Reporters sans frontières denuncia la censura e l’autocensura imposte, con una lettera di avvertimento, dal ministero dell’Interno malese al giornale The Star. Il quotidiano aveva pubblicato un articolo mettendo in questione la punizione corporale imposta a tre donne musulmane, in nome della Sharia. “The Star, uno dei giornali più letti del Paese, dovrebbe poter fornire [...]
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The government’s decision to prosecute the company that published the new cartoon magazine Gedung Kartun for not having a permit is a setback for press freedom in Malaysia. The decision was announced by Jamilah Taib, the head of the interior ministry’s communication unit. The company insists it did get a verbal go-ahead. “We urge the [...]
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Reporters Without Borders today pledged its backing to independent news website Malaysiakini which has decided to resist an order to remove two news videos judged to be “offensive” by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission. The commission told the website in a letter on 3 September that it considered the two film clips “offensive” and “intended [...]
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Reporters Without Borders, an organisation that defends press freedom worldwide, supports the appeal for help being made by The Nut Graph (http://thenutgraph.com/), an independent Malaysian news website launched in August 2008 that is strapped for cash because its original investors have decided they cannot continue funding it. “The Nut Graph is one of the few news [...]
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