures
to respect it. Among others, they agreed to the demilitarization of
the peninsula with the possibility of international observers to
monitor the withdrawal of troops.

SENEGAL: Burials begin for ferry victims

Burials of victims of last week’s boat accident begun in the capital
Dakar and in Ziguinchor, southern Senegal, sources told IRIN on
Thursday.

In Ziguinchor, where more than 1,000 people boarded the ferry ‘Le
Joola’, 41 bodies were buried this week. Red Cross sources said
burials have also begun in Dakar, the boat’s final destination, but
did not disclose an exact number.

BBC reported Interior Minister Mamadou Niang as saying that about 500
bodies had been recovered, although many cannot be identified by
relatives because of decomposition. About 60 people have survived the
accident. Those bodies that cannot be identified would be buried in
one of four designated mass cemeteries: two in Ziguinchor, one in
Dakar and one in The Gambia.

President Abdoulaye Wade has ordered an investigation into the
accident. The minister for transport and equipment and the armed
forces ministers resigned in the wake of public anger over the
accident.

Licensed to sail with 550 passengers, ‘Le Joola’ left Ziguinchor with
over 1,000 passengers.

LIBERIA: IDPs face grave health risk

An international NGO, the International Rescue Committee, issued a
health assessment on Tuesday warning that the health of internally
displaced Liberians had sharply deteriorated in the last few months.
To avoid further deterioration, humanitarian and health agencies
needed to increase health facilities in the country.

IRC’s assessment, conducted in July and August in IDP camps in Bong
and Montserrado countries, showed among other things that mortality
rates have risen above the emergency threshold; water and sanitation
capacities were deficient and malaria and diarrhoea ranked as the
leading causes of medical consultation.

To meet the IDPs’ needs, the number of latrines needed to be increased
to one latrine per 50 people, although this is still short of the
minimum humanitarian standards of one latrine per 20 people. Trench
latrines also needed to be built; water supply increased, and an
aggressive hygiene promotion campaign conducted. An additional health
post should also be built in one of the camps, the NGO recommended.

According to IRC, Liberia currently has 14 IDP camps sheltering at
least 100,000 people.

IRC’s full assessment is available at www.theirc.org

GHANA: President Kufuor names new committees

Ghanaian President John Kufuor has appointed 11-member committees to
run the daily affairs of six districts in Dagbon District, northern
Ghana, where a state of emergency prevented the holding of regularly
scheduled district elections.

The state of emergency was imposed in March as a result of deadly
ethnic clashes that broke in the northern district. While election for
new district assemblies were held in August, they did not take place
in Dagbon District. The incumbent assemblies were dissolved, creating
an administrative vacuum that President Kufuor has filled by
appointing the committees.

The appointees have the same powers as elected officials and will be
in office until elections can be held.

The March clash opposed the Abudu and Andani clans, two neighbouring
communities, whose covert rivalry, erupted as they were unable to
agree on the holding on an annual festival.

In other news, Ghana’s government has earmarked US $7 million to
finance poverty reduction initiatives in the East, Upper West,
Northern, Eastern and Central regions, the five poorest regions of the
country.

MAURITANIA: Another appeal for aid

The World Food Programme has once again reminded the international
community to come to the aid of Mauritania where food shortage,
induced by lack of rain, is threatening thousands of people

According to WFP regional director for West Africa Manuel da Silva,
750,000 Mauritanians are affected by lack of food. Consequently there
is a growing rate of malnutrition.

WFP conducted in September a wheat distribution in the six most
affected regions, however it still expects to receive funding to feed
all those in need. The UN agency had so far received 30 percent of the
US $7.5 million it had appealed for.


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