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…
June 29, 2017 / by MENAFN US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Kuwait’s Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of Information Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al- Sabah stressed ‘the need for all parties to exercise restraint to allow for productive diplomatic discussions’ in the GCC, the State Department said in a readout…
June 29, 2017 / by Mikhail Minakov, Opendemocracy Eastern Europe has become a source of short- and long-term risks for the entire European continent. Inter-state conflicts, authoritarianism and illiberalism seem to permanently dwell here and increase the threats to democracy in other parts of Europe. With the commence of the Russian-Ukrainian war and annexation of…
UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression David Kaye claimed this demand of the Saudi-led coalition against Qatar was a blow against media pluralism in the Middle East. June 29, 2017 / by The Wire Dubai: A United Nations expert and a media freedom watchdog on Wednesday criticised four Arab states for…
After Arab states arrayed against Qatar issue 13-point list of demands, resolution of crisis looks more distant than ever June 25, 2016 / by Andalou Agency International actors and public figures in Qatar have slammed a 13-point list of demands — including one for the closure of the Al Jazeera news network — issued by…
June 25, 2017 / by Andalou Agency, Daily Sabah. International actors and public figures in Qatar have slammed a 13-point list of demands — including one for the closure of the Al Jazeera news network — issued by four Arab states embroiled in a weeks-long political row with Doha. In a statement, the Brussels-based International…
April 10, 2017/ By LSE Norway has a multi-party parliamentary system with a minority government coalition currently based on the Conservative Party and the populist Progress Party. The appointment of independent committees to gather information, analyze current challenges and propose new policy instruments is a stable feature of the political system. The ensuing reports are…
January 18, 2017/ By ZimNews Addressing the media practitioners during a reception held by his ministry for the industry, Minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services, Dr Christopher Mushowe said the government was committed to ensure media pluralism. He said the government was concerned to offering its citizen diverse choices in terms of broadcasting services.…
25, October 2016/ By Sputniknews Former Parliamentary State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry of Defense Willy Wimmer, said that German society should be grateful to RT and Sputnik for ensuring media pluralism in the country. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Germans should be grateful to RT broadcaster and Sputnik new agency for ensuring media pluralism in the country, where media…
October 10, 2016 / By La Vanguardia La Comisión Europea (CE) expresó hoy su preocupación por el cierre temporal del mayor diario de Hungría, el opositor Népszabadság (Libertad del Pueblo), y reiteró que la libertad de prensa, el pluralismo y la protección de los periodistas son elementos fundamentales de una sociedad libre y abierta. “La…
September 17, 2016 / By Mary Harris The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) on Friday voiced concerns that a new law restricting the number of television broadcasting licences in Greece to four will undermine pluralism and independent journalism in the Greek media. In an announcement posted on the EFJ website, it backed the Athens journalists’…
September 14, 2016 / By Bernardo de Miguel La Comisión Europea aprobó ayer un proyecto de directiva sobre copyright que, por primera vez, establece un “derecho del editor”, similar al que ya disfrutan las discográficas o las productoras de cine. La norma aspira a que las plataformas de internet (como Google o YouTube) remuneren a…
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