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UN questions Israel's use of force in border confrontations
The UN human rights office said it has indications that Israeli forces used "excessive force" during a deadly crackdown on protesters last week in Gaza, and expressed concerns about possible further violence.
Spokeswoman...
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Wikipedia will switch off in protest over challenge to web freedoms
San Francisco, California
1. Wide of Wikipedia office
2. Mid of Wikipedia worker seated at desk
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jay Walsh, Head of Communications, Wikimedia Foundation:
"It is detrimental to the free and open web. It is...
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UN expert sees threats to media freedom in Japan
A UN rights expert warned on Tuesday of "serious threats" to the independence of the media in Japan, including laws meant to protect coverage fairness and national security that he said could work as censorship.UN Special Rapporteur...
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Cuban citizens allowed to buy microwaves and other electrical goods
1. Wide of "Carlos III" shopping centre in Havana
2. Interior of electronics store, man browsing
3. Pull out from DVD player to wide of flat screens on wall
4. Mid of man looking at electronic wares
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): Lazaro...
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CAN252 US PRESIDENT JOHNSON MAKES SPEECH AND SIGNS CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
US President Lyndon B Johnson, delivers speech outlining the new civil rights bill and signing of the bill: Footage used for story: a0006048
1. interior White House, cu Lyndon B Johnson, SOUNDBITE: (english), delivers speech....
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TikTok Plans To Sue Trump Administration Over Looming Ban
Both TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance say the U.S. government "tried to insert itself into negotiations between private businesses.
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Summit on problems of standardising internet usage
AP Television
1. Exhibition hall
2. Two men in Indian Pavillion
3. Close up of woman's hands typing
4. Woman using a lap top computer
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dayanidhi Maran, Indian Minister of Communications and Information...
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Broadcaster Marina Elena Salinas ready for next chapter
Miami, 29 Nov. 2017
1. Various of Maria Elena Salinas walking at Univision
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Maria Elena Salinas/Journalist - on her decision to leave Univision:
"When you make a drastic...
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Activists drop dismembered mannequins at Saudi Consulate
Two-dozen Reporters Without Borders (RSF) activists dropped dismembered mannequins outside the Saudi Arabian consulate in France to mark the 1st anniversary of the killing in Turkey of US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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UN says not tackling unrest in Rakhine State could jeopardise reforms
The outgoing United Nations official responsible for assessing human rights in Myanmar warned Wednesday that sectarian violence could derail the country's transition to democracy.
Speaking to the media before flying out of Yangon at the...
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INDONESIA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN: MEDIA COVERAGE
Eng/Indonesian
Indonesia's election campaign is being called the nation's most free in 30 years.
One measure of that is the unprecedented quantity of press coverage now allowed.
Journalists are enjoying their new privileges, which...
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Finding balance between freedom of speech and stopping human right violations online
The internet must develop a balance that better represents international standards of civil rights, an internet regulation forum announced on Tuesday.
Speaking on the first day of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), Assistant...
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Robert Redford kicks off Sundance Film Festival at press conference
Robert Redford kicked off the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday afternoon (22 JAN. 2015) at the event's original home, the 280-seat Egyptian Theatre.
A lot has changed since Redford founded the festival 31 years ago - the event now...
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CAMBODIA: UN CRITICISE ELECTION CANDIDATES ACCESS TO TV
Eng/Khmer/Nat
The United Nations have issued a report criticising candidate access to television during Cambodia's election campaign.
The U-N says that Premier Hun Sen's ruling party has unfair advantages, and can broadcast on private...
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"Black Friday" protest over Philippine government “attacks” on media
Hundreds of journalists and media groups held a protest action on Friday to condemn the Philippine government's series of attacks against press freedom after a securities commission revoked the registration of an online news outfit for...
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Elon Musk arrives at federal court in NYC
Tesla's CEO Elon Musk said he has "great respect for the justice system" before heading into a federal court hearing in Manhattan Thursday.
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German govt spokesman, rights groups on Azerbaijan ahead of Eurovision song contest
1. Mid of audience
2. Mid of panel
3. Mid of Markus Loening, German Federal Commissioner for Human Rights, speaking
4. SOUNDBITE (German) Markus Loening, German Federal Commissioner for Human Rights:
"The situation in Azerbaijan is not...
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Hearing on challenge to media law requiring opposition media group to break up broadcast operation
The future of broadcast television and other news media in Argentina is at stake as the Supreme Court hears arguments on the constitutionality of a law designed to break up privately held media monopolies.
The Argentina media law debates...
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Amnesty International news conference on human rights in Russia
1. Wide of news conference by Amnesty International
2. Cutaway of photographer
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Friederike Behr, Amnesty International researcher in Russia:
"One of the concerns Amnesty has raised over a couple of years is the...
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Heart examinations on male gorillas at zoo
1. Mid of 8-year-old male gorilla, Mbeli, lying down on examination table
2. Close-up of monitoring equipment in operating room
3. Mid of medics examining 22-year-old male gorilla Kekla
4. Wide of medics checking Kekla's finger...
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An anti-smoking advertisement has sparked a storm of controversy in France, with family groups claiming it needlessly links tobacco and sex. Warning: contains potentially offensive images.
HEADLINE: Sexually-charged anti-smoking ads rile France
CAPTION: An anti-smoking campaign has sparked a storm of controversy in France, with family groups claiming it needlessly links tobacco and sex. Warning: contains potentially...
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DV Child Porn Law (replace)
HEADLINE: Judge blocks Web porn shield for kids
CAPTION: A federal judge has blocked a 1998 law that was designed to keep pornography away from children on the Internet saying it infringes on free-speech rights and is easily sidestepped....
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Whistleblower Chelsea Manning addresses digital culture conference in Berlin
Chelsea Manning travelled to Germany this week in her first trip abroad since she was released from prison to attend the annual re:publica conference.
The conference deals with the impact digital world has on society and...