Articles by Amanda Natividad

CAMBODIA: Reporter's home set on fire

In brief: Phon Phat's home set ablaze twice following his investigative reports on illegal logging activities
Published on: 8/24/2007
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CHINA: Media watchdogs push for press freedom, release of detained journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists issues detailed report calling for International Olympic Committee to ensure reporters' safety
Published on: 8/10/2007
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PHILIPPINES: Government to wiretap terror suspects

Under a new anti-terrorism law, journalists' communications can be monitored if they are possible threats to national security
Published on: 7/13/2007
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PHILIPPINES: Court bars TV show from airing segment about family's political reign

In brief: Rep. Abdullah Dimaporo says the Imbestigador program's segment was defamatory to him and his family
Published on: 5/24/2007
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PHILIPPINES: Elections commission prohibits networks' unofficial tallies

President Macapagal-Arroyo's chief political adviser says unofficial results in the media could 'confuse' the public
Published on: 5/17/2007
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CAMBODIA: General's threat to shoot reporter only a joke

Media freedom groups denounce General Pol Sinuon for making light of journalists’ safety
Published on: 5/16/2007
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Sondhi's 'new time journalism'

In an on-camera interview with AsiaMedia, media mogul and anti-Thaksin activist Sondhi Limthongkul said corruption in Thailand has forced his news reporting into a journalism-activism hybrid
Published on: 11/22/2006
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Kantathi Suphamongkhon's Take

Excerpts from Thailand's foreign minister's comments to AsiaMedia and a small group of UCLA professors and students
Published on: 11/3/2006
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CHINA: Press conferences in ten cities show international concern for jailed journalist

Los Angeles organizers present a video clip of Ching Cheong's wife, urge viewers to call for the jailed reporter's release
Published on: 7/21/2006
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SEAPA director gives talk at UCLA

Executive Director of the Southeast Asian Press Alliance Roby Alampay discusses media laws and restrictions and new media's impact on Southeast Asia
Published on: 6/12/2006
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