China expected to free New York Times reporter soon
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A Chinese journalist jailed while working for the New York Times expects to be freed at the weekend, his family and a lawyer said, ending a controversial prison term that highlighted the country's tough media controls.
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New York, December 14, 2004âTwo prominent writers and defenders of imprisoned journalists in China were taken from their homes yesterday, Monday, December 13, and interrogated about articles they had written for overseas Internet sites.
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A reporter for The New York Times was held in contempt yesterday by a federal judge and faces possible jail time for refusing to divulge confidential
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A Chinese journalist serving a 10-year jail sentence for allegedly leaking state secrets has been awarded a press freedom prize, the World Association of Newspapers said Tuesday.
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television and expect him to be freed soon, an Israeli Arab legislator close to the Palestinian leadership has said. &quot;They have succeeded in locating the kidnappers and have asked them to release him immediately.
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Handing down a jail sentence for a libel case has serious implications for press freedom in Indonesia, said Natalie Hill, deputy Asia director at Amnesty International, commenting on the jail sentence imposed on the chief editor of leading news magazine
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US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte was set to hold high-level talks in Beijing Wednesday with rights crawling up the agenda over the arrest of a high-profile Chinese dissident, officials said.
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A New York Times researcher sentenced by a Chinese court to three years in prison on a fraud charge appealed his conviction Tuesday, his lawyer said.
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Micah Garen, the 36-year-old US journalist who was taken hostage Aug. 13 in the Iraqi city of Nasiriya, is expected to be freed, Shiite militia group representatives said yesterday, according to the New York Times.
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China relaxes rules for foreign journalists ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, allowing them more reporting freedom.
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Negotiations are under way for the release of two Chinese kidnapped in Pakistan and threatened with death, Pakistani and Chinese media said Monday.
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Zhao Yan, who worked in The TimesÂs Beijing bureau, will appeal his conviction for fraud.
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An American-Iranian consultant held for four months in Iran on spying charges could be released in the next few days, Tehran announces.
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Chinese courts on Friday ruled against a blind activist and a researcher for The New York Times in two cases that have attracted international attention as examples of government retribution against dissent.
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An Italian journalist being held hostage in Iraq will be released in a few days, according to an Internet statement posted Monday in the name of the militant group alleged to be holding her.
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BEIJING, Feb. 9 -- A senior editor at a Chinese newspaper has been released from prison after serving four years on corruption charges that journalists said were trumped up by local officials to retaliate for aggressive reporting.
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A Chinese journalist for the New York Times is freed after spending almost three years in jail in China.