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The State of Media Freedom in Sierra Leone March 2018-December 2020

Accra: Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) (2021), 22 pp.

"On the analyses of the trend of violations, key perpetrators and victims, research including engagements with the police, Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) and data from the MRCG’s (Media Reform Coordinating Group) Press Freedom Reports showed that in 2018, which was an election year ... more

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Responding to Threats to Press Freedom and the Media in a Time of Crisis: Regional Media Freedom Advocacy Strategy

African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) (2021), 19 pp.

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COVID-19 and the Global Media Sector: Developments and Ways Forward

Alexander Matschke, Johanna Mack, Dennis Reineck, Roja Zaitoonie

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2021), 7 pp.

"COVID-19 has taken a heavy toll on freedom of expression, access to information, and media freedom. Amidst an ongoing global decline in democratic freedoms, the pandemic has severely affected the work of media outlets and independent journalists. Functioning media are, however, a precondition for r ... more

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Responding to Threats to Press Freedom and the Media in a Time of Crisis: An Assessment of Types and Sources of Threats to Press Freedom and Mitigation Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Burundi

Kampala: African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) (2021), 14 pp.

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Burundi: Entrenched Repression of Civil Society, Media

Human Rights Watch (2021)

"Burundi’s scrutiny and control of media and nongovernmental organizations, and the conviction after deeply flawed proceedings of 12 journalists and activists in exile have a continued chilling effect on their work, Human Rights Watch said today. Almost one year after President Évariste Ndayishim ... more

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Mexican Journalism Under Siege. The Impact of Anti-press Violence on Reporters, Newsrooms, and Society

Ruben Arnoldo Gonzalez

Journalism Practice, volume 15, issue 3 (2021), pp. 308-328

"As a consequence of the endemic anti-press violence, Mexican journalists work under dangerous conditions. The constant assaults have eroded the practice of free journalism and thus, the people's right to know. Drawing on a set of semi-structured interviews with news workers from the most violent st ... more

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How the COVID-19 Fight Has Hurt Digital Rights in East Africa

Kampala: CIPESA (2021), 12 pp.

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#StopXinjiang Rumors: The CCP’s Decentralised Disinformation Campaign

Fergus Ryan, Ariel Bogle, Albert Zhang, Jacob Wallis

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), International Cyber Policy Centre (2021), 50 pp.

"This report analyses two Chinese state-linked networks seeking to influence discourse about Xinjiang across platforms including Twitter and YouTube. This activity targeted the Chinese-speaking diaspora as well as international audiences, sharing content in a variety of languages. Both networks atte ... more

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Globalizing the Battle Against Impunity

Joel Simon, Elisabeth Witchel

In: Regardless of Frontiers: Global Freedom of Expression in a Troubled World

Agnès Callamard; Lee Bollinger (eds.)

New York: Colombia University Press (2021), pp. 227-252

"When press freedom groups began a campaign against impunity, they set out to gain justice in individual cases of journalists murdered for their work. Did a global norm evolve in the process? Among the rights guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 19, is notable for its ele ... more

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‘Lockdown’ on Digital Journalism? Mapping Threats to Press Freedom During the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis

Lambrini Papadopoulou, Theodora A. Maniou

Digital Journalism, volume 9, issue 9 (2021), pp. 1344-1366

"Across the globe, governments have issued emergency and drastic measures aimed at tracking the spread of COVID-19 and safeguarding public health. Notwithstanding the necessity and importance of some of these measures, this work argues that numerous governments around the world used the pandemic cri ... more

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Journalist Safety and Self-Censorship
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Ingrid Fadnes, Anna Grøndahl Larsen, Roy Krøvel (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2021), viii, 210 pp.

"This book explores the relationship between the safety of journalists and self-censorship practices around the world, including local case studies and regional and international perspectives. Bringing together scholars and practitioners from around the globe, Journalist Safety and Self-Censorship p ... more

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An Evaluation of Online Security Guides for Journalists

Kristin Berdan

Berkeley: University of California, Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (2021), 41 pp.

"As detailed in this paper, the analysis revealed that most online security guides for journalists do not prioritize their content effectively, and provide no clear path for users to improve their security in a time-efficient way. The advice provided was also inconsistent across the guides. This pap ... more

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Made in Hollywwod, Censored by Beijing: The U.S. Film Industry and Chinese Government Influence

PEN America (2021), v, 64 pp.

"Made in Hollywood, Censored by Beijing describes the ways in which the Chinese government and its ruling Chinese Communist Party successfully influence Hollywood films, warns how this type of influence has increasingly become normalized in Hollywood, and explains the implications of this influence ... on freedom of expression and on the types of stories that global audiences are exposed to on the big screen. Hollywood is one of the world’s most significant storytelling centers, a cinematic powerhouse whose movies are watched by millions across the globe. And yet the choices it makes, about which stories to tell and how to tell them, are increasingly influenced by an autocratic government with the world’s most comprehensive system of state-imposed censorship. The free expression implications of this fact are significant, and far-reaching. By influencing which stories Hollywood tells, the Chinese government can soften the edges or erase depictions of its human rights abuses; it can dampen movies’ call for change or encouragement of resistance in the face of oppression; and it can discourage or silence filmmakers interested in making movies that question or critique the Chinese government. Hollywood’s choices have global implications. If prominent Hollywood studios or filmmakers fear to push back against such influence, there is less chance that others around the world will dare to do so. It also reduces the opportunities for independent or exiled Chinese filmmakers looking for a new home for their talents, and undercuts any argument from Chinese filmmakers that the country’s censorship system is inconsistent with international norms of artistic freedom. There are countless stories to be told about China, and those that are non-controversial from Beijing’s perspective are no less valid. But there are also stories to be told about the ongoing crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, the ongoing struggle of Tibetans to maintain their language and culture in the face of both societal changes and government policy, the prodemocracy movement in Hong Kong, and honest, everyday stories about how government policies intersect with people’s lives in the world’s most populous nation. Yet the space for filmmakers to tell such stories is shrinking—at least, unless they are willing to forego access to the world’s largest box office." (Executive summary) more

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Dossiê Jornalistas vitimados pela COVID-19: Ritmo desacelera, mas Brasil ainda lidera ranking mundial de mortes

Brasilia: FENAJ (2021), 19 pp.

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Periodismo en tiempos de COVID-19: Autoritarismo, desinformación y precariedad en América. Reporte paralelo sobre la implementación del indicador de meta de desarrollo sostenible 16.10.1 de las Naciones Unidas en América Latina

Voces del Sur (2021), 73 pp.

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Unshackling Expression: A Study on Laws Criminalising Expression Online in Nepal

Bhaktapur (NP): Body & Data;Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2021), 28 pp.

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Hashtag Palestine 2020

Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media (2021), 61 pp.

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The Attacks on Palestinian Digital Rights: Progress Report, May 6-19, 2021

7amleh – Arab Center for Social Media Advancement (2021), 15 pp.

"Over the past two weeks, 7amleh - The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media has worked to document and respond to the digital rights violations occurring during the 2021 Israeli attacks on Gaza, Palestinians in mixed cities in Israel and forcible displacement of Palestinians in East Jerus ... more

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State of the Digital Nation: The Digital Rights Report 2020

Foundation for Media Alternatives (2021), 121 pp.

"We structured the report by beginning with an overview of the digital environment in the Philippines in 2020 before delving into the impact of technology on human rights: the key events, challenges and accomplishments, then a forecast of 2021 and 2022. These are divided into the following key thema ... more

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MFRR Report: Press Freedom Deteriorating in Slovenia Under Latest Janša Government

Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) (2021), 26 pp.

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