Articles by World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC)
Radio journalist covering indigenous protest detained by police in an undisclosed location, held incommunicado
(AMARC/IFEX) – On the evening of 17 May 2006, members of the special anti-riot squad of the police, assisted by the army, detained journalist Richard Calpa, director of the indigenous radio station Totoro Stéreo. His working equipment was burned on the spot and Calpa was taken away in an armoured car. To date, his whereabouts […]
Supreme Court to rule on constitutionality of media law reforms
(AMARC/IFEX) – The following is a 4 May 2006 AMARC press release: AMARC trusts that Supreme Court ruling will conform to international human rights standards Mexico City, 4 May 2006 – Senators opposed to the reforms made to the Federal Law on Radio, Television and Telecommunications have presented a petition to the Supreme Court (Suprema […]
On World Press Freedom Day, AMARC calls for media law reform to support community radio
(AMARC/IFEX) – The following is an AMARC press release: World Press Freedom Day: AMARC calls for media law reform to support community radio Colombo, 3 May 2006 – On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day (3 May), AMARC, the World Association of Community Broadcasters, called upon governments worldwide to develop national policies and supportive […]
Journalist ends hunger strike; government commitments unfulfilled following WSIS II, say IFEX-TMG members
(AMARC/HRinfo/WPFC/IFEX) – The following is a 24 April 2006 press release by three members of the IFEX-TMG who participated in a mission to Tunisia: Tunisian Commitments Unfulfilled Following WSIS II Freedom in Tunisia remains well below international standards five months after the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was held in Tunis in November […]
Community radio station in Dang forced to suspend news programme, authorities cut telephone line; AMARC condemns renewal of media ordinance
(AMARC/IFEX) – The following is a 19 April 2006 AMARC press release: AMARC Condemns the Renewal of Unconstitutional Media Ordinance in Nepal Kathmandu, April 19, 2006 – The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) strongly condemns the introduction of the media ordinance dated April 3, 2006 by the government of Nepal. AMARC calls for […]
Office of community radio organizations raided, material seized by officials
(AMARC/IFEX) – The following is an abridged version of a 9 March 2006 AMARC statement: AMARC expressed its profound concern over the increasing repression directed toward community-based media. On 2 March 2006, various officials of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, accompanied by some 20 police officers, surrounded and then entered the offices of two coordinating member […]
Indigenous and community radio stations denounce persecution, urge government to fulfill its promises
(AMARC/IFEX) – The following is an abridged version of a 1 March 2006 statement by the Guatemalan Council on Community Communications (CGCC), of which AMARC is a member: The six member organisations of the Guatemalan Council on Community Communications (el Consejo Guatemalteco de Comunicación Comunitaria, CGCC), denounced in a press release the continuous harassment by […]
Senate postpones debate on much-criticised radio and television law amendments
(AMARC/IFEX) – On 13 December 2005, the coordinators of the parliamentary political blocks and the coordinating body of the Senate decided to postpone the detailed discussion of the Federal Radio and Television Law amendments proposed by the Chamber of Representatives until the next ordinary period of Senate sessions, scheduled to begin in February 2006. This […]