#Aleksandra Bielakowska

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無國界記者抗議全球首要新聞自由掠奪者之一的習近平到訪

RSF protests the visit of Xi Jinping, one of the world’s leading press freedom predators While French President Emmanuel Macron is welcoming the leader of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, on 6 May, more than 100 journalists are imprisoned by the Chinese regime, one of the world’s most repressive regimes for journalism. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) expressed its concern during a…

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BBC 0407 11 Apr 2024

12095Khz 0358 11 APR 2024 - BBC (UNITED KINGDOM) in ENGLISH from TALATA VOLONONDRY. SINPO = 55445. English, dead carrier s/on @0358z then ID@0359z pips and newsday preview. @0401z World News anchored by Chris Berrow. Three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Palestinian Islamist group and Haniyeh's family said. The Israeli military confirmed carrying out the attack, describing the three sons as operatives in the Hamas armed wing. The three sons were killed when the car they were driving in was bombed in Gaza's Al-Shati camp, Hamas said. Four of Haniyeh's grandchildren, three girls and a boy, were also killed in the attack, Hamas said. Hamas said on Tuesday it was studying an Israeli ceasefire proposal in the more than six-month-old Gaza war but that it was "intransigent" and met none of the Palestinian demands. "Our demands are clear and specific and we will not make concessions on them. The enemy will be delusional if it thinks that targeting my sons, at the climax of the negotiations and before the movement sends its response, will push Hamas to change its position," Haniyeh said. President Joe Biden has promised Israel "ironclad" US support amid fears that Tehran could launch reprisals for an attack that killed senior Iranians. Mr Biden warned that Iran is threatening to launch a "significant attack" after Israel struck the Iranian consulate in Syria 10 days ago. "We're going to do all we can to protect Israel's security," he added. Earlier on Wednesday, Iran's leader said the Israeli attack in Damascus was equivalent to an attack on Iran itself. South Korea's liberal opposition party has won a landslide majority in the country's general election to retain control of parliament. The vote is widely seen as a midterm referendum on President Yoon Suk Yeol, who has three years left in office. His party leader Han Dong-hoon has resigned and Prime Minister Han Duk-soo has offered to resign. The head of the UN's atomic watchdog agency has condemned a drone strike near the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, saying such attacks “significantly increase the risk of a major nuclear accident". In a statement on social media, Rafael Mariano Grossi said at least three direct hits against the main reactor containment structures took place. Russia earlier claimed a Ukrainian drone hit the dome above a reactor at the plant, but that radiation levels remained normal and no serious damage was caused. The plant remains close to the front lines, and both Ukraine and Russia have repeatedly accused the other of attacking the plant and risking a possible nuclear disaster. Russian forces carried out at least 10 air strikes targeting "critical infrastructure" in Ukraine's Kharkiv, the region's governor said early Thursday. Aleksandra Bielakowska, an advocacy officer for Reporters Without Borders who is based in Taiwan, was detained for six hours at Hong Kong International Airport, the Paris-based group said in a statement. She was questioned and her belongings were searched three times before she was deported without explanation. The most spectacular trial ever held in Vietnam, befitting one of the greatest bank frauds the world has ever seen, a 67-year-old property developer stands accused of looting one of Vietnam's largest banks over a period of 11 years. The numbers involved are dizzying. Truong My Lan is charged with taking out $44bn (£35bn) in loans from the Saigon Commercial Bank. Prosecutors say $27bn may never be recovered. Amazon.com's Amazon Web Services, the world's largest cloud-service provider, owes tech company Kove $525 million for violating its patent rights in data-storage technology, an Illinois federal jury said. @0406z "Newsday" begins. Backyard fence antenna, Etón e1XM. 250kW, beamAz 315°, bearing 63°. Received at Plymouth, MN, United States, 15359KM from transmitter at Talata Volonondry. Local time: 2258.

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Amid shrinking press freedom, Hong Kong journalists in need of more international support 新聞自由萎縮香港記者急需更多國際支援

在香港通過《國家安全法》三年後，無國界記者代表團造訪香港以評估記者的安全需求，並加強該組織的能力建構和緊急援助計劃。 隨著香港近期取消最後的新冠肺炎限制措施，東亞辦事處執行長艾瑋昂（Cédric Alviani）和倡議專員白奧蘭（Aleksandra Bielakowska）組成無國界記者（RSF）代表團，於2023年6月18日至21日出訪香港。其目的是在嚴厲的《國家安全法》通過三年後評估記者於安全方面的需求，北京通過該法以打壓這塊前英國殖民地的獨立聲音。代表團並出席兩名《立場新聞》前主編“發布煽動刊物”的庭審，該媒體於2021年被當局強迫關閉。 “盡管政府采取嚴厲措施限制新聞自由，香港仍有數千名記者努力向世界提供新聞。這次出訪使我們更深入了解他們所面臨的新威脅 –…

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無國界記者譴責中國政府報復性封殺BBC

REPORTERS SANS FRONTIÈRES / REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS / 無國界記者白奧蘭 / Aleksandra Bielakowska資深研究員（東亞辦事處) / Senior Researcher (East Asia Bureau) RSF condemns BBC broadcast ban as example of Chinese government reprisal Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the Chinese broadcast media regulator’s decision to ban BBC World News, the BBC’s international TV news channel. The ban has all the hallmarks…