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US blogger arrested for leaking Guns N' Roses online
- 2008-08-27
LOS ANGELES AFP — US federal police on Wednesday arrested a blogger for posting songs from a yet-to-be released Guns N' Roses album titled "Chinese Democracy" online without the rock band's permission. Kevin Cogill, who uses "Skwerl" as an Internet name, is charged with violating copyright laws by putting...
Egyptian blogger rearrested after release order
- 2008-08-23
CAIRO AFP — An Egyptian blogger held a month ago and issued with a release order this week has been rearrested, rights groups said on Saturday. Media student Mohammed Refaat "is being held under the hateful emergency law," the Arabic Network for Human Rights and the Hisham Mubarak Law...
Media circus arrives for Democratic Convention
- 2008-08-23
DENVER, Colorado, AFP — More than 15,000 journalists are descending on the Rockies for the Democratic Party's convention even if the outcome -- Barack Obama's coronation as presidential nominee -- is in no doubt. The mammoth political gathering gets underway on Monday before Obama brings the tickertape down on...
Blogger Embarrasses Big Media Over Faked Iran Photo
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- 2008-07-11
It's happened again. Big media execs are red-faced after a relatively obscure blogger broke the story that the photographs that many of them had published on their home pages online (and/or front pages in print) had been doctored in a clumsy attempt by Iranian authorities to pretend...
Media watchdog urges Vietnam to release blogger
- 2008-06-19
HANOI AFP — A media rights watchdog on Thursday urged Vietnamese authorities to free a blogger arrested before the Olympic torch relay who the group said was being targetted for his political views. Nguyen Hoang Hai, who blogs under the pseudonym of Dieu Cay, was arrested April 19 for...
US blogger released on bail in Singapore
- 2008-06-04
SINGAPORE AFP — A US-based blogger who allegedly accused a Singapore judge of "prostituting herself" was released on bail Thursday and had his passport confiscated. A judge ordered Gopalan Nair, a former Singapore lawyer who is now a US citizen, to be released on 5,000 dollars bail (3,676 US)...
Egypt blogger freed after 'weeks of torture'
- 2008-06-02
CAIRO AFP — A blogger released after weeks behind bars over deadly protests at Egypt's biggest textile plant for higher pay and controls on prices, said Monday he and his fellow detainees suffered weeks of "torture". "We were subjected to electric shocks, to beatings and there was no food...
Rights group calls for release of Egypt blogger
- 2008-05-19
CAIRO AFP — Reporters Without Borders RSF on Monday called on the Egyptian authorities to release a blogger arrested while covering a strike at a textile plant in the Nile Delta. Kareem el-Beheiri was arrested on April 6 at the Misr Spinning and Weaving company where he worked in...
Cuba refuses to give blogger visa to collect prize
- 2008-05-06
HAVANA AFP — Cuban authorities have refused to give a travel visa to a Cuban blogger who was to have flown to Spain to receive a top journalism award, the writer told AFP Tuesday. "I have canceled tonight's flight" to Madrid, writer Yoani Sanchez, 32, told AFP, after learning...
Malaysian police raid blogger over murder article
- 2008-05-03
KUALA LUMPUR AFP — Malaysian police raided the home of a top Internet blogger after he posted an article implicating the deputy premier and his wife in the murder of a Mongolian model, reports said Saturday. Raja Petra Kamaruddin, founder of the popular Malaysia Today site, said police officers...
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 |
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| Agence France-Presse | Director, Info | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director General | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| 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 |
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| Agence France-Presse | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| 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 |
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| Dan Jung | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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