College Newspaper suspended due to budget freeze

Source: Hofstra Chronicle
Countless hours of work are required for producing a newspaper. College editors need to spend the same amount of time and late nights-on top of juggling another career-being a student. Students dedicate themselves to a publication for the experience of a supplement to the lessons learned in class. (Continued)

Mullahs call for death penalty for young journalist held for past three months

Source: Reporters without Borders
Reporters Without Borders is very worried about the pressure being placed on the authorities by conservative religious leaders in the case of Sayed Perwiz Kambakhsh, a young journalist in the northern province of Balkh who has been detained since late October 2007 on charges of blasphemy and defaming Islam. The Council of Mullahs says he should be sentenced to death. (Continued)