9 may, 2018 / By Gordon Offin-Amaniampong Freedom of speech means nothing to some people. It’s nothing to such individuals, but a piece of onion flash down the kitchen sink. If it weren’t so why would they have the gut to smack or assault journalists who are merely exercising their fourth estate duties? I call them…
October 23, 2017 / By RTVE Sindicatos y consejos profesionales de televisiones públicas como RTVE, Telemadrid y la vasca EiTB han criticado este lunes que las medidas del artículo 155 de la Constitución –aprobadas este sábado por el Consejo de Ministros y que el Senado tendrá que refrendar este viernes- incluyan el control de TV3 y Catalunya Ràdio con la posibilidad de…
October 5, 2017/ By Danny Gonzalo Monsálvez A. La controversia producida entre la candidata Beatriz Sánchez y el ex ministro de la dictadura Sergio Melnick, ha puesto nuevamente en el tapete de la discusión el tema de la responsabilidad de los civiles que participaron de la dictadura de Pinochet. Pero no se trata de cualquier civil,…
September 11, 2017/ By Fairpress Mr. Désir was appointed as the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media on 18 July 2017 for a period of three years. His activities, as the OSCE RoFM, include observing media developments as part of an early warning function and helping participating States abide by their commitments to freedom…
August 27, 2017/ By El Universal La libertad de expresión es un derecho universal del cual todos gozamos y que incluye el derecho a mantener una opinión sin interferencia, así como la libertad para buscar, recibir y difundir información e ideas mediante cualquier medio de comunicación, tal como lo establece la Declaración Universal de los…
August 1, 2017 / byRock Ronald Rozario, lacroix.com The Arab crisis surrounding Qatar and the demands by the Saudi Arabia-led campaign to shut down its influential Al-Jazeera news agency shines a light on the growing threats to freedom of speech in the region. David Kaye, the United Nations special rapporteur on freedom of opinion and…
June 29, 2017 / by Neena Gill, The Independent. Even though phone-hacking is now a dark part of its history, Murdoch’s media empire continues to churn out partisan and sometimes highly abusive content. One of the things that makes me proud to be British is our freedom to feel, think and say largely whatever we…
November 14, 2016/ By Prnoticias ¿Puede Podemos poner contra las cuerdas a RTVE con una denuncia ante la Comisión Europea sobre la falta de independencia y pluralismo en la televisión pública de nuestro país?. Esta ha sido la última iniciativa que se ha promovido desde la formación morada, que a través de su eurodiputada Tania…
13th January, 2015/ By Ghana Web Nana Akufo-Addo, the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has encouraged the media to intensify their reportage on corruption and expose officials to help the country reduce the canker to its barest minimum. According to Akufo-Addo, the media should support and collaborate with the party to wage…
12th January, 2015 / By Samarika Kumar The laws that could prevent such monopolies are either limited or absent. While walking to work one day, I saw an advertisement for CNBC-TV18 proclaiming, “We have stood for Indian business news. We stand for an India that means business.” With the Reliance takeover and editorial tutoring of…
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