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Bianca Jagger loses 200,000-euro ring in Austria: report
- 2008-08-27
VIENNA AFP — Human rights activist Bianca Jagger lost a 200,000-euro (295,000-dollar) ring over the weekend in Salzburg while attending an annual music festival, Austrian media reported Wednesday. The former wife of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger said she had noticed the ring was missing as she left a...
Egypt jails Facebook activists for 'threatening national security'
- 2008-07-24
CAIRO AFP — Police have arrested 26 Internet activists in the port of Alexandria, and 14 of them were jailed for more than two weeks for "threatening national security," a security official said on Thursday. Around 30 young Egyptians who belong to the so-called "6 April" group on social...
Top Myanmar activist may go blind: US
- 2008-04-22
WASHINGTON AFP — Military-ruled Myanmar's imprisoned pro-democracy activist Min Ko Naing may go blind after failing to receive medical treatment, the US State Department charged Tuesday. The de facto number two opposition leader after democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi "has not received care for an eye infection that,...
Activists warn China's Olympic PR woes set to deepen
- 2008-02-16
BEIJING AFP — China's public relations woes over the Olympics are just beginning, activists have warned, after a torrid stretch of headlines highlighted by Steven Spielberg ending his links to the Games. The international leg of the torch relay during April is set to be a target for protests...
Vietnam releases US couple accused of carrying handgun
- 2007-12-11
WASHINGTON AFP — Vietnam has released a US couple accused of carrying a handgun and bullets after being held at the Ho Chi Minh city's airport, the State Department and US lawmakers who pushed for their release said Tuesday. The Vietnamese-Americans, Le Van Phan and his wife Nguyen Thi...
Vietnam holding four American citizens: US officials
- 2007-12-04
HANOI AFP — Vietnam is holding four US citizens, American officials confirmed Tuesday, hours after gaining their first consular access to two of the detainees, both Vietnamese-born pro-democracy activists. Police in Ho Chi Minh City on November 17 arrested six political activists, including two US members of the California-based...
Egyptian rights activist facing new charges
- 2007-10-25
CAIRO AFP — Human rights activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim, a dual Egyptian-US national, is facing a series of trials over the next two months on charges of harming the national interest, a judicial source said on Thursday. Sayed Abdel Mohsen, prosecutor general for southern Cairo, has set four trial...
Myanmar cuts phone service to activists, journalists
- 2007-09-14
BANGKOK AFP — Myanmar's military government has cut off the mobile phones of prominent pro-democracy supporters and of some journalists representing foreign media, including two from Agence France-Presse. The management of AFP has requested that the authorities in Myanmar restore mobile phone service to its reporters so that they...
Protests spread around Myanmar
- 2007-08-28
YANGON AFP — Pro-democracy supporters expanded their protests against Myanmar's military Tuesday, marching through the streets of the port town of Sittwe while attempting to rally in the main city Yangon. Protesters have for the last 10 days defied a clampdown on dissent by Myanmar's military regime and staged...
Myanmar activists face legal action over fuel hike protest
- 2007-08-25
YANGON AFP — Myanmar's junta was interrogating 13 activists arrested for organising a rally against the regime over its massive hike in fuel prices ahead of likely legal action, state media said Saturday. Since first taking to the streets last Sunday, a series of peaceful protests over the fuel...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Guiraud | Vice President |
| Claude Perret | Director, HR |
| Denis Hiault | Director, Info |
| Jean-Pierre Vignolle | Director General |
| Jocelyne Bulke | Assistant Director |
| Michel Tourmen | Director, Finance |
| Yves de Saint Jacob | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications |
| Luke Hunt | |
| Michael Mainville | Correspondent |
| Dan Jung | Multimedia Editor |
| Peter Wutherich | Editor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Pierre Louette | Chairman & CEO |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Info | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director General | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Assistant Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications | Current |
Luke Hunt has worked as a journalist for 20 years, primarily with Agence France-Presse, and is a routine contributor to World Politics Review. In addition to covering the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has extensive experience in Asia and the Middle East. He served as AFP bureau chief in Phnom Penh and Kabul. Currently based in Hong Kong, Hunt's work has appeared in many international newspapers and on international networks including CNN, the BBC and ABC in his native Australia. He has an academic background in military studies and economics.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Correspondent | Current |
| Global Radio News Ltd. | Current | |
| San Francisco Chronicle | Moscow-Based Freelance Correspondent | Former |
| The Gazette | Reporter | Former |
| The Prague Post | Reporter | Former |
Array
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Jung | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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