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nelsonbahati

·Nov 23, 2022

The Unconstitutionality of the Computer Misuse Act (Amendment) 2022, Uganda.

KAMPALA: It is unclear how the press would fare under authoritarian regimes. Four bills that the Ugandan Parliament just enacted were signed into law by Yoweri Museveni, the country’s president, 11 days ago. The Computer Misuse (Amendment) Act 2022, one of the bills that were passed into law, has pricked…

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The Unconstitutionality of the Computer Misuse Act (Amendment) 2022, Uganda.

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Damian Radcliffe

·Nov 22, 2022

Challenges to Press Freedom: WAN-IFRA World Press Trends 2021–22

Our data highlights the universality and breadth of media freedom issues; with greater prevalence in developing countries — In this final chapter we determine the extent to which news publishers are contending with encroachments on media freedom and highlight some of the different ways in which this manifests itself. Our survey also asked participants about various issues related to media freedom and freedom of expression. We asked this…

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Challenges to Press Freedom: WAN-IFRA World Press Trends 2021–22

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Raphael O'Leary

·Sep 30, 2022

The EU’s Media Freedom Act and why it’s significant

Something caught my eye this week. I did a double take when I saw a headline announcing a new EU proposal to enhance the media’s independence and safeguard pluralism across the sector. Titled, the Media Freedom Act¹, the proposal stems from a growing concern among political leaders and policymakers with…

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The EU’s Media Freedom Act and why it’s significant

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·May 2, 2022

Telling War Stories Under Fire

Covering a conflict zone is arduous duty for any journalist. The challenge has been exceptionally tough for Ukraine’s independent media, who have scrambled to file their dispatches from live fire zones, telling the world stories of unimaginable atrocities while combating a flood of disinformation from Russian sources denying the hard…

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Telling War Stories Under Fire

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Juris Kaža

·Apr 30, 2022

Ukraine war, Latvian politics bring attacks on Baltic media freedom

A defense minister doubts extra funding for public service TV after a controversial interview, a parliament enables a broadcast watchdog to block “undesirable” internet sites to all users, a law is passed to revoke citizenship for expressing support for Russia in the ongoing invasion of Ukraine and journalists are accused…

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Ukraine war, Latvian politics bring attacks on Baltic media freedom

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CODEPINK

·Apr 28, 2022

The Future of Gen Z Journalism Depends on Julian Assange’s Freedom

By Sam Carliner Just thirteen days before World Press Freedom Day 2022 the very existence of world press freedom inched closer to its possible demise. On April 20, a U.K. court formally approved extradition of WikiLeaks founder and Australian journalist, Julian Assange, to the United States to be tried under…

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The Future of Gen Z Journalism Depends on Julian Assange’s Freedom

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Juris Kaža

·Dec 1, 2021

Latvian public service media under pressure for Poland-Belarus coverage

To quote a conservative Latvian parliamentarian, there is a “culture war” going on between Latvian conservatives and the perceived “liberal” views of editors and reporters at Latvian public service television (LTV) and radio (LR) mainly over LTV's coverage of humanitarian and human rights issues with regard to people trapped in…

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Latvian public service media under pressure for Poland-Belarus coverage

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Tsvetana Ilieva

·Oct 21, 2021

Nigeria

The African country Nigeria has been ranked 120 out of 180 in the World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) ranking for 2021, created by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). RSF is one of the world’s leading non-governmental organizations (NGOs) which aims to defend and promote the freedom of information. …

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Nigeria

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Damian Radcliffe

·Apr 29, 2021

How the COVID crisis led to crackdowns on journalism and press freedom around the world

COVID-19 has encouraged encroachments on media freedom — Writing in Foreign Policy at the end of June 2020, Sushma Raman, executive director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, reflected on “the global deterioration of press freedom”, adding that “an increasing number of attacks on the media have come in places where…

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How the COVID crisis led to crackdowns on journalism and press freedom around the world

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Tunde Okunoye

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·Apr 12, 2021

What happened with digital rights in Africa in Q1 2021?

It was business as usual — ‘’Human rights protected offline should also be protected online’’ This was the resolution by the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) — the resolution on “the promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet” at the 38th Session of the Human Rights Council of July 2018 which affirmed…

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What happened with digital rights in Africa in Q1 2021?

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