LONDON (Reuters) - Human rights groups accused Formula One on Wednesday of ignoring abuses allegedly related to the Bahrain Grand Prix, urging the sports' leaders to honour commitments and take a stronger stance. Human Rights Watch (HRW), the...
Uganda’s government is proposing regulations that will affect all artists in the country. These include vetting new songs, videos and film scripts, prior to their release. Musicians, producers, promoters, filmmakers and all other artists...
Press freedom groups and journalist organisations have pushed Slovak authorities to look into state failures to stop the murder of investigative reporter Jan Kuciak on the anniversary of his death one year ago. Ten groups, including Reporter...
There is a distinct lack of awareness among decision makers about how bad the situation is for journalists reporting on corruption, according to Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project that monitors violations against media...
YouTube continues to crack down on the drill scene as more music videos have been pulled down from the platform at the request of London’s police force. Since the city has seen a rise in knife crime, The Metropolitan Police has continually argued...
YouTube continues to delete music videos by drill artists in London at the request of a police unit that claims the videos incite violence, the Press Association reports. Read the full article.
Journalists and sectoral groups slammed the Duterte government for the arrest of Rappler CEO and executive editor Maria Ressa over cyber libel charges on Wednesday night, February 13. Read the full article.
After decades spent in the shadow of a death sentence pronounced by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Salman Rushdie is quietly defiant. Read the full article.
The authorities ban musicians from playing without official approval. The police prevent them from performing a song deemed unacceptable. The courts threaten to imprison them when they do play it. All this not in Russia or Iran but in Britain. Read...
Činjenica da oni koji prijete novinarima prolaze nekažnjeno, glavni je razlog i dalje velikog broja registrovanih slučajeva zastrašivanja medija u Crnoj Gori, navodi se u platformi koju je objavila platforma “Mapping Media Freedom” (Mapiranje...
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