Reporters under fire: Afghan TV station weathers constant Taliban threat
Updated 0734 GMT (1434 HKT) April 20, 2016
A key maxim of news reporting is to tell, not become it. Nowhere is that tension more pronounced than for Afghanistan's TOLO TV.
After years of threatening the media, the Taliban has begun to openly target journalists, and TOLO has been hit the hardest.
Seven of the channel's employees, including some working on TOLO's version of American Idol -- Afghan Star -- were killed on January 20 as they were ferriedHOME FROM WORK
when a suicide bomber targeted their minibus. Another 26 people were left injured by the attack.
when a suicide bomber targeted their minibus. Another 26 people were left injured by the attack.'Era of propaganda': press freedom in decline, says Reporters Without Borders
Decline of open debate was of particular concern in Latin America during 2015, says advocacy group, warning of increasing violence against journalists
World press freedom deteriorated in 2015, especially in the Americas, advocacy group Reporters Without Borders said on Wednesday as it released its annual rankings and warned of “a new era of propaganda”.
The World Press Freedom Index ranks 180 countries onINDICATORS such as media independence, self-censorship, the rule of law, transparency and abuses.
such as media independence, self-censorship, the rule of law, transparency and abuses.
This year’s index saw a decline in all parts of the world, said Christophe Deloire, secretary general of the Paris-based group, with Latin America of particular concern.
“All of theINDICATORS show a deterioration. Numerous authorities are trying to regain control of their countries, fearing overly open public debate,” he said.
show a deterioration. Numerous authorities are trying to regain control of their countries, fearing overly open public debate,” he said.Mass graves discovered in former Isis-controlled Iraqi city of Ramadi
Women, children and the bodies of men in civilian clothes were found in the two graves inside the city's football stadium
Mass graves containing around 40 people, including women and children, have been discovered in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, officials have said.
The bodies are believed to be victims of Islamist extremist group Isis, who controlled the city until December 2015.
Officials said Isis militants who were captured and arrested after Iraqi forces drove the extremists from the city, led authorities to the site of the mass graves inside the city's football stadium.
In addition to women and children, the bodies of men in civilian clothes were found in the two graves.
20 April 2016 - 09H05
30 years on, Russia's Chernobyl victims say they have been abandoned
STARYE BOBOVICHI (RUSSIA) (AFP) -
Russian pensioner Anna Venderenko says her village wrestles daily with the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster, dreading the moment when a lifeline provided by the government in Moscow is slashed.
The 70-year-old lives in Starye Bobovichi, 180 kilometres (110 miles) northeast of the stricken nuclear plant in neighbouring Ukraine.
On the night of April 26, 1986, a blast blew apart Chernobyl's No. 4 reactor, spewing out a plume of radioactive gas and debris that, borne by the wind, contaminated homes and fields far away -- including Venderenko's village.
Now, as with hundreds of other villages and towns in the surrounding Bryansk region, local residents still battling with the disaster's deadly legacy are facing an official ruling that will see much-needed support slashed.
Feminism in the spotlight as Indonesia celebrates Kartini Day
April 20, 2016 - 3:45PM
Jewel Topsfield
Indonesia Correspondent, Fairfax Media
Jakarta: On April 21, Indonesian school girls will don the kebaya - a traditional blouse-dress - and firms will offer discounts to females, as the nation pays tribute to the woman widely regarded as its first feminist.
The story of Raden Ajeng Kartini, born in 1879 into an aristocratic Javanese family during the Dutch colonial era, is a seemingly contradictory one.
Kartini staunchly opposed polygamy but married a man with three wives at the behest of her ailing father.
She died after giving birth to her first child but was appropriated by the New Order regime (former president Suharto's 32-year dictatorship) as the archetypal mother.
She established a school for girls and dreamed of women's emancipation but Kartini Day, held every April 21, is largely celebrated with fashion shows and cooking competitions.
Rousseff impeachment: Why some see it as Brazil's only path to change
A SHIFT IN THOUGHT
Brazil's lower house of Congress voted overwhelmingly for President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment Sunday. Some see it as a necessary first step to confront widespread corruption.
RIO DE JANEIRO — Maria Candida Cardim joined tens of thousands of rowdy protesters on Copacabana beach last night to watch – and cheer – the live congressional vote on President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment.
Carrying a placard that read, “Change Brazil,” Ms. Cardim says she knows “change will not be fast.” The lower house of Congress cast 367 votes in favor of President Rousseff’s impeachment versus 137 against. The loss means her case will now go before the Senate on allegations of manipulating budget accounts – and it could force her from office just months before hosting the Olympic Games.
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