Police suspended after beating journalist
Three police officers in the Pakistani city of Lahore have been suspended after they beat a local
journalist on Sept. 29... Swazi paper targeted in bomb plot
The plot was revealed after police arrested a man who survived the premature explosion of a bomb
targeting an overhead bridge in the capital city, Mbabane, on Sept. 20... Police raid Australian journalist's home
Australian police have raided the Canberra home of a journalist who cited "classified briefing papers"
as a source for a story... Press club attacked, journalists beaten
Four Pakistani journalists were beaten and abducted after a group of about 50 armed men attacked
the press club they were sleeping in the early hours of September 14... Gambian newspaperman facing sedition charge arrested for
tax evasion
A Gambian journalist who is already facing charges of sedition was arrested on new charges of tax
evasion of September 11... Former Harry Brittain Fellow shot dead
Suspected armed robbers in Lagos have shot dead a Nigerian journalist who visited the UK as part
of the Commonwealth Press Union's Harry Brittain Fellowship in 1999... Police detain Fijian reporter over "seditious" story
A Fiji Times reporter says police threatened to lock her up if she did not give them a statement
about an allegedly seditious story she wrote involving the country's interim finance minister...
Three police officers in the Pakistani city of Lahore have been suspended after they beat a local
journalist on Sept. 29... Swazi paper targeted in bomb plot
The plot was revealed after police arrested a man who survived the premature explosion of a bomb
targeting an overhead bridge in the capital city, Mbabane, on Sept. 20... Police raid Australian journalist's home
Australian police have raided the Canberra home of a journalist who cited "classified briefing papers"
as a source for a story... Press club attacked, journalists beaten
Four Pakistani journalists were beaten and abducted after a group of about 50 armed men attacked
the press club they were sleeping in the early hours of September 14... Gambian newspaperman facing sedition charge arrested for
tax evasion
A Gambian journalist who is already facing charges of sedition was arrested on new charges of tax
evasion of September 11... Former Harry Brittain Fellow shot dead
Suspected armed robbers in Lagos have shot dead a Nigerian journalist who visited the UK as part
of the Commonwealth Press Union's Harry Brittain Fellowship in 1999... Police detain Fijian reporter over "seditious" story
A Fiji Times reporter says police threatened to lock her up if she did not give them a statement
about an allegedly seditious story she wrote involving the country's interim finance minister...
Pakistan: Milestones and blockades on the route to democracy
The post-election scenario in Pakistan - without a Bhutto at the forefront - has thrown open myriad socio-
political factors, contrasts and complexities with implications impacting the country's future... Publish & Be Damned
When the Fiji Sun publisher Russell Hunter was hauled out of his home and deported to Australia in February, he
knew it was because of a big story his paper had broken. He explains how the story developed and how he was
ejected from his adopted home... Wild, wild West Australian
Its combative stance against and critical reporting on government has made one Australian paper make people
sit up and take notice - but is the West Australian attracting the wrong kind of attention? Pieter Wessels
reports... Who did the media serve by hushing up Harry's war?
The voluntary news blackout on Prince Harry's deployment to Afghanistan was already in effect before he went
to war in December last year... Legal eagles: use them or lose theme
In 2003, the CPU set up its Legal Support Programme with the support and enthusiasm of a group of highly
respected media and human rights lawyers in the UK... Farewell Fleet Street
When the CPU moved out of Fleet Street in January 2008, it ended nearly a century of residency on what was
once journalism's ink-stained epicentre. Lindsay Ross takes a look back at who and what made the street great... Endpiece
It's ten minutes to midnight on Nov. 24, 2007 in the rainforest kingdom of Brunei and the Borneo Bulletin is off
stone...
The post-election scenario in Pakistan - without a Bhutto at the forefront - has thrown open myriad socio-
political factors, contrasts and complexities with implications impacting the country's future... Publish & Be Damned
When the Fiji Sun publisher Russell Hunter was hauled out of his home and deported to Australia in February, he
knew it was because of a big story his paper had broken. He explains how the story developed and how he was
ejected from his adopted home... Wild, wild West Australian
Its combative stance against and critical reporting on government has made one Australian paper make people
sit up and take notice - but is the West Australian attracting the wrong kind of attention? Pieter Wessels
reports... Who did the media serve by hushing up Harry's war?
The voluntary news blackout on Prince Harry's deployment to Afghanistan was already in effect before he went
to war in December last year... Legal eagles: use them or lose theme
In 2003, the CPU set up its Legal Support Programme with the support and enthusiasm of a group of highly
respected media and human rights lawyers in the UK... Farewell Fleet Street
When the CPU moved out of Fleet Street in January 2008, it ended nearly a century of residency on what was
once journalism's ink-stained epicentre. Lindsay Ross takes a look back at who and what made the street great... Endpiece
It's ten minutes to midnight on Nov. 24, 2007 in the rainforest kingdom of Brunei and the Borneo Bulletin is off
stone...
Listen to the locals
When violence erupted in Kenya post the late-December 2007 elections, the world was shocked because it had
hitherto regarded Kenya as primarily a peaceful tourist destination for westerners. However, those of us who
have known Kenya for years were always aware there was a propensity for extreme violence lurking beneath
the surface... Wisdom from the Solomons
Reborn from the ashes of political conflict, this tiny island nation is doing everything it can to prevent a repeat,
says Neville de Silva... For the common good
New Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma gets a word of advice from Patsy Robertson...
When violence erupted in Kenya post the late-December 2007 elections, the world was shocked because it had
hitherto regarded Kenya as primarily a peaceful tourist destination for westerners. However, those of us who
have known Kenya for years were always aware there was a propensity for extreme violence lurking beneath
the surface... Wisdom from the Solomons
Reborn from the ashes of political conflict, this tiny island nation is doing everything it can to prevent a repeat,
says Neville de Silva... For the common good
New Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma gets a word of advice from Patsy Robertson...
FoI requests in Caribbean skyrocket after CPU training
When Trinidad and Tobago became one of the first countries in the Caribbean to introduce freedom of
information legislation, it was hailed as an advance towards more open, accountable and transparent
government... Online courses overcome violence and storms
The real world kept intruding on the CPU's latest online training courses, but 43 journalists from 20
Commonwealth countries overcame all odds to complete their studies... Water damage: Bangladesh's battle against arsenic blight
John Vidal, environment editor with the UK's Guardian newspaper, recently went to Bangladesh to run a CPU
training course designed to help journalists write about the environment...
When Trinidad and Tobago became one of the first countries in the Caribbean to introduce freedom of
information legislation, it was hailed as an advance towards more open, accountable and transparent
government... Online courses overcome violence and storms
The real world kept intruding on the CPU's latest online training courses, but 43 journalists from 20
Commonwealth countries overcame all odds to complete their studies... Water damage: Bangladesh's battle against arsenic blight
John Vidal, environment editor with the UK's Guardian newspaper, recently went to Bangladesh to run a CPU
training course designed to help journalists write about the environment...
Photo Composition - Good use of old news
Richard Branson is in this house. He's staring down at you from the ceiling when you walk in. So is Harry
Redknapp, the manager of Premier League football team Portsmouth...
Richard Branson is in this house. He's staring down at you from the ceiling when you walk in. So is Harry
Redknapp, the manager of Premier League football team Portsmouth...
