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A policy has been drafted for Botswanas broadcasting industry, which seeks to establish a three-tier broadcast service: public, private and community.

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All countries in the Southern African region now have legislation in place for a diverse media environment. However, broadcasting remains controlled, either directly or indirectly, by the state, notes AMARC Africa in the publication Legislation & Community Media for Southern Africa: A Guide. Broadcasting regulatory systems keep ownership and access to broadcasting very much in the control and/or favour of the political elite. It is unusual for countries to have anything like independent regulators with policies that, for example, recognise three tiers of broadcasting (community, commercial and public) and thereby seek to promote some kind of diversity through licensing and allocation of frequencies, AMARC noted.

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Watchdogs in Australia and Bahrain have slammed anti-terrorism laws for threatening press freedom.

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Feminist Internationla Radio Endeavour (FIRE) launched an international campaign to address and curb violence against women in the Internet, at the International Know How Conference 2006 in held in Mexico City last August 21-26, 2006.

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August 3, 2006

To Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Prime Minister of Malaysia
and to

Datuk Zainuddin Maidin
Minster of Information

His Excellency

Isis International-Manila's prime advocacy for more than 30 years is for the right to communication and freedom of speech. Isis International-Manila has been supporting Community and Independent Media in developing countries in Asia Pacific for the last 13 years. While the context of this advocacy is often keeping media free from market- or commercial- driven interests, it is occasionally keeping media free from political restraints.

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The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) will ensure worldwide broadcast of the XVI International HIV-AIDS Conference, which will be held from 13-18 August 2006 in Toronto, Canada.