More than 600 journalists, media workers and social media producers have been killed in the last ten years. To put an end to violence against journalists, the United Nations has developed the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity.
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The first television interview granted by Alice Munro after winning the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature
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As the Cuban government places the powerful ranch owner and popular animal trainer, Miguel Ginarte, under house arrest, an unprecedented number of Cuban artists sign a letter of protest. But where’s the outrage for the treatