News: Freedom of expression, Asia/Pacific

Indian media freedom campaigners welcome new community radio policy

GOA, INDIA (FN for APCNews) -

Eleven years after the Indian Supreme Court directed New Delhi to "open up the airwaves", campaigners who battled long for this to happen gave a sigh of relief when India finally opened up its broadcasts to community radio in mid November 2006.

Solidarity with the right to expression of all Fiji Islanders

KATHMANDU (Suman Basset) -

The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, section Asia Pacific, condemns the military takeover in the Fiji islands. Particularly, the APC partner organisation expresses its solidarity and support for "femLINKPACIFIC: Media Initiatives for Women", one of its members in the Fiji islands. Read the entire press release.

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