CIDH: Relator aboga por pluralismo y tolerancia

August 26,2016/ By Correo del Sur El relator especial para la libertad de expresión de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) de la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA), Edison Lanza, que esta semana visita Bolivia, escribió en su cuenta de Twitter que “la democracia requiere pluralismo ideológico, político y tolerancia a todo tipo de…

MEDIA DIVERSITY IN LUXEMBOURG

August 16, 2016/ By Martine Huberty Is the press really serving Grand Duchy residents? A recent report by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom and the University of Luxembourg highlights three risks to the diversity of the media in this country. One risk is the high concentration of media ownership and cross-media ownership.…

OSCE official praises Georgia’s progression of media freedom

August 9, 2016/ By Agenda Ge A high official from the Organization for Security and Co-Operation (OSCE) is praising Georgia for the progress it’s recently made in media pluralism and freedom of the press. OSCE envoy on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic sent a letter to Georgia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs lauding Georgia’s “substantial…

Zika information campaign: Improving media coverage on the virus, epidemics and crisis

August 4, 2016/ By Mexico Star The current Zika virus outbreaks have caused increasing alarm in countries across the world, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean. Recently, The World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that ‘based on research, there is scientific consensus that Zika virus is a cause of microcephaly and Guillain-Barr’ Syndrom’ -intensifying even…

Manage religious pluralism to promote peace – Rev Asante

June 25, 2016/ By Graphic Online He said, irrespective of the beneficial role religion played in the management of conflicts, particularly, violent conflicts in a nation to enhance peace and security, it could also become a source of violent conflicts and national insecurity if religious pluralism was not managed effectively. He noted that religion could…

Enable free speech to combat hate speech

June 26, 2016/ By Adnan Rehmat The evolution of current affairs media in Pakistan has entered an interesting phase — the transition from a more-or-less freewheeling age to a potentially more focused regulatory regime that can end up arriving, in the best case scenario, at a free speech environment but one that does not brook…