Hate speech is the thorniest of issues for defenders of free speech. When asked where those who champion freedom of expression would draw the line...
Against hate-speech laws (Spiked, 4 May 2018)
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CATEGORY: Index in the Press
On World Press Freedom Day, Groups Highlight US Media Threats (VOA, 3 May 2018)
With the observation of World Press Freedom Day on Thursday, a group of press freedom organizations is calling attention to challenges faced by...
Media freedom in US under threat, report finds (IFEX, 3 May 2018)
The United States media - one of the best protected in the world - is facing challenges that threaten the freedom of the press. This is the finding...
Here Are The Worrying Figures About Our Press Freedom In 2018 (Rights Info, 3 May 2018)
Freedom of expression is one of our most valuable human rights, and it’s particularly vital to ensuring a free press. Protected by Article 10 of the...
Dossier: Freedom of the press in Bulgaria (OBCT, 3 May 2018)
Last January 1st, Bulgaria took over the 6-month Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first time. After a troubled transition...
Turkey: Defending journalism in a climate of fear (Amnesty International, 3 May 2018)
Imagine if Christiane Amanpour and Kate Adie were arrested for supporting ‘terrorist organizations’ or if Mehdi Hassan and Oprah Winfrey were...
Defending journalism in Turkey’s climate of fear (Open Democracy, 2 May 2018)
Imagine if Christiane Amanpour and Kate Adie were arrested for supporting ‘terrorist organizations’ or if Mehdi Hassan and Oprah Winfrey were...
George Osborne warns Data Protection Bill cost amendments would be ‘body blow’ to regional press (Press Gazette, 1 May 2018)
Evening Standard editor and former Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has warned that proposed Data Protection Bill cost amendments would be...
Parliament must not put even more curbs on press freedom (Evening Standard, 30 April 2018)
We note with dismay the UK’s poor ranking in the latest Reporters Without Borders world press freedom index [“Secrets Act curbs hit UK ranking for...
Press freedom: getting darker (Bureau of Investigative Journalsim, 27 April 2018)
Britain leads the way in Europe - but not in a good way. It has a worse record on press freedom than all other European nation states except Italy,...
Projecting Poland and its past (Eurozine, 27 April 2018)
Poland is at the centre of the debate on memory politics in Europe. Plans for a museum to commemorate the ‘Polocaust’ are the next part of Poland’s...
Europe’s duty to save journalists – Dunja Mijatović (Times of Malta, 26 April 2018)
The brutal killings of investigative journalists Daphne Caruana Galizia and Ján Kuciak came as tragic reminders that Europe remains a dangerous...
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