Number of journalists killed worldwide reaches record high in 2009
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) issued its annual report on Tuesday confirming the work-related killings of more than 70 journalists worldwide during 2009, the highest in the 30-year history of the CPJ. Of...
Iceland Parliament considering new measures to protect freedom of speech
The Icelandic Parliament began considering measures Tuesday aimed at increasing protections for journalists and promoting freedom of speech and transparency in government. The Icelandic Modern Media Initiative (IMMI) was developed by lawmakers in conjunction...
Constructive Criticism: Presidential Opposition to Supreme Court Rulings
JURIST Guest Columnist William G. Ross of Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, says that although a president should naturally be careful to avoid demonstrating disrespect for the Supreme Court, the remarks President Obama recently made about the Court's decision...
Russia PM calls for human rights protections in Caucasus region
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday called for a new age of human rights and safety in the embattled Caucasus region of Russia, where the killings of journalists...
A Russian journalist died in a Siberian hospital on Wednesday from injuries he received during a police beating nearly two weeks ago, according to local investigators. Konstantin Popov, an economics writer for a Russian...
Silpa Swarnapuri, Pitt Law '12, attended the Second Annual Gay Pride Parade held in her home country of India...On the eve of New Jersey putting the issue of same-sex marriage to popular vote, I recalled India's Second Annual Gay Pride...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill Thursday that would protect journalists' abilities to shield sources in federal court proceedings. Under the Free Flow of Information Act , which was approved 14-5, the federal...
Free Flow of Information Act, US Senate, December 10, 2009 .Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on journalist shield issues....
COSTA RICA: Illegitimate Restrictions on Freedom of Expression
Ekaterina Sivolobova, student at the Law Faculty of the University of Buenos Aires and legal intern at the Center for Justice and International Law in Buenos Aires, recently interviewed Costa Rican journalist Mauricio Herrera-Ulloa about his experiences appearing before the...
Irans prosecutor general Abbas Jafari Dolat-Abadi said Monday that the three American hikers arrested in July for illegally entering Iran are being charged with espionage . In statements to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), Dolat-Abadi further declared...
