Watchdogs Urge End to Thai Media Curbs
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International press freedom watchdogs have condemned the media restrictions imposed by Thailand's military coup leaders, and called for them to be lifted immediately.
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Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin   Shinawatra called on Thursday for swift general elections in   Thailand where army coup leaders have banned political party   meetings and "political activities."
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US-based Human Rights Watch warned that a libel suit against critics of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra filed by a corporation he founded, along with increasing government pressure on the media was threatening to stifle press freedom in Thailand.
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Authorities in Togo say they are sticking by a ban to stop adverts for traditional medicines as they endanger lives.
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China's broadcast watchdog has slammed a provincial station for ignoring an order to remove sexually explicit television programmes from the air, and demanded better "spiritual food" for viewers.
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BEIJING, Sept. 12 -- Journalism and human rights groups on Tuesday blasted China's efforts to further control the distribution of news and financial information by foreign news agencies, saying revised regulations showed that the government was tightening censorship.
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No news is not good news Thai radio, television and internet operators will from tomorrow face closure if they disseminate "news and comments deemed a threat to national security and the monarchy", Reuters reports.â¦
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Exiled former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has urged his supporters to accept the disbanding of his party and a five-year political ban on its top leadership.
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Text of report in English by Thai newspaper The Nation website on 21 September  More than 300 community radio stations in Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Mae Hong Son suspended broadcasts yesterday [20 September] on orders from the ruling council.
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BANGKOK, Thailand  -- Thailand's military council on Sunday issued new orders intended to stave off any possible opposition to their coup, banning political activities at the district and provincial levels.
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The Thai prisons director shelves plans to broadcast the lives of condemned prisoners after criticism.
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Business & money: Media group told to avoid Murdoch newspaper war.
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Air stewards in Thailand demanded yesterday that the government pull a steamy new TV soap opera off the air after just three episodes, saying it demeans their profession
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Protest curbs to be reviewed and greater protection for investigative journalism.
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Warrant issued for deposed Thai prime minister over alleged share sale violations.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 5 -- A government-led crackdown against the news media and the political opposition intensified here Tuesday, with hundreds of party workers arrested and television stations bracing for raids.
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Vietnam needs to control blogs to prevent the spread of subversive and sexually explicit content, communist government officials said according to a state media report Wednesday.