The media community is determined to create a meaningful dialogue that will improve understanding between communities, that will reduce tension and that will enhance the quality of journalism on all sides.

The fight for media freedom and democracy does not take place in one country,

Iraqi reporters and foreign correspondents have suffered heavily in this conflict,

In a democracy you do not have hooded men carrying assault rifles breaking into the offices of a newspaper and a television station in the middle of the night and beating up journalists and other staff. To talk of press freedom in such circumstances is grotesque.

The US authorities should reveal what, if anything, he is charged with or free him immediately.

The Tunisian authorities continue to show intolerance of independent opinion and free expression. But they are seriously mistaken if they think this will discourage journalists from expressing their solidarity with colleagues in Tunisia.

No. That is not what I heard him say.

At a time when editorial independence needs to be defended, we find the closure of this newspaper shocking.

This is a vicious witch-hunt aimed at crushing the voice of dissent.

We are asking the government to intervene on behalf of all Canadians. CBC should be providing local programming that caters to the country's different communities rather than abandoning its public service mandate by getting foreign news and entertainment shows to fill the gaps in its service.