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Attacks on journalists threaten media freedom in Afghanistan

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) When Afghan journalist Hussain Sirat's car disappeared in late December, he assumed it was simply theft, until a man called to say that he had the vehicle, and a gun with which he planned to kill him.

In the weeks since then, Sirat, an editor at Afghanistan's biggest daily newspaper 8AM who also works for Deutsche Welle, has been attacked in the street and received death threats in text messages that accuse him of being an "infidel" which he assumes is related to his work for the German broadcaster.

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MLK Day 2015 Freedom Train arrival at San Francisco Caltrain station, 4th and King – Video

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MLK Day 2015 Freedom Train arrival at San Francisco Caltrain station, 4th and King
The Freedom Train is a chartered Caltrain. Freedom Trains were started 30 years ago by Coretta Scott King in honor of her husband. According to news reports, this San Francisco Freedom Train...

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MLK gathering marchers from freedom train – Nancy Polosi speaker – 1 19 2015 yerba buena garden – Video

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MLK marchers gathering - Nancy Polosi speaker - 1 19 2015 yerba buena garden Martin Luther King Jr, Interfaith Commemorations - Yerba Buena gardens esplanade.

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Freedom campers annoy Christchurch residents

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Freedom campers using a council car park are causing tempers to fly in Christchurch.

The short-stayers have riled up a group of residents after staying on public land in New Brighton for days at a time, with some residents claiming there have been nights with 20 vehicles present.

The carpark sits on the corner of Beresford St and Union Rd in New Brighton and is just a stone's throw from the beach.

Resident Diane Greenfield lives next door and is at the end of her tether.

"We've seen them peeing on the fence and everything," she says. "They've been really loud, especially around midnight, they're back over the fence from our bedroom window."

Ms Greenfield says they've going to the toilet in the park, leaving rubbish, and claims a French tourist went as far as to threaten her one evening.

"The guy was yelling over the fence and making threats and we had to say to the kids, 'Keep away from the windows in case they try to smash them,'" she says. "I shouldn't have to live like that."

Most backpackers had cleared out this morning, but one German tourist said she'd heard about the site from friends in Queenstown.

"We've heard that they have a problem that we stay here and want us to leave, but we asked the police and they said it's okay," she says. "We try not to be loud and we keep our rubbish with us."

The backpacker, who gave her name as Shirin, says she checked with the council to ensure she wasn't breaking the rules.

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Editorial: Limits to freedom

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No law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech, of expression, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances. Section 4, Article III-Bill of Rights, Philippine Constitution. This is the basic law guaranteeing press freedom in our country. It is almost the same, word-for-word, as Amendment I in the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution.

While other nations do not have such a provision in their constitutions, freedom of expression and of the press has become an ideal in todays world. The editors of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine, invoked this ideal when they published several cartoons portraying the prophet Mohammed of Islam.

Muslims, particularly Sunni Muslims, oppose drawings of the Prophet, concerned that they might encourage idolatry. Thus, two Muslim brothers took it upon themselves to take action against Charlie Hebdo; they raided its offices and gunned down its editor-in-chief, five cartoonists, and several other staff members.

Protest demonstrations were held all over Europe. The Western worlds leaders, among them French President Francois Hollande, United States President Barack Obama, the United Kingdoms Prime Minister David Cameron, and Gemanys Chancellor Angela Merkel, joined in condemning the attack. But after Charlie Hebdo came out with another defiant issue, again portraying Mohammed on the front cover, Muslim counter-rallies erupted in Senegal, Mauritania, Jordan, Algeria, and Pakistan. Angry mobs ransacked three Christian churches and set fire to a French cultural center in Niger.

Days before the violent counter-rallies, Pope Francis spoke with reporters who were with him on the plane to the Philippines. Free speech is a fundamental human right, he said, and there is no justification for the killing of Charlie Hebdo jounalists. But, he said, there are limits to freedom of speech, especially when one insults or ridicules someones faith.

As a nation which enshrines press freedom in its Constitution, we readily join those rallying for it. But Pope Francis, in his wisdom, sees the need to recognize limits to freedoms. Nothing indeed is truly absolute the root word in absolutism in this world. When, in the exercise of press freedom, the Pope said, people insult the faith of others, they are provocateurs and can expect extremist reaction.

Words of wisdom from a man of God, worthy of our deepest consideration.

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Silhouette Man Running Light In A Tunnel Escape Freedom Concept. Stock Footage – Video

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