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Arab Press Network
Weekly Summary Nr 10/07
14 June 2007
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- SPECIAL FEATURE
Seizing the opportunities for freedom
The Tunisian journalist Souhayr Belhassen became the first Arab president
of the International Federation for Human Rights. In an interview with
APN, she gives her view on the freedom of speech in the region.
- NEWS FROM THE MEDIA SCENE
WPFC Fund Against Censorship
The innovative Fund Against Censorship, administered by the World Press
Freedom Committee (WPFC) in cooperation with eight other organizations,
provides assistance grants to news media and journalists facing criminal
prosecution.
Rory Peck Trust
In recognition of freelance cameraman Rory Peck who was killed in October
1993 in crossfire while covering the October coup outside Moscow's
Ostankino Television Centre, the Rory Peck Trust offers support to
freelancers who experience extreme difficulties in the field.
- PRESS FREEDOM
Latest Press Freedom News From the Region
Moroccan Journalist Wins Press Freedom Award
The Moroccan Journalist Ahmed Reda Benchemsi recently won the Samir Kassir
Award for Press Freedom thanks to his article on King Mohammed VI.
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