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The Road to Resilience: Press Freedom in South Asia 2015-16

Laxmi Murthy (ed.)

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ);South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) (2016), 113 pp.

"As we stand now, Pakistan’s media continues its stratospheric expansion, but in the midst of curbs and controls and ongoing safety issues. Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka are treading a precarious path to finding credible and independent spaces for the media against economic challenge and political c ... more

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Medien in Kasachstan: Entwicklung, Zustand, Perspektiven

Assel Nazarbetova, Zarema Shaukenova, Beate Eschment

Osteuropa, volume 66, issue 11 (2016), pp. 181-195

"Seit der Unabhängigkeit 1991 ist in Kasachstan ein Mediensystem entstanden, das formal viele Gemeinsamkeiten mit den Mediensystemen in konsolidierten Demokratien aufweist. Die Verfassung garantiert Meinungs- und Pressefreiheit, auf dem Medienmarkt herrscht Vielfalt, das Internet gewinnt zulasten d ... more

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Desecrating Expression: An Account of Freedom of Expression and Religion in Asia

Gayatri Khandhadai

Bytes for All;Asian Forum for Human Rights & Development;Global Partners Digital (2016), 80 pp.

"This report outlines the international human rights standards and processes related the protection of freedom of expression and religious belief, and discusses regional trends and challenges. The nine country case studies include the stories of many people across the region struggling to defend fre ... more

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Cuba’s Parallel Worlds: Digital Media Crosses the Divide

Anne Nelson

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2016), 25 pp.

"For many years, the media development conversation regarding Cuba has largely focused on the country’s harsh censorship practices and other restrictions on freedom of expression. Those concerns remain. But with the opening of relations with the United States over the past two years, the conversat ... more

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Travel Guide to the Digital World: Cybersecurity Policy for Human Rights Defenders

Carly Nyst

London: Global Partners Digital (2016), 106 pp.

"This guide aims to help correct the imbalance in capacity and expertise between human rights defenders and cybersecurity professionals and policy-makers. At the heart of the guide is an attempt to address perhaps the fundamental barrier: the absence of clear definitions and agreed terms. It will do ... more

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Überwachen und Strafen: Die Verschärfung der Internetkontrolle in Russland

Andrej Soldatov

Osteuropa, volume 66, issue 11-12 (2016), pp. 3-14

"Das Internet war in Russland lange ein Zufluchtsort der kritischen Öffentlichkeit. Hier gab es unabhängige Berichterstattung, als Zeitungen und Fernsehsender schon weitgehend auf Linie gebracht waren. Der Arabische Frühling und die Protestbewegung in Russland 2011/12 änderten dies. Das Putin-Re ... more

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Discourse in Danger: Attacks on Free Expression in Putin's Russia

PEN American Center (2016), 44 pp.

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Arab Media Moguls

Donatella Della Ratta, Naomi Sakr, Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen (eds.)

London; New York: Tauris (2015), xiii, 233 pp.

"Transformations in the Arab media landscape are a key element in the regional dynamics of political change. Where do the private owners of Arab media outlets stand on the scene? What part, if any, have they played in weakening dictatorships, countering sectarianism and political polarisation, and r ... more

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Digital Cleansing? A Look Into State-Sponsored Policing of Ethiopian Networked Communities

Téwodros W. Workneh

African Journalism Studies, volume 36, issue 4 (2015), pp. 102-124

"Drawing from hegemonic notions of development statism, this article looks at the extent to which digital platforms have become viable alternatives to traditional electronic and print media in Ethiopia. I argue that, despite its potential to promote freedom of speech, the Ethiopian online sphere is ... more

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"Stop Reporting or We'll Kill Your Family": Threats to Media Freedom in Afghanistan

Patricia Gossman

New York: Human Rights Watch (2015), 45 pp.

