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The EU is to better protect journalists from political interference under an unprecedented media freedom law adopted by the European Parliament. The legislation, backed in a vote by 464 EU lawmakers, with 92 against and 65 abstaining, also enshrines editorial independence and seeks to improve transparency on media ownership. IMAGES
"We want to defend those civil liberties, we want to defend press freedom, and we want to see the freedom of Julian Assange. Free Julian Assange!" says Tim Dawson, the Deputy General Secretary of the Interantional Federation of Journalists (IFJ), addressing Assange supporters outside court on day two of the WikiLeaks founder's hearing. SOUNDBITE
The United States says that a Russian ban on US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty shows Moscow's efforts to deny open information. "It is quite clear that they do not want their people to have information about what the Russian regime does abroad, what the Russian regime does to its own people," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Wounded journalists are brought to the hospital after a blast in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif killed a security guard and wounded a group of journalists, as well as several children. Saturday's blast took place during an event honouring Afghanistan's media at a cultural centre in Mazar-i-Sharif. Police said a security guard was killed and that five journalists and three children were among the wounded. IMAGES
Jennifer Robinson, lawyer for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, calls the British government's approval of Assange's extradition to the United States "a grave threat to freedom of speech, not just for Julian but for every journalist and editor and media worker in this country." Assange faces trial in the US over the publication of secret files relating to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. SOUNDBITE
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