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Written by Justin Hemlepp
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Thursday, 26 March 2009 |
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Editor's Note: The following posts appeared in Fire in a Theater's "Nut Graf" microblog on Mar. 25, 2009. AFRICA-Egypt | Imprisoned blogger held in solitary, deprived medical care after refusing to join political party. http://is.gd/oUZj (IFEX)
U.S.-Fla. | Golfer Daly's defamation suit dismissed. Fla. Times-Union piece discussed domestic violence accusations http://is.gd/oUXZ (RCFP)
AFRICA-Dem.Rep.Congo | Media silenced during "parliamentary crisis." Reporting stifled, signals disrupted, etc. http://is.gd/oUWa (IFEX)
ASIA-Afg. | TV host arrested for "anti-Islamic," "vulgar" program. Another arrested after interviewing Taliban reps http://is.gd/oUU4 (IFEX)
ASIA-N.Korea | U.S. State Dept. backs off earlier statement confirming DPRK charged U.S. reporters w/ espionage http://is.gd/oURH (Reuters)
AFRICA-Côte d'Ivoire | Journalist, Nanankoua Gnamanteh, charged with insulting president, faces two years in prison. http://is.gd/oUOf (RSF)
U.N.: Egyptian blogger detained arbitrarily for "online critique," "exercising his right to freedom of expression." http://is.gd/oUMh (IFEX)
U.S.-Wis. | Gannett, newspaper assn. counterclaim against athletic assn. in fed court re: coverage of h.s. sports. http://is.gd/oUHk (AP)
MdEst-Qatar | Journalist with Doha Centre for Media Freedom prevented from leaving Qatar. RSF protests. http://is.gd/oUFe (RSF)
ASIA-India | Anil Majumdar, editor of Assamese newspaper, shot, killed near his home Tuesday. http://is.gd/oUDb (CPJ)
U.S.-N.Y. | Fed court to hear arguments re: unsealing Sept. 11, 2001 documents related to post-attack lawsuits. http://is.gd/oUB3 (RCFP)
ASIA-Turkey | Radio station, editor again acquitted on charges of inciting hatred, hostility; Played Kurdish song. http://is.gd/oUz5 (IFEX)
ASIA-N.Korea | State Dept: U.S. reporters Euna Lee, Laura Ling now charged with espionage, held in Pyongyang. http://is.gd/oJbV (Reuters)
U.S.-D.C. | Is SCOTUS "prepared to overturn or significantly limit parts" of its ruling upholding McCain-Feingold? http://is.gd/oTDO (NYT)
Justin Hemlepp, TheSequitur.com's editor emeritus, is an attorney in Florida.
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