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International Conference on ‘Teaching Information Ethics in Africa - Current Status, Opportunities, and Challenges’ - Gaborone, Botswana, 6-7 September 2010. http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=30556&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Spotlight on Memory of the World heritage: Slavery in the Caribbean and Latin America UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register includes archival collections relating to slavery in Spanish and British colonies in the Caribbean and Latin America that document the suffering and maltreatment of slaves, and the unraveling of Britain’s transatlantic slave trade. ev.php?URL_ID=30718&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201 Memory of the World
More text Educating journalists as architects of democracy 31-08-2010 (UNESCO) Cape Town UNESCO, in partnership with the Governance and AIDS Programme of Idasa (Idasa-GAP), is organizing a two-day meeting to launch a community of practice on innovations in journalism education. The meeting will be held on 2 and 3 September 2010 in Cape Town (South Africa). UNESCO and Idasa-GAP are organizing a two-day meeting to launch a community of practice on innovations in journalism education. More Honduras: UNESCO Director-General condemns murder of radio journalist Israel Zelaya Diaz 31-08-2010 (UNESCO Press Release No. 2010–105) Paris The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, condemned the murder of the Honduran radio journalist Israel Zelaya Diaz, killed on 24 August, and called on Honduran authorities to take action against the surge of violence targeting local journalists since the beginning of the year. The veteran journalist, age 62, reported on a variety of local topics for San Pedro Sula’s Radio Internacional, including politics and crime. More UNESCO Director-General condemns murder of journalist Magomedvagif Sultanmagomedov in Dagestan 30-08-2010 (UNESCO Press Release No. 2010–104) Paris The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has condemned the murder of Magomedvagif (Sultan) Sultanmagomedov on 11 August in the Republic of Dagestan (Russian Federation). He was the editor-in-chief of the television station Makhachkala-TV and had escaped a previous attempt on his life in 2008. Mr Sultanmagomedov’ was the editor-in-chief of the television station Makhachkala-TV and had escaped a previous attempt on his life in 2008. More UNESCO Director-General deplores death of Somali journalist Barkhad Awale Adan 27-08-2010 (UNESCO) Paris UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova deplored the death of Somali journalist Barkhad Awale Adan, who was killed on 24 August in Mogadishu in a clash between Transitional Federation Government troops and the insurgent group Al-Shabaab. Barkhad Awale Adan was killed on 24 August in Mogadishu in a clash between Transitional Federation Government troops and the insurgent group Al-Shabaab. More UNESCO supported Summer School in China on Media Ethics 27-08-2010 (UNESCO) Paris UNESCO has supported a one-week workshop on Media Law & Ethics in Teaching, Research and Practice, jointely hosted by the Chinese Association of Global Communication (CAGC), the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy at Oxford University (PCMLP), the Department of Journalism and Communication at Beijing Foreign Studies University and the School of Journalism and Communication of Tsinghua University. The workshop is taking place from August 23 to 28, 2010 at Tsinghua University, in Beijing. The workshop is taking place from August 23 to 28, 2010 at Tsinghua University, in Beijing. More