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MEETING CALLED OVER BOTSWANA MEDIA BILL.
The Botswana Chapter of Transparency International (Tibot) and the Media Institute of Southern Africa have called a public seminar for December 13 to consider the implications of a Media Bill which the government is to place before parliament. The bill seeks to register journalists and newspapers, which it wants to be majority owned by citizens, and set up a Press Council with the chair and vice-chair appointed by the government. It is a reissue of one from 1997 which journalist associations managed to stop by saying they would implement self-regulation. Little has happened and there have been several cases where the president, deputy president and government ministers have been angered by reports claimed to be inaccurate or misleading. A code of press conduct was formulated, but has not been enforced. The government recently withdrew its advertising support from two newspapers for 'irresponsible reporting and exceeding editorial freedom'. It also banned its officials from speaking to the newspapers. On an appeal, High Court Judge Isaac Lesetedi lifted the bans. Questioned on the reintroduction of the bill, President Festus Mogae told visiting reporters he had not been briefed on it, but denied the ...
- Press Council Law: Media groups express concern
- Newspaper article from: Daily Mirror June 24, 2009 700+ words
...disappointment over the reactivation of the Press Council law that gives powers to fine and imprison...Sri Lanka, the Working Journalists' Press Council Law:... Association of Sri Lanka...the re-activation of the Sri Lanka Press Council Law No. 5 of 1973 which has the powers...
- PRESS COUNCIL RECEIVES 391 LETTERS OF COMPLAINT.
- News wire article from: ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) January 17, 2006 700+ words
Jakarta, Jan 17 (ANTARA)- The Press Council has received 391 letters of complaint...media since 2003, Vice Chairman of the Press Council RH Siregar said here Tuesday. Speaking...standard and the empowerment of the Press Council, he further said that the Press Council...
- Press council delays decision on Herald complaint. (News).
- Newspaper article from: Windspeaker Barnsley, Paul November 1, 2002 700+ words
...over until February by the Alberta Press Council (APC). The complainant believes...people, she believes. She said the press council in Ontario, where she first attempted...had put in a complaint to the Alberta Press Council about some previous stories he did...
- Dayasiri and Yapa at loggerheads over Press Council
- Newspaper article from: Daily Mirror June 26, 2009 700+ words
...of war over the reactivation of the Press Council by the government Issuing a press release...claim that the reactivation of the Press Council had been done based on a proposal submitted...taken a decision to reactivate the Press Council and it was regrettable that the Minister...
- MINISTER REPORTS 'TEMPO' MAGAZINE TO PRESS COUNCIL.
- News wire article from: ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) November 28, 2008 700+ words
...reported 'Tempo' Magazine to the Press Council for alleged defamation and slander...capacity to file a complaint with the Press Council and to seek its advice over acts of...minister said when he arrived at the Press Council building to report his case here on...
- Dangerous laws under Press Council Act " Srinath Perera PC
- Newspaper article from: Colombo Times August 7, 2009 700+ words
...there are dangerous laws included in the Press Council Act. Firstly the Press Council can force a journalist to reveal the source...cases of media suppression. Although the Press Council has been in place since 2002, it was defunct...
- Opposition to Press Council Act
- Newspaper article from: Daily Mirror September 30, 2009 700+ words
...Wickremesinghe said the implementation of the Press Council Act would be unpatriotic as it would...against the re-activation of the Press Council Act in Sri Lanka and sign a petition...happen with the re-activation of this Press Council Act is that this horrendous law of...
- MOROCCO: NATIONAL PRESS COUNCIL MAY CENSOR MEDIA.
- News wire article from: Interpress Service August 21, 2007 700+ words
...provides for setting up a National Press Council to deal with complaints of excesses...journalists fear that the National Press Council could become an instrument for censorship. The National Press Council "will be doing what the government...
