August 27,2016 / By Manuel Ángel Méndez Es como un triste viaje al pasado, una vuelta a la Edad Media. ¿Recuerdan lo que ocurrió hace un par de años cuando España hizo el ridículo a nivel mundial forzando el cierre de Google News en nuestro país? El responsable fue el ‘lobby’ de AEDE, la asociación de editores…
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…
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…
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…
June 24, 2016 / By El Mostrador La tarde de ayer, la directiva del Colegio de Periodistas de Chile llegó hasta la Fiscalía Nacional Económica (FNE) para reunirse con Felipe Irarrázabal, titular de la entidad, con el fin de solicitar el levantamiento de información y su consecuente estudio, que derive en la elaboración de un…
June 12, 2016/ By Enca Argentina’s government has been “compulsively” taking out media,such as the RT news channel, which offer a new angle on events, the Justice Ministry’s former undersecretary said on Sunday. Argentina’s State Radio and Television Society (RTA SE) plans to exclude the international channel from free transmission starting in August, but will…
May 19, 2016 / By Lumko Mtimde, Daily Maverick On the 12th August 2015, Steve Mohale, Citizen Newspaper Editor, wrote: “The media has long played the role of unelected opposition to government in South Africa, taking its constitutional duty of being a watchdog to levels beyond what the Fourth Estate is meant. One hears numerous justifications…
May 13, 2016 / By Jean-Paul Marthoz, CPJ EU Jean-Paul Marthoz / CPJ EU Correspondent On May 9, a stern review of Hungary’s conduct in human rights issues and press freedom was released at the United Nations Human Rights Council. The report, drafted by the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, listed concerns from…
May 11, 2016 / By Christine Leşcu, Radio Romania International Every year, in early May, we celebrate World Press Freedom Day, an event that provides an opportunity to measure to what extent journalists’ rights and freedom of speech are observed. The Media Pluralism Monitor, developed and funded by the European Commission and the European Parliament, is…
11 May, 2016 / By Giovanni Vale Following a five day mission in Zagreb, the Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe, Nils Muižnieks, provides an account on the situation of media freedom in the country. Interview Commissioner, are you worried about the current situation in Croatia with regards to freedom of the press?…
May 6, 2016/ Previosly publisued by LSE Media project Tawana Kupe, Deputy Vice Chancellor and Associate Professor in Media Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, examines the increase of media freedom in Africa and highlights some obstacles still to be overcome. Reporters Without Borders’ latest World Press Freedom Index shows two interesting things. Namibia, ranked…
May 6, 2016 / By Pius Rugonzibwa, in All AfricaBy Pius Rugonzibwa Mwanza — Media professionals and stakeholders this week convened in Mwanza to commemorate World Press Freedom Day (WPRD) graced by the Chief Justice Mohamed Chande Othman as the Guest of Honour. The media event attracted a number of dignitaries including the Minister for Information,…
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