"Afghan journalists face threats from all sides: government officials exploiting weak legal protections to intimidate reporters and editors to compel them not to cover controversial topics; the Taliban and other insurgent groups using threats and violence to compel reporting they consider favorable; ... and police and justice officials letting threats, assaults, and even murders go uninvestigated and unprosecuted. Most of the threats come from individuals acting on behalf of powerful government officials or influential local actors, including militia leaders and so-called warlords. Violent attacks on journalists that go uninvestigated and unpunished reflect wider impunity and failure to establish the rule of law in Afghanistan. Afghan journalists often respond to the dangers with self-censorship. Many steer clear of reporting on sensitive issues—including corruption, land grabbing, violence against women, and human rights abuses—as a means to minimize safety risks. Kabul-based editors often avoid assigning stories that could put their reporters at significant risk. Editors and journalists told Human Rights Watch that self-censorship has become a survival mechanism for them. Those outside of the country’s main cities are especially vulnerable to reprisals from powerful individuals and groups because they are more exposed: they lack the protection provided by a larger Afghan media and international presence. The cultural and social conservatism of the provinces also contributes to the difficulty of reporting on controversial issues outside of the capital. The Taliban and other insurgent groups remain a potent source of intimidation and violence against journalists and media outlets. When the insurgency first emerged in 2002, journalists were among its early targets because the insurgents treated journalists as extensions of the Afghan government or Western military forces. However, in recent years, the Taliban and other insurgent groups have used the media as a propaganda platform, and actively court the press in their campaign against the government, including by pressuring reporters to cover their statements or not write articles deemed critical, sometimes with threats of violence. Female journalists in Afghanistan face particularly formidable challenges. In addition to the dangers facing all journalists, they must contend with social and cultural restrictions arising from being Afghan women in the workplace, which limit their mobility in urban as well as rural areas, and increase their vulnerability to sexual violence." (Summary, page 1-2) more

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Platform Convergence in Indonesia: Challenges and Opportunities for Media Freedom

Ross Tapsell

Convergence, volume 21, issue 2 (2015), pp. 182-197

"This article examines media freedom in Indonesia, an age where the media landscape is being remade by convergence. Media scholars are debating the implications of this trend for media freedom, with some believing it is opening new possibilities for a greater range of voices to be heard and others i ... more

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La liberté des médias en Guinée: Entre textes et institutions, quelles réalités?

Moustapha Diané

Paris: L'Harmattan (2015), 155 pp.

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1000 Peitschenhiebe: Weil ich sage, was ich denke

Raif Badawi

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Lizenzausg. (2015), 61 pp.

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Stifling the Public Sphere: Media and Civil Society in Egypt

Sherif Mansour

Washington, DC: National Endowment for Democracy (NED);International Forum for Democratic Studies (2015), 16 pp.

"Egypt’s plummeting press freedom is in part a result of the many ways in which the state can put pressure on independent media under Egyptian law. While the January 2014 constitution contains clear protections for the media (including, under Article 71, bans on censorship and surveillance), many ... more

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Concentração dos meios de comunicação de massa e o desafio da democratização da mídia no Brasil

Bruno Marinoni

São Paulo: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2015), 27 pp.

"A estrutura de oligopólio na televisão brasileira consolidou-se nos anos 80 e pouco variou até os dias de hoje, sendo marcada basicamente pelo estabelecimento de um sistema central de poucas redes nacionais privadas (Globo, SBT, Bandeirantes e Manchete, depois substituída pela RedeTV!) e tendo ... more

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Freedom of the Media - Freedom Through Media?

Ralf Hohlfeld, Ralph Kendlbacher, Oliver Hahn (eds.)

Bochum; Freiburg: Projektverlag (2015), 384 pp.

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Hostile Climate for Environmental Journalists

Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2015), 27 pp.

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Medienfreiheit in Ägypten: Zum journalistischen Arbeiten in Ägypten nach der Arabischen Revolution

Judith Jäger, Christoph Resch (eds.)

Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag (2015), 217 pp.

"Der vorliegende Band widmet sich der beunruhigenden Lage der ägyptischen Medien. Er beschreibt Gleichschaltung und Zensur, er berichtet von Einschüchterungsversuchen der al-Sisi-, aber auch der Mursi-Regierung gegenüber in- und ausländischen Pressevertretern. Journalistinnen und Journalisten wu ... more

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Violencia y periodismo regional en México

Celia del Palacio (ed.)

México: Juan Pablos Editor (2015), 458 pp.

"La temporalidad del presente estudio comprende el periodo 2006-2015, que corresponde a los sexenios de Felipe Calderón Hinojosa y una parte del de Enrique Peña Nieto, periodo en el que, según muestran los informes de agencias nacionales e internacionales, la violencia contra los periodistas en e ... more

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Estándares de libertad de expresión para la transición a una televisión digital abierta, diversa, plural e inclusiva

Edison Lanza

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression;Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, Relatoría Especial para la Libertad de Expresión (2015), 95 pp.