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POPSOne Saudi Blogger, Four Months In Jail Protesters gathered at the Saudi embassy in Washington to demand Farhan's release. Around the world, others lobbied in support of this Saudi blogger. Finally, he is free. Other writers are in jail around the world. When we pay attention, it helps.
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POPSTaking Risks To Bring You The Story Iraq has been deadly for journalists from many nations, but this is one story with a happier ending. Kidnapped in February, this CBS journalist was freed today when Iraqi troops stormed the house where he was help captive.
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POPSFree Yang Tongyan The PEN Freedom To Write Award goes to a Chinese dissident, Yang Tongyan. Plenty of people are calling attention this week to China's treatment of Tibet. PEN is calling attention to China's treatment of writers.
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POPSIs 'Free Tibet' Propaganda? Watch what happens when the first athlete says "Free Tibet:" or "Stop genocide." The free speech promise from the Chinese may start to melt in the August heat.
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POPSGetting A Message To The Free Press When foreign reporters were finally allowed into Tibet, under tightly controlled conditions, a group of monks realized that this was a rare opportunity to get their message to the rest of the world. China is a country that has put a man in jail for collecting signatures on a petition. What will they do to these young monks?
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POPSWhy Shielding Sources Is Important Reporters often need confidential sources to learn about high-level wrongdoing. If that reporting method loses its power, it's not just journalism that will suffer.
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POPS"Inevitable" Freedom In China A report sees press freedom as inevitable, but warns leaders not to move too quickly. The run up to the Olympics will bring even more scrutiny of China's press limits.
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POPSHouse Arrest Is Not Free We talked to President Musharraf about the judges held in their homes or neighborhoods. In Davos, all questions are not about the economy.
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POPSBush's Four-Point Stimulus Plan What will you do with your $1,600? And when do you think it will arrive? This clip is from the President's announcement. Click to read the whole speech.
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POPSFreedoms March -- Forward And Backward Freedom House is out with its annual report on freedom around the world. Findings on press freedom are particularly notable, with the ground praising progress in several nations, including Poland and Mozambique, and finding new problems in countries ranging from Venezuela to Mali.
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POPSMore Newspapers, More Democracy In the northeast Indian state of Nagaland, rising literacy has meant a greater interest in newspapers. A growth in the number of newspapers corresponds with a stronger democracy and greater economic development. Here is more evidence that a free press is the best barometer of a free people.
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POPSChina's Free Press Problem Here is the latest report on press interference. As hard as it is for foreign reporters, the domestic press faces even more difficult conditions.
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POPSFree Fouad al-Farhan Can a Saudi blogger post his thoughts for his nation to read? Right now, Fouad al-Farhan is under arrest. Defenders of a free press are pushing for his release.
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POPSJustice And A Murdered Journalist Costa Rica welcomes investors, retirees and entrepreneurs. Do things go wrong? Yes. Does the rule of law keep corruption in check? Yes again. The lessons for other nations are clear.
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