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Public Discourse in the Web does not Exhibit Group Polarization

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International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Iraq - Government orders closure of radio linked to Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr

OpenConcept's Clients - Thu, 2008-05-15 21:42
(RSF/IFEX) - On 15 May 2008, Reporters Without Borders condemned the unwarranted closure of a privately-owned radio station linked to Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr as fierce clashes continued between the cleric's militia, the Mahdi Army, and the US and Iraqi armies.

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Democratic Republic of Congo - Journalist receives death threats from leader of armed group

OpenConcept's Clients - Thu, 2008-05-15 21:42
(JED/IFEX) - On 10 May 2008, Austere Malivika Yalala, a journalist with Radio Télévision Nationale Congolaise's (RTNC) local Butembo and correspondent for the South Africa-based Radio Canal Afrique, received a death threat. The caller, who introduced himself as Captain Ndaliko of the Congolese Party of Resistance (PARECO, an armed group based in eastern RD Congo), said: "I will kill you before the International Criminal Court arrests us."

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Philippines - Trial begins in 2001 killing of journalist; widow testifies death threats preceded murder

OpenConcept's Clients - Thu, 2008-05-15 21:42
(CMFR/IFEX) - The trial of the suspect in the 2001 killing of a radio journalist began 9 May 2008 in Cebu City, Cebu, with the journalist's widow stating under direct examination by the prosecution that her husband had received death threats in relation to his job as a journalist before he was killed. Cebu is a province approximately 562 km south of Manila.

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Mexico - Magazine issue containing critical report on Sonora state governor purchased en masse to prevent public distribution

OpenConcept's Clients - Thu, 2008-05-15 21:42
(ARTICLE 19/CENCOS/IFEX) - Distribution of the 27 April 2008 edition of the weekly magazine "Proceso" was deliberately impeded through the mass purchasing of copies, between 27 April and 1 May, before they reached the public. The issue bore on its cover a picture of Sonora state governor Eduardo Bours under the headline "Drug power in Sonora", and contained a report on governor's wealth, his abuse of power to benefit his family's businesses, and the possible involvement of these businesses in drug-trafficking and money laundering.

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