August 18, 2016 •
Media and Politics, Press Freedom, Recent •
by EJO
Tajikistan’s internet providers have started to block online ‘anonymizers’, which allow users to access various banned news sites and social networks, the National Association of Independent Mass Media in Tajikistan reports. The move...
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August 5, 2016 •
Media and Politics, Press Freedom, Recent •
by Ceren Sozeri
A week before the recent coup attempt in Turkey a group of journalists launched a campaign to defend press freedom entitled “I am a journalist! Journalism is not a crime!”. Participating newspapers and online news portals...
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June 30, 2015 •
Press Freedom, Recent •
by Caroline Lees
The job of a journalist has become increasingly dangerous and freedom of expression, although enshrined in major international human rights instruments, should never be taken for granted. This applies not only in repressive regimes, but...
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June 24, 2015 •
Media and Politics, Press Freedom, Recent •
by Dariya Orlova and Victoria Sydorenko
Recent political developments in Ukraine, following the EuroMaidan Revolution, have seen increased democratization of the country. Yet press freedom remains highly vulnerable, as media-owning oligarchs continue to exert editorial pressure...
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May 5, 2015 •
Media and Politics, Press Freedom •
by EJO
Peter Greste is an experienced journalist who has worked in conflict zones for more than 20 years. In 2013 he was arrested, with two other Al Jazeera journalists, in Egypt. They were charged with ‘damaging national...
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March 12, 2015 •
Press Freedom, Recent •
by Mads Kaemsgaard Eberholst and Jannie Moller Hartley
Social media debate has a bad reputation. Often described as meaningless, rude and derogatory, in extreme cases virtual disagreements have even led to threats and violence in the real world. Female politicians, in particular, have been...
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February 19, 2015 •
Press Freedom •
by Ariane Kleijwegt
There is hardly a country where Edward Snowden, probably the best-known whistleblower of our time, is more highly-regarded than in Germany. This is ironic considering how disinterested Germans usually are towards whistleblowing in their...
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January 13, 2015 •
Media and Politics, Press Freedom, Specialist Journalism •
by Thomas Schmidt
The New York Times and other media outlets in the United States were slammed by readers and bloggers after not reprinting controversial cartoons of Charlie Hebdo in the aftermath of the terrorist attack last week. One criticism so incensed...
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October 10, 2014 •
Media and Politics, Press Freedom, Specialist Journalism •
by Caroline Lees
European law protecting the right of journalists to have confidential sources is being undermined by police in Britain, according to the UK’s National Union of Journalists (NUJ). The NUJ has accused police of spying on reporters by...
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