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24 August 2011

Citizen protests draw attention to media concentration problems, says new RSF report

A surge in citizen unrest in Chile, from students demonstrating against an unfair and expensive school system to miners demanding better working conditions, may help break up the country's media oligopoly inherited from the Pinochet regime, says a new report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
3 April 2007

SUPREME COURT FORCED TO RESCIND PRESS RESTRICTIONS FOLLOWING PUBLIC OUTCRY

Chile's Supreme Court rescinded its decision to restrict journalists' access to court proceedings and public buildings following an outcry in the country's press, reports Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF), which joined the Institute for Press and Society (Instituto Prensa y Sociedad, IPYS) and the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) in condemning the policy.

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Campaigns and Advocacy

5 May 2010

On World Press Freedom Day, AMARC asserts communication rights of disaster-hit communities

Community radio stations played a vital role in disaster recovery and reconstruction after the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile.



Reports

19 August 2011

Citizen activism challenges protected media oligopoly, concludes RSF

During a visit to Chile in June for the 20th anniversary of community radio station Radio Tierra, RSF saw how the issue of news and information is playing a central role in this upsurge of citizen unrest.
22 January 2009

World Report 2009: Chile




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Alerts

Government scraps plan to force journalists to inform police 24 January 2012 Community media under attack 29 November 2011 Three news websites hacked, newspaper publisher bombed 11 November 2011 More media freedom violations feared as protests continue 19 October 2011 Bill would criminalise protests, turn journalists into police informers 11 October 2011 Mounting abuses and violence against journalists amid continuing student protests 16 September 2011 Photographer arrested while covering protest against major hydroelectric project 19 May 2011 Authorities shut down three community radio stations 15 November 2010 IAPA condemns mistreatment of press in Chile; expresses concern over attack on journalist in Aruba 20 September 2010 Journalist who covers Mapuche conflict arrested 16 September 2010 Documentary maker assaulted by mayor's security guards 17 May 2010 Chile's community radio stations have key role in disaster response 10 March 2010 Court dismisses libel case filed by former lieutenant against journalist 26 January 2010 Abolish criminal defamation provisions, Human Rights Watch urges as freelancer goes on trial 13 January 2010 Police officer who assaulted photographer Víctor Salas identified; another photographer detained 24 August 2009 Community radio stations targeted in police operations 6 August 2009 Umbrales TV harassed by Telecommunications Secretariat and police 5 June 2009 Supreme Court upholds defamation decision, hands down suspended sentence, fine and payment for damages 31 October 2008 Journalist attacked and threatened after reporting on drug trafficking 28 October 2008 See all alerts: Chile
 
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