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Editorial | Poking fun is no laughing matter | Filling an important gap | The minister, the journo and the ladies | Rwanda oppressed by memory of genocide | Nigeria case is real-life thriller | Caseload | Vietnam: standing up for one who stood up
Gugulethu Moyo, Executive Director of the MLDI (centre), with Peter Noorlander, Legal Director (left) and Gwyneth Henderson, Chair of the Trustees (right) at the launch. | Image: © Gwanwyn Mason
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Over the quarter of a century of its civil war, media freedom in Sri Lanka came under severe strain. Journalists were murdered, others prosecuted, in a climate that stifled independent reporting or comment. And even though the war is now over, journalists continue to work under severe constraints, particularly in ... |
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"The use of bad laws to silence the media is prevalent in vast swathes of the world. The attack on media freedom is pervasive and global." Geoffrey Robertson QC |
It was not the kind of story that would normally have concerned Jean Bosco Gasasira, a newspaper
editor and one of the handful ...
It led to one of the most notorious medical trials in history.
Some believe it even inspired the corporate malpractice ...
In another country stressing the importance of human
rights and promoting democratic structures would be seen as the normal...
Article 19, Reporters Without Borders, Amnesty, Human Rights Watch, Index on Censorship... there's no shortage of NGOs ...
Some months ago Britain's largest retailer, Tesco, attracted unfavourable publicity because of
three defamation cases launched against ...
For thousands of tourists each year, the Gambia is a sunlit paradise of beaches, warm sea and wildlife.
They rarely glimpse its dark side...
Harry Roque may have missed his vocation - to be a "rebel in the mountains". Instead, he stayed down
in the city and became one of...
"It is a truism that, outside a handful of countries blessed with robust press freedom, journalists around the world face huge risks."