Publish and perish

Silence or death in Mexico's press. The Committee to Protect Journalists has issued a devastating report on the criminal intimidation of the Mexican press.

Summary:
http://info.ifex.org/View.aspx?id=224906&q=236218441&qz=d717a7

Full report:
http://cpj.org/reports/2010/09/silence-or-death-in-mexicos-press.php

Video report:
http://cpj.org/reports/2010/09/silence-death-mexico-press-video-report.php 

Reporter beaten to death in Uganda.
http://info.ifex.org/View.aspx?id=224990&q=236361382&qz=aed7fc

Lebanon censors massacre documentary.
http://info.ifex.org/View.aspx?id=224887&q=236107547&qz=bd1ff4

Aussie net fight still on.
With Labor now forming a minority government, the Australian Christian Lobby is looking forward to implementation of the compulsory internet filter, according to a report on Australia's ARN internet medium. Despite the amount of criticism against the plan, the lobby group is confident the government will impose the censorship system.

“Labor made very strong commitments to the internet filter in the lead-up to the election and we would expect them to honor the commitment notwithstanding the tight election results,” Lyle Shelton, the Christian lobby's staff chief, told the press.

"We envisaged the Greens might be in a balance of power situation in the senate; that was widely tipped before the election. So we specifically asked Julia Gillard, 'If there was a hostile senate, would she ensure the commitments Labor has made will not be traded away?'" The lobby's chief, Jim Wallace, made the request in a talk with Prime Minister Gillard, ARN reports.

ARN also reported that a chief backer of compulsory net censorship, communications chief Stephen Conroy, has been given wider powers in the new government.

http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/360222/filter_fight_back/