The OPC strongly condemns the arrest and imprisonment of El Malick Seck, editor of the Dakar-based daily newspaper, 24 Heures Chrono.
Author: OPC of America
IWMF Honors Lederer
OPC member Edith Lederer, temporarily injured, was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Women’s Media Foundation at the organization’s annual luncheon in the Waldorf-Astoria October 21.
Tribune Clips AP
The Tribune Company reported that its daily newspapers will drop the AP news service, the first major chain to drop the AP in response to the new rates.
Gambia October 20, 2008
Once again, OPC members are saddened to learn of the most recent persecution of a newsman in Gambia for doing his job of reporting the news.
Blog: Whither the Chinese Economy?
If you read American newspapers and magazines, you would be forgiven for coming to the conclusion that the Chinese economy will one day become the world’s largest and most sophisticated. Yet, a huge question mark hangs over China: Can China innovate?
Mexico October 16, 2008
Having just written to the President of Mexico about the plight of journalists and the lack of action in prosecuting their murderers, we feel compelled to write again because we have just learned of the deaths of two more journalists in the last few days. This brings to twenty three the number of journalists murdered in Mexico since 2000. Seven others have disappeared and never been found.
Thailand October 16, 2008
We write out of sincere concern for several journalists and activists in Thailand. On October 8, the Thai Journalists Association issued a global call to action urging a halt to the violent incidents and the ensuing injuries and damages caused by several clashes between policemen, who fired tear gas, and demonstrators of the People’s Alliance for Democracy.
On the Ground: Changes in China
Every once in a while in China, you meet someone whose life story captures some tiny piece of the huge drama the country faces. The story of Zhao Qingjie speaks volumes about China’s economic explosion.
Report of Press Freedom Committee October 14, 2008
The OPC Press Freedom Committee has written letters of protest to Russia, China, Egypt, Mexico and Thailand this quarter. We also recommended the immediate release of Harry Nicolaides, and Australian novelist whose misfortune was to mention, in three lines of a 300-page novel, that the King of Thailand’s son had been married, but his wife had to leave the country.
Mexico October 14, 2008
We write to call attention to the latest killing of a Mexican journalist: radio host, Alejandro Zenón Fonseca Estrada, of EXA-FM, who was gunned down on September 23 by four unidentified men carrying assault rifles as he was putting up anti-crime posters in Villahermosa.