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Published in: Home: AnalysisIn pursuit of truth: journalists fight back in battle for press freedomSeven global stories of the rising attacks on reporters and how they joined campaigners to take on hostile...
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Published in: Home: OpinionWhen authoritarians get a free pass, activists pay the priceThe Biden administration must make protecting the lives of activists and journalists such as Jamal Khashoggi a priority
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: Analysis‘It’s time for change’: Green seeds are ready to sprout in local electionsAs the rest of the opposition crumbles, the party traditionally on the fringe has become a viable alternative that...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionTo achieve press freedom, we must rewrite journalismIt is time to liberate our media systems from the political and economic forces that have long subtly controlled them
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: ReviewHow Egyptian TV series ‘The Choice’ is stirring controversy about the Rab’a massacreThe show appears to adopt the regime’s narrative as fact, despite it being disputed by human rights organisations
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Published in: 50.50: Opinion‘Living in constant fear’: Life as a journalist in SyriaWhen Zaina became a journalist, her family said she was committing a ‘sin’. Fifteen years on, she opens up about the...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionThe media still misrepresents Russia’s North Caucasus. Here’s how to stopDocumenting this multifaceted region and its complex communities takes patience and the willingness to remove a colonial lens
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Published in: 50.50: ExplainerHercules to Superman: Five ‘90s TV stars who became Christian right celebritiesUS culture warriors have long targeted the media. If you watch Netflix instead of Pureflix, you may be surprised to...
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Published in: 50.50: NewsYouTube closes African channel promoting televangelist’s violent 'conversion therapy'In response to our enquiries about TB Joshua’s controversial exorcisms, YouTube terminated his channel. Facebook...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureCan social media help in the fight against sexual harassment in Egypt?Egyptian women experience sexual harassment every day, but feminist initiatives on social media are helping to...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Press freedom in Greece is under pressure – from the government and itselfAbuses of power and attacks against the press by both the state and the police, are causing a feeling of...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionWhat's wrong with Jordanian media?Lack of home coverage of the royal family’s biggest public rift in decades reveals the dire state of access to...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: AnalysisData journalism as tested by the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from ItalyThe pandemic is without doubt the most data-driven event that has ever occurred
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsWe can’t put internet anonymity in the box marked ‘too hard to solve’Forthcoming internet legislation ignores anonymity, but this fudge benefits only the social media platforms
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Published in: digitaLiberties: OpinionRepressive governments play whack-a-mole with Africans’ digital rightsA new report on digital rights in ten African countries reveals how states are waging a brutal online war against...
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionWe’ve won our lawsuit over Matt Hancock’s £23m NHS data deal with PalantirAnd here’s what needs to happen now
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Published in: oDR: OpinionHow Zelenskyy can challenge Ukraine's media magnatesThe Ukrainian president has promised to curb the power of the pro-Russian oligarchs who control Ukraine’s leading TV...
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Published in: oDR: FeatureHow Lukashenka declared war on Belarusian journalistsSince last year’s disputed elections, and the protests that followed, media workers have become targets for...
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Published in: Countering the Radical Right: AnalysisAll Hail Q! The forging of a right-wing religion and its extreme threat to securityChristians across the US, hostile to mainstream media, are being drawn to the movement through trusted church leaders
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: AnalysisThe free press versus Facebook and GoogleAre Facebook and Google the new ‘public square’? Or are they publishers swiping content from others?
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