April 29, 2016 / By Gwen Lister, African Free Press After four decades in print, Gwen Lister says she’s been called a “dinosaur” because she was and remains a believer in newspapers – even in the face of the digital tsunami. Gwen Lister is the Founding Editor and currently Publisher of The Namibian newspaper. As the digital…
25 April, 2016 / By Nick Baker in Myanmar Times Myanmar remains one of the most repressive media environments in the world, according to a new report. The 2016 World Press Freedom Index, prepared by international media watchdog Reporters Without Borders, ranked Myanmar 143 out of 180 countries included in the assessment. The overall score…
April 20, 2016 / By Sebastián D. Penelli en Ámbito.com La organización internacional Reporteros Sin Fronteras (RSF) lamentó la derogación de la Ley de Medios que ordenó el gobierno de Mauricio Macri y denunció que la nueva legislación que creó la Enacom “favorece” la concentración de medios en el país. En su informe anual sobre libertad…
20 April, 2016 / Vedran Pavlic in Total Croatia News Media freedom deteriorated around the world last year, according to an annual report published by Reporters Without Borders. That includes Croatia as well, which fell five places in the rankings compared to 2014, reports Novi List on April 20, 2016. The media freedom rankings cover…
25 November 2015 / By Silvia Higuera, Journalism in the Americas Blog At a conference in Bogotá, Colombia, the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), Edison Lanza, talked with representatives of various international organizations concerned with media concentration in the Americas. The discussion, held during the international…
23 November 2015 / By Annette Chrysostomou, Cyprus Mail Violations of press freedom have increased drastically worldwide from last year, especially in Europe. Though Cyprus has gained one place on the international scale – up to 24 – the country is part of this trend, with a two per cent decline in press freedom, according to…
12 November 2015 / By Tamar Svanidze. Georgia Today Georgia has been elected a member of the Human Rights Council for 2016-2018. At the same time, 71 Member States of the United Nations have reviewed and given recommendations on the human rights conditions in Georgia. At the session of the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic…
29 October 2015 / By Charter 97 Media freedom in Belarus is impossible because of the authorization system of registration and arbitrary rules of revoking licences. It was one of the conclusions of the report on the freedom of expression, which is to be presented by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in…
8 October 2015 / By Georgia Today A spokesperson for the Department of State, Marc Toner, has said in response to Rustavi 2 journalist Davut Nikuradze’s question over a US reaction to the latest developments surrounding the television company that the US is closely watching any developments. Toner stated “I think we urge that any…
24 August / By Georgia Online Acting Ambassador of the United States to Georgia Nicholas Berliner has responded to the critical statements made against him. As Nicholas Berliner told Rustavi 2 TV, the statement made by him a few days ago reflected the position of the U.S. government and the embassy. “I think the statement…
11 August 2016 / By Civil Georgia, http://www.civil.ge OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said on August 11 that “disproportionate and excessive” court order to freeze Tbilisi-based Rustavi 2 TV’s assets in a dispute over the broadcaster’s ownership may pose a threat to free media and media pluralism. “The court injunction may…
4 May 2015 / By Wilfredo Miranda Aburto “Putin controla casi todos los periódicos”. Periodistas independientes rusos denuncian amenazas a la libertad de prensa y los riesgos físicos y psicológicos de ejercer la profesión Riga (Letonia).- Más de 300 periodistas se han reunido en Letonia para discutir la situación de la libertad de prensa en el…
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