Peru: Award winning radio journalist snubbed by government

16 Aug 10 | Index Index, minipost, News and features

Carlos Flores Borja, winner of the Guardian Journalism award at this year’s Index on Censorship Free Expression Awards Ceremony, has been told that he will not be allowed relaunch of Amazonian community radio station Radio La Voz de Bagua, in spite of promises from President Alan García.

Carlos Flores Borja, the manager of Amazonian radio station travelled to Lima last week because he had been given an appointment with transport and communications minister Enrique Cornejo on 11 August to discuss the reopening of the station, which the government closed 14 months ago.

But in the end, Flores was received by deputy minister Jorge Cuba Hidalgo, who told him that the station will remain closed.

Belarus strips journalists’ rights as election looms

23 Mar 10 | Index Index, minipost, Uncategorized

Belarus’s Supreme Court has stripped the Belarusian Association of Journalist’s (BAJ) ability to offer protection to journalists who are not officially authorised, such as opposition newspapers, websites and foreign news outlets.These journalists could now face 15 days in jail. BAJ president Zhanna Litvina said yesterday that this will discourage independent media coverage in the run-up to the elections. This comes a week after Charter97, an opposition website and are a nominee for this year’s Index On Censorship Freedom of Expression awards had its offices raided and its head of press beaten.