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Shooting the Messenger, Slowly, but Surely: A Review of Imminent Threats to Freedom of Media and Journalistic Integrity in India

Prabhjot Sohal

In: Handbook of Research on Combating Threats to Media Freedom and Journalist Safety

Sadia Jamil (ed.)

Hershey, PA: IGI Global (2020), pp. 23-37

"India ranks 140th among 180 countries worldwide in the World Press Freedom Index (WPFI), according to the 2019 report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). In 2018, India was 138th in the same index and 136th in 2016. For the media of the world's largest democracy, this is disconcerting. The slide in ... more

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Journalism in Violent Times: Mexican Journalists' Responses to Threats and Aggressions

Ruben Arnoldo Gonzalez

In: Handbook of Research on Combating Threats to Media Freedom and Journalist Safety

Sadia Jamil (ed.)

Hershey, PA: IGI Global (2020), pp. 278-297

"The aim of this chapter is to describe Mexican journalists' responses to constant threats and aggressions. In doing so, it draws on 93 semi-structured interviews conducted in 23 of the most violent states of the country. The results indicate that violence against news workers has a twofold set of i ... more

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Balancing Act: Countering Digital Disinformation While Respecting Freedom of Expression
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Kalina Bontcheva, Julie Posetti (eds.)

Geneva: Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development; ITU; UNESCO (2020), 346 pp.

"[This publication] uses the term ‘disinformation’ to describe false or misleading content with potentially harmful consequences, irrespective of the underlying intentions or behaviours in producing and circulating such messages. The focus is not on definitions, but on how States, companies, ins ... more

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Meinungsfreiheit

welt-sichten, issue 2 (2020), pp. 12-31

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The Shrinking Space for Media Freedom in Southeast Europe in the Midst of COVID-19 Pandemic and State of Emergency

Rumena Filipova

Sofia: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2020), 50 pp.

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"To Speak Out is Dangerous": The Criminalization of Peaceful Expression in Thailand

Human Rights Watch (2019), 136 pp.

"Focusing on the period between the 2014 coup and flawed elections in March 2019, “To Speak Out is Dangerous” draws on interviews with individuals prosecuted for exercising their rights to speech or assembly, lawyers, journalists, students, and activists, and examination of police charge sheets, ... more

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Informe 2018: Situación del derecho a la libertad de expresión e información en Venezuela

Carlos Correa (ed.)

Caracas: Espacio Público (2019)

"Entre enero y diciembre de 2018, se registraron 387 casos/situaciones en los que se vulneró el derecho a la libertad de expresión, lo que representa un total de 608 denuncias de violaciones al derecho. Esto representa una reducción del 45% de los casos y de 41% en las violaciones respecto al 201 ... more

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Freedom on the Net 2019: The Crisis of Social Media
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Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2019), 32 pp.

"Social media allow ordinary people, civic groups, and journalists to reach a vast audience at little or no cost, but they have also provided an extremely useful and inexpensive platform for malign influence operations by foreign and domestic actors alike. Political leaders employed individuals to s ... more

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News Organizations Safety Self-Assessment

Acos Alliance (2019), 7 pp.

"The News Organizations Safety Self-Assessment provides a tool for news outlets to review and improve safety practices and protocols that affect the newsroom and journalists out in the field. The Self-Assessment should help news organizations to identify and better understand their own weaknesses an ... more

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Safety of Journalists Covering Conflict & Sensitive Issues

Kristin Skare Orgeret, Roy Krøvel (eds.)

Conflict & Communication Online, volume 18, issue 1 (2019), 103 pp.

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Safer Together: Considerations for Cooperation to Address Safety in the Media Support, Humanitarian and Human Rights Sectors

Michelle Betz

International Media Support (IMS) (2019), 31 pp.

"Every year, hundreds of human rights defenders, humanitarian workers and journalists and media workers are killed around the world – simply for doing their job. Hundreds more are threatened, sexually harassed, kidnapped, arrested, imprisoned or otherwise targeted. This briefing paper is the preli ... more

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The Safety of Women Journalists: Breaking the Cycle of Silence and Violence. An Overview of Nine Countries

Silvia Chocarro

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2019), 58 pp.

"This report assesses the question of how women in media are being targeted and how journalism is impacted by gender specific harassment and violence. It also looks at to what extent this issue is being effectively addressed on a national level and supported by the international community since the ... more

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Intensified Attacks, New Defences: Developments in the Fight to Protect Journalists and End Impunity

Paris: UNESCO (2019), 70 pp.

"The period between 2014 through the end of 2018 has seen 495 journalists killed, according to UNESCO data, which represents an 18% increase in the number of killings as compared to the preceding 5-year period (2009-2013). Based on the number of killings, the most dangerous regions for journalists a ... more

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Supporting Safety of Journalists in Afghanistan: An Assessment Based on UNESCO's Journalists' Safety Indicators

Ilias Alami, Nangyalay Tanai, Mahmood Mobarez

Paris: UNESCO; International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) (2019), 129 pp.

"This report maps threats against journalists in Afghanistan between January and December 2017. Divided into five key indicator categories, the report first provides an overview of the safety situation of journalists in Afghanistan; followed by the discussion of the roles and responses of State and ... more

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Supporting Safety of Journalists in Iraq: An Assessment Based on UNESCO's Journalists' Safety Indicators

Ibrahim Al Saraji

Paris: UNESCO; International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) (2019), 71 pp.

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Comunicar sin riesgo: Radios comunitarias en tiempos de paz. Manual de autoprotección

Bogotá: Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP) (2019), 69 pp.

"En respuesta al riesgo que enfrentan tanto las emisoras comunitarias como otros medios de comunicación en todas las regiones del país, Colombia cuenta con un programa de protección a periodistas desde el año 2000. Luego de 19años, puede afirmarse que esta iniciativa ha contribuido considerable ... more

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Hostile Bytes: A Study of Online Violence Against Women Journalists

Hija Kamran

Media Matters for Democracy (2019), 50 pp.

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Newsroom Best Practices for Addressing Online Violence Against Journalists: Perspectives from Finland, Germany, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom

Barbara Trionfi, Javier Luque

Vienna: International Press Institute (IPI) (2019), 66 pp.

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Afghan journalists in a balancing act: Coping with deteriorating safety

Elisabeth Eide, Abdul Mujeeb Khalvatgar, Hasina Shirzad

Conflict & Communication Online, volume 18, issue 1 (2019), 16 pp.

"Afghan journalists have been experiencing a deteriorating situation, due to a multitude of threats. They operate in a situation of low popular literacy, as well as low media literacy. Threats from Taliban and other insurgents cause many journalists to live in constant fear. This article is based on ... more

Culture of impunity and safety of journalists: Is safe journalism a distant dream in Pakistan?

Sadia Jamil

Journal of Russian Media and Journalism Studies, issue 1 (2019), pp. 51-66

"Pakistan’s journalists confront fatal safety risks in the line of their duty and are at the mercy of various types of pressure and extremist groups that threaten, kidnap and even murder them with almost total impunity. Despite the growing violence against journalists in Pakistan, there is a deart ... more

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