Submitted by Tobias Eigen on 17 December, 2010 - 11:43
The Center for Media Assistance (CIMA) published a new report that examines the challenges and opportunities facing "citizen journalism" around the world. Free download link below. If you have comments or questions, please ask by reply email!
According to the website, CIMA is an initiative of the National Endowment for Democracy that:
Submitted by Tobias Eigen on 22 June, 2010 - 10:22
National Endowment for Democracy is hosting an event tomorrow to honor Floribert Bahizire.
From the invitation (see below): "The people of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the worldwide human rights community suffered a terrible loss on June 1 when human rights defender Floribert Chebeya Bahizire was apparently assassinated after being summoned by the police. Floribert was undoubtedly Congo's most prominent, committed, courageous human rights activist."
Submitted by davepeterson on 7 June, 2010 - 18:07
The lifeless body of Floribert Chebeya Bahzire was found in the back seat of his car on June 2 in a neighborhood not far from his home in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
