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Mass protests in Georgia as parliament moves closer to passing ‘Russian law’ targeting media
02 May 2024 02:39 GMT
… organisations critical of the Kremlin.The law would … severed diplomatic ties with Moscow, and the issue of … joined international resolutions condemning Russia’s full-scale invasion … reduce political polarisation, improve press freedom and curtail the power …
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BBC reveals 300 staff working in exile as press freedom is eroded around the world
01 May 2024 17:53 GMT
… exile.
Recent crackdowns on press freedom in Russia, Afghanistan and Ethiopia … of appeal in Moscow last month. A Moscow court rejected … and critics of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Mr … of World Press Freedom Day on Friday, said: “Press freedom is under …
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Press Freedom and Climate Journalism: United in Crisis
01 May 2024 17:45 GMT
… Global, Headlines, Human Rights, Press Freedom, TerraViva United Nations
Opinion
… again. The challenges to press freedom are enormous and multi- … of freedoms and democracy.
Russia has seen a mass … answer to all this. Freedom of the press rests on just that …
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EXCLUSIVE: Unearthed Emails Show Legacy Media Cozying Up to Disgraced Censorship Group
01 May 2024 19:22 GMT
… agencies and embroiled in censorship controversies.
The Stanford University … infamously known as the Censorship Industrial Complex.
“We’ … First Amendment Worse Than Russian ‘Disinformation’?
One of the … legislation to defund these censorship-tied tools.
“Our …
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World Press Freedom Day 2024
01 May 2024 09:00 GMT
… & Justice, Multimedia, Press Freedom, TerraViva United Nations, Video … again.
The challenges to press freedom are enormous and multi-faceted … of freedoms and democracy.
Russia has seen a mass … UNESCO is dedicating World Press Freedom Day to the importance …
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Putin takes EU-candidate state 'by stealth' as David Cameron urged to intervene
01 May 2024 16:44 GMT
… fast.
He said: "The Kremlin has quietly opened up a … a direct attempt to suppress independent media and derail Georgia's … up to the fact that Moscow is gradually seizing our country … the Georgian people in resisting Russian influence.
He said: " …
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Opinion: Russia's war may have opened Pandora's box for Belarus
01 May 2024 16:36 GMT
… to be fracturing. Has Russian President Vladimir Putin's war of … posed by Moscow continues to grow. Rosatom, the Russian state nuclear … switched en masse to independent media, which they still read … of uncertainty in the Kremlin. Likewise, when the Soviet …
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The Master and Margarita: The Russian box-office hit that criticised the state
01 May 2024 11:27 GMT
… and Margarita describes how the Kremlin-funded film came under attack … BBC, about the pro-Putin commentators who have attacked him … in Russia today.
Mars Media The film’s themes of Stalinist censorship … it a cause celebre in Moscow. After going to university in …
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Press Freedom, Human Freedom
30 Apr 2024 16:52 GMT
… liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be … governments, like Russia and China, attack press freedom in flagrant and …
As we approach World Press Freedom Day, threats to independent … George Orwell: "Freedom of the press, if it means …
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Newspaper publisher’s arrest in Niger sends new alarm signal on press freedom in Sahel
30 Apr 2024 14:23 GMT
… , poses a new threat to press freedom in Niger, says RSF, calling … of the alleged installation by Russian agents of listening devices in …