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Independent News becomes an oxymoron in South Africa
In what seems like a purge, South Africa’s Independent News and Media (INM) group is shedding many of its foremost journalists and commentators. Simultaneously, the company’s newspapers have stepped up coverage of the personal ruminations of its new chairperson, Dr Iqbal Survé. Christi van der Westhuizen reports
Vague legislation leaves Turkish journalists vulnerable
Conflict, corruption and corporate power mean that Turkey’s media workers can easily find themselves on the wrong side of the law, says Selina Bieber
China: The unsettling and bizarre spectacle of televised confessions
Suspects being made to “confess” to crimes live on air, is making even the most influential scared to speak out, writes Alastair Sloan
Burma: The art of transition
The Art of Transition Symposium in Yangon was a significant event in the unfolding drive towards democracy in Burma, providing a public platform to discuss how changing political and social conditions are affecting artistic freedoms.
Greece: Police interrogation of students prompts protests
High school students were asked about their own, their teachers’ and parents’ political leanings, and were threatened with criminal records, writes Christos Syllas
How to spot the difference between a terrorist and a journalist
It can be tough telling innocent hacks from violent insurrectionaries. Index on Censorship is here to help
Life After Leveson: The UK media in 2014
Britain has always had a complicated relationship with the free press. On the one hand, Milton’s Apologia, Mill’s On Liberty, Orwell’s volleys at censorship and propaganda. On the other hand, there is a sense that journalists, editors and...
Brave Azerbaijani journalist’s plea for international support
Khadija Ismayilova tells democratic countries she doesn’t want “private diplomacy”: “I don’t believe in human rights advocacy behind closed doors. People of my country need to know that human rights are supported.”
Egypt: “We are strong and we shall walk free,” declare jailed journalists
The trial of 20 journalists charged with “fabricating news and assisting or belonging to a terror cell” has been adjourned until 5 March. Shahira Amin reports