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Violating Rights: Enforcing the World’s Blasphemy Laws
Washington, DC: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) (2020), 95 pp.
"In this report, the authors examine and compare state implementation and enforcement of criminal laws prohibiting blasphemy (“blasphemy laws”) worldwide over the five-year period between January 2014 and December 2018. The criminal cases this study analyzes represent states’ enforcement of la
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Assessing Whistleblowing Legislation: Methodology and Guidelines for Assessment Against the EU Directive and Best Practice
Berlin: Transparency International (2020), 94 pp.
"In 2019, the European Union adopted the “Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law” (Whistleblower Protection Directive). EU Member States are required to transpose the provisions of th
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Tabloid Journalism and Press Freedom in Africa
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2020), x, 184 pp.
"This book studies tabloid journalism newspapers within the broader context of press freedom in Africa. After defining tabloid journalism and professional practices within various political contexts, the book then proceeds to consider tabloids in Southern Africa and emerging cyberspace laws. Many fa
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Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age: A Historian’s Perspective
Church, Communication and Culture, volume 4 (2019), pp. 25-38
"Freedom of expression has a history. It is neither coeval with Christianity, as Catholic apologists sometimes assume, nor inherently valuable, as commentators in the United States often contend. On the contrary, it emerged in its modern form only in the seventeenth century as a byproduct of generat
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Access to Information: A New Promise for Sustainable Development
Deep Insights
Paris: UNESCO (2019), 54 pp.
"The central aim of this study is to unpack the major trends in the field of access to information laws and their implementation. In order to understand the trends, the report examines the activities of trendsetters. It focuses on awareness-raising by UNESCO, Member State recommendations in the Univ
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"Spotlight report on the state of public access to information in Canada, Indonesia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Serbia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, and Ukraine prepared for the 2019 cycle of the Voluntary National Reviews and the 2019 UN High Level Political Forum." (Subtitle)
The Right of Access to Information: An Important Step in the Fight Against Corruption in Morocco?
KAS International Reports, issue 4 (2019), pp. 52-63
"Morocco is no stranger to the global problem of corruption and the associated lack of public trust in the country’s administration. Public pressure, especially during the Arab Spring, resulted in a constitutional amendment in 2011 and people being given the right of access to information. Citizen
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Direito á informação em África: Manual para funcionários públicos
Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES); Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC); Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) (2019), 148 pp.
"O presente manual de formação destina-se a funcionários públicos Africanos que têm a tarefa de implementar uma lei DAI, e particularmente àqueles que estão envolvidos na recepção, no tratamento e na resposta dos pedidos ao abrigo do DAI. Embora os parâmetros específicos variem significat
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Direito á informação em África: Manual para jornalistas
Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES); Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC); Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) (2019), 75 pp.
"Este manual de formação visa alargar os conhecimentos dos participantes sobre o direito à informação; estimular uma interpretação do direito à informação como ferramenta para o jornalismo de investigação; desenvolver a capacidade dos participantes na promoção do direito à informaçã
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"El presente informe aborda la problemática de los contenidos discriminatorios difundidos a través de los medios de comunicación en el Perú, con especial énfasis en la discriminación étnico-racial a través de los programas de radio y televisión, así como de medios escritos, a la luz de los
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Apostasy, Blasphemy, and Hate Speech Laws in Africa: Implications for Freedom of Religion or Belief
Washington, DC: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) (2019), 52 pp.
"This report shines light on the following trends:
- Blasphemy and apostasy laws are often overbroad and can be used to limit a variety of religious expression. These laws violate international human rights law and should be repealed.
- Hate speech laws are also generally overbroad and can be used t
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Policy Update: Pakistan's Blasphemy Law
Washington, DC: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) (2019), 3 pp.
Supporting Access to Information: A Practical Guide for EU Delegations
Key Guides
Brussels: Media4Democracy (2019), 101 pp.
"The Guide shows how support for the principle of public access to information and the practical implementation of access to information (ATI) laws reinforce the EU’s work around the world in promoting participatory democracy, good governance, freedom of expression and other fundamental rights, an
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Modelle zur Förderung lokaler Medienvielfalt in EU-Mitgliedstaaten
Deutscher Bundestag, Wissenschaftliche Dienste (2019), 31 pp.
"Die Presseförderung in den EU-Ländern sowie in Norwegen und der Schweiz zeichnet sich durch umfangreiche, durchaus auch unterschiedliche Systeme aus, wobei Formen der direkten und der indirekten Förderung jeweils zu unterscheiden sind. Steuererleichterungen für die Presse sind im Bereich der in
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Redefining Community: Community Radio Licencing in Zimbabwe at Crossroads
African Journalism Studies, volume 40, issue 3 (2019), pp. 42-56
"The promulgation of the Broadcasting Service Act (BSA), which contains a three-tier model of the broadcasting system, was supposed to revolutionise the broadcasting media sphere in Zimbabwe. It was supposed to change the dynamics of radio broadcasting in Zimbabwe by increasing the opportunity for p
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The Ethics of Whistleblowing
London; New York: Routledge (2019), 103 pp.
"Following the enormous political, legal, and media interest that has surrounded high profile cases of whistleblowing, such as Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, the fundamental ethical questions surrounding whistleblowing have often been obscured. In this fascinating book Eric Boot examines the et
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Legal Changes for Media and Expression: New Reforms, Old Controls
"This chapter provides an overview of the laws related to media and free expression introduced or changed in Myanmar since 2011. We begin with a review of the literature on media legal reforms during transitions, followed by a mapping of the media laws in Myanmar and issues related to the reform pro
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