The record of Commonwealth countries concerning the rising number of killings of journalists — whose work holds a mirror up to the societies they live in – points to a dismal failure by the authorities in some member states.
For Turkish academics, signing a dissenting petition can mean expulsion from their job, the country or even jail time. In Noémi Lévy-Aksu’s case, signing the Academics for Peace petition, “We will not be a party to this crime!” meant losing her teaching position at Boğaziçi University.
New rules urge students to exercise caution when it comes to “offensive” or “inappropriate” material and warn against “bringing the institution into disrepute”
Novosti weekly is a Serbian-language magazine in Croatia that is run by journalists who are both Serbs and Croats and are some of the most highly esteemed reporters in the country.
The nonprofit, collaborative news site, MuckRock, is used by journalists, activists and members of the public to request, receive and share government documents from any agency that is subject to transparency laws in the United States, hoping to make policies more open to the public, and democracies further informed.
It has been seven years since Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, the Bahraini defender of human rights, was arrested. His daughters joined a protest outside the Bahrain Embassy calling for his release and shining a light on human rights violations in the country.
Since Turkey launched a military operation in Afrin, northern Syria, in January, state repression against critical voices has escalated.
Manipulating history is part of the political playbook right now, Rachael Jolley argues
Through pictures, videos, music and maps, the online magazine illustrates the violence permeating Mexico and Latin America.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Can Dündar, editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyyet, one of Turkey’s most popular newspapers, was awaiting an appeal on his case in Turkey from Germany when the news of the coup d’etat in his homeland came. Scores of...