Is there hope for resolution any time soon? I fear not.
Padraig Reidy: Ten years after the Danish Mohammed cartoons, we’re still having the same argument
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Media freedom in Europe needs action more than words
Freedom of expression is an assumed right in the European Union. But that assumption is little more than an idea anchored in our mental routine.
Dunja Mijatović: The good fight must continue | Mass surveillance: Journalists confront the moment of hesitation | The women challenging Bosnia’s divided media | World Press Freedom Day: Call to protect freedom of expression
Padraig Reidy: Imagine being Katie Hopkins
What if your job, your career, was winding up an entire nation?
Dunja Mijatović: The good fight must continue
Media freedom advocates must continue to move forward and provide the defenses necessary for free expression and free media to flourish. Complacency is not an option. Solidarity, however, is.
Mass surveillance: Journalists confront the moment of hesitation
Following Edward Snowden’s revelations outlining the capabilities of intelligence agencies to monitor private online communications journalists are confronting a moment of hesitation.
Jodie Ginsberg: “I believe in free expression, but…”
The decision by six authors to withdraw from a PEN American Center gala in which Charlie Hebdo will be honoured with an award once again emphasises the dangerous notion that some forms of free expression are more worthy than others of defending
The women challenging Bosnia’s divided media
A regional network of journalists, artists and activists is using the platform Balkan Diskurs to provide objective news against a backdrop of mounting media partisanship, writes Tim Bidey
Bahrain extends detention of human rights defender
Index on Censorship condemns the extended detention of Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, who was arrested in early April for detailing abuses at the country’s Jaw prison. On 26 April, Bahraini authorities prolonged Rajab’s detention for a further 15 days.
Angola: Trial of investigative journalist Rafael Marques de Morais postponed
The journalist, who exposed corruption and serious human rights violations connected to the diamond trade in Angola, is due in court again on 14 May
Padraig Reidy: War on truthiness
Journalism should, at least, be against truthiness, if only out of self interest. If anyone can make stuff up and get 1,000 shares on Twitter, why pay people for deep digging or elegant writing?