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Snowden, Censorship & the Surveillance State

Sighs of relief are being breathed across the world now Edward Snowden has been granted temporary asylum in Russia, ending his one-month confinement in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport. Snowden, who told the world the truth abo...
by Marienna Pope-Weidemann
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Human Rights

Charlie Hebdo: An attack on free speech everywhere

Yesterday, on January 7th 2015, gunmen entered the Paris office of satirical publication Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people, including police officers, the editor and journalists. The event marks the deadliest terror attack on Fr...
by Kay Robinson
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Egypt

Egypt: All The News That’s Unfit To Print

In 2013, Egypt was ranked 158 out of 178 countries in the annual Reporters Without Borders Freedom Index.  This troubling ranking is a reflection of the Egyptian Armed Forces and the Muslim Brotherhood both of which have commi...
by Daniel Weiner
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Human Rights

The Importance of Reporters Without Borders

UN Resolution 1738 (2006), Article 79 of the Additional Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions (1977), and Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) jointly protect the rights of all journalists and media per...
by Diana Naoum
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Special Features

World Press Freedom Day: Why journalists fear for their safety

Too many journalists are paying with their lives for keeping society informed. Each week, on average, a journalist dies while doing his or her job. Yet, over the past 10 years, only 1 in 10 cases of crimes against journalists, ...
by Natasha Lipman
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Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Photojournalism Revolution

During the Taliban’s rule over Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, photography was completely banned in the country. The recent press freedom that the country has seen since the removal of the regime is still minimal, but the ...
by Priyanka Mogul
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Europe

Destruction of Guardian NSA Files: We Europeans Have Press Freedom Enshrined In Our Law Too

Last month the editor of the Guardian, the UK newspaper responsible for the publishing of Edward Snowden’s classified NSA files, wrote about how British security services compelled him to physically destroy the electronic equ...
by Gjis van Wanten
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A Free or Responsible Press?

“A great victory for the forces of oppression”, that’s how Trevor Kavanagh the associate editor of the Sun Newspaper described the Royal Charter drafted by UK politicians in the wake of the Leveson enquiry. “...
by James Walker
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Africa

Write For Rights: Free Eskinder Nega

Amnesty International’s Write for Rights letter writing marathon is still going strong! So far, over 500,000 letters have been written on behalf of prisoners of conscience such as Miriam Lopez in Mexico, Yorm Bopha in Cam...
by Allison Midori Reilly
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