Experts working on the security of journalists, press freedom and freedom of expression gather in London to discuss trends that are contributing to a decline in media freedom in the US, and what needs to happen to reverse the situation
Censorship has cross-fertilised and gone viral infecting both democracies and their authoritarian counterparts. Â
A coalition of 12 press freedom and civil liberties groups from around the world, including Index on Censorshp, will intervene in a VICE News case seeking to keep confidential conversations between its reporter Ben Makuch and a source from being turned over to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
There’s a lot of artists but also many activists who are involved in the projects of the Museum of Dissidence. And for us, this is a recognition for them as well.
“The noose is tightening around the Honduran people more than ever,” says Dana Frank, professor at UC Santa Cruz, specialising in human rights and US policy in post-coup Honduras, adding that with this comes increased repression of the media.
Since 1992 Honduran journalist Dina Meza has been investigating corruption and violations of free speech throughout South America, including the murder of journalists in Honduras
The men from the Sinaloa cartel had made a mistake, and now they were looking to use it to their advantage.
“I was sure they were going to kill me, taking into account what happened to Nisman.”
Journalists tell international delegation of hostility, restricted access
Mounting financial pressures are robbing many of Latin America’s media outlets of their objectivity and forcing them to toe pro-government lines.
Internet users should be able to access the legal content they want – not have their choices dictated by the whim of major corporations
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