20 June, 2018 / By Moses Uneh Yahmia The threat on the life of Journalist Johnathan Paye-Layleh of the BBC for asking President Weah about his commitment to implement the TRC Report was not enough to demonstrate that the government of George Manneh Weah has exhibited a symptom of the reincarnation of a monstrous tyranny…
19 june, 2018 / By manilastandard.net In April 2018, Reporters Without Borders released the latest results of the World Press Freedom Index, a survey that assessed the level of press freedom in 180 countries. The index measures perceptions of freedom in terms of the level of pluralism, media independence, the environment and self-censorship, legal framework,…
18 june, 2018 / By Interfax-Ukraine, kyivpost.com OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Desir has criticized amendments to the law on media adopted by the Belarusian parliament last week. “The adoption of these amendments sends a worrying signal about media freedom and pluralism,” Desir said in a statement published on the OSCE’s website.…
4 june, 2018 / By Jonathan Cook, dissidentvoice.org Should the media include positive editorial content secretly paid for by major corporations, as London’s Evening Standard newspaper has begun doing, according to new revelations? Most of us instantly recoil from any blurring between editorial and advertising in the media. How would we know if what was reported was…
22 may, 2018 / By Catherine Benson Wahlén 14 May 2017: The third edition of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report titled, ‘World Trends on Freedom of Expression and Media Development,’ reflects on developments in media freedom, pluralism, independence and the safety of journalists. Participants discussed the report in concert with the…
16 May, 2018 / By EBU Nearly 5 years after the Greek government’s sudden closure of public broadcaster ERT, the case is now before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg. The application was filed in 2014 by POSPERT, the trade union representing ERT employees, and its President, Mr Kalfagiannis, after losing in…
14 May, 2018 / By EFE (La Vanguardia) La Federación de Asociaciones de Periodistas de España (FAPE) y la Asociación de la Prensa de Madrid (APM) han urgido hoy a los grupos parlamentarios a desbloquear el nombramiento mediante concurso público del nuevo consejo de administración y del presidente de RTVE. En un comunicado, la APM…
10 may, 2018 / By La República Se presentaron las conclusiones del informe “Tendencias Mundiales en Libertad de Expresión y Desarrollo de los Medios”. Entre 2012 y 2016 se asesinaron a 530 periodistas. La Unessco presentó ayer las principales conclusiones de su informe “Tendencias Mundiales en Libertad de Expresión y Desarrollo de los Medios”. Incluye cuatro planos: las tendencias…
9 may, 2018 / By Zaina Adamu, Myjoyonline.com An expansion of an already-crowded media landscape has not been met with a corresponding increase in postive social and behaviourial change in Ghana, says Dr. Lloyd Amoah, Director of the Centre for Asian Studies at the University of Ghana. In a one-on-one interview with Joy FM’s Super Morning Show host,…
8 may, 2018 / By Emerging Europe Harlem Désir, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s (OSCE) representative on freedom of the media, has expressed his continued disappointment and concern regarding the ongoing practice of imposing penalties on journalists working without accreditation in Belarus. “This detrimental practice effectively bans journalists from reporting on issues…
25 July, 2017 / By Joseph Varghese, Gulf Times Several leading media experts have stressed the need for joint efforts to protect media freedom around the world. They were speaking yesterday at the plenary session of an international conference on the threats facing freedom of expression, being held in Doha which will conclude today. Organised by…
7 July, 2017 / By Mykola Riabchuk, New Eastern Europe Not long ago, the reputable Denmark-based international watchdog Freemuse, which monitors the freedom of artistic expression around the globe, published its annual report, titled “Art under threat”. One of the highlighted pieces from the report stated that “Ukraine in 2016 topped the list as the worst…
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