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Journalist in Africa: A high-risk profession under threat
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 6, issue 2 (2014), pp. 181-198
"Every year, several international organizations monitoring press freedom worldwide issue reports in which they underline the occupational hazards faced by journalists while reporting. Some African countries, such as Eritrea, Sudan, Somalia or Equatorial Guinea, have been regularly pinpointed at the
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Internet in Chains: The Front Line of State Repression in Iran
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (2014), 49 pp.
"Censorship and state control over the Internet in Iran is changing: it is becoming more systemic and less detectable, posing an ever-greater threat to Iranian users. Increasingly, the state is focusing on developing the technological infrastructure to effectively control access to the Internet insi
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"The right to freedom of expression and access to information falls within the category of civil and political rights. As an ‘empowering right’, it facilitates the implementation of other human rights such as the right to participation in political and public life. The ability to exercise this r
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Communication Rights and Social Justice: Historical Accounts of Transnational Mobilizations
Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), xix, 358 pp.
"Communication Rights and Social Justice offers historical perspectives on struggles to use the instruments of state and political participation - power, inter-governmental treaties and declarations, and various forms of political advocacy and protest politics - to articulate the concept of communic
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The Main Challenges for the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Security and Human Rights, volume 24 (2014), pp. 325-332
"This article focuses on the interdependence between security and human rights. The author advocates that freedom of expression and free media – two basic human rights – play increasingly important roles in fostering a meaningful debate on security issues and that they can help us to effectively
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New Media and the Developmental State in Ethiopia
African Affairs, volume 113, issue 451 (2014), pp. 279-299
"The Ethiopian government, led by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), has developed one of the most restrictive systems for the regulation of new media in Africa. So far, most discussion has focused on the measures employed by the EPRDF to prevent the Internet and mobile p
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World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development
Paris: UNESCO (2014), 105 pp.
"The overarching global trend with respect to media freedom, pluralism, independence and the safety of journalists over the past several years is that of disruption and change brought on by technology, and to a lesser extent, the global financial crisis. These trends have impacted traditional econom
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100 Information Heroes
Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2014), 22 pp.
"Through their courageous work or activism, these “100 heroes” help to promote the freedom enshrined in article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the freedom to “to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.” They put their id
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Briefing Note Series: Freedom of Expression
Halifax; Copenhagen: Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD); International Media Support (IMS) (2014), 50 pp.
"This series of Briefing Notes is designed to give readers an understanding of the key international legal standards that apply in the context of freedom of expression. They are aimed at an audience which does not necessarily have a deep understanding of freedom of expression issues, but they also a
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Honduras: Periodismo a la sombra de la impunidad
London: PEN International (2014), 96 pp.
The Safety of Journalists and the Danger of Impunity
Paris: UNESCO, International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) (2014), 58 pp.
"This report provides analysis of the 593 killings of journalists as condemned by the Director-General of UNESCO between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2013 with an emphasis on cases which took place in 2012 and 2013. With 123 killings, 2012 constitutes the deadliest year for journalists since the r
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Poder y medios en Centroamérica: Construyendo políticas públicas ciudadanas
San Salvador: Fundación Comunicándonos; AMARC World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (2014), viii, 175 pp.
"El libro que ahora tienen entre sus manos, resultado de meses de ardua coordinación e investigación en Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua y El Salvador, recoge con mucha preocupación la firme tendencia que existe en Centroamérica hacia una mayor concentración de la propiedad de los medios de comun
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Combating Impunity of Crimes against Press Freedom
New Media and Mass Communication, volume 21 (2014), pp. 29-39
"Worried by the rising incidence of arrests, detention, jail, harassment and even murder of journalists across the world, all of which are crimes against press freedom, this paper takes a look at the reasons for the unpunished offences against press men and women and examines the efforts made to com
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The Influence of Transitional Justice Processes on the Freedom of the Media Within Post-Conflict Societies: Comparing the Maximalist, Minimalist, Moderate, and Holistic Approach in Their Effectiveness on Improving the Freedom of the Media in Post-Conflict Societies
Nijmegen: Radboud University, Master Thesis (2014), vii, 58 pp.
Preventive Journalism as a Means of Controlling Regional Media in Russia
Global Media and Communication, volume 10, issue 1 (2014), pp. 35-52
"This article utilizes new institutional theory and its principle – coercive isomorphism – to examine explicit and implicit pressures exerted on news organizations by a regional government in Russia in 2009 and 2010. The study found that while empowering regional reporters by the myth of helping
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Guide to Human Rights for Internet Users
Council of Europe (2014), 28 pp.
"1. This guide is a tool for you, the Internet user, to learn about your human rights online, their possible limitations, and available remedies for such limitations. Human rights and fundamental freedoms apply equally offline and online. This principle includes respect for the rights and freedoms o
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Freedom on the Net 2013: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2013), 881 pp.
"Freedom House has conducted a comprehensive study of internet freedom in 60 countries around the world. This report is the fourth in a series and focuses on developments that occurred between May 2012 and April 2013. The previous edition, covering 47 countries, was published in September 2012. 'Fre
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Media Crackdown in Kazakhstan: The Cases of Vzglyad, Respublika, Stan TV, and K-Plyus
New York: Human Rights Foundation (2013), iv, 23 pp.
Manual de autoprotección para periodistas
Bogotá: Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP), 2nd ed. (2013), 79 pp.
Freedom of Expression Toolkit
Paris: UNESCO (2013), 83 pp.
"The Freedom of Expression Toolkit is UNESCO’s contribution to freedom of expression and it is written with upper high school students in mind. The Toolkit covers the major concepts and issues and it is written in an easy to understand, conversational manner [...] Overall, the Toolkit consists of
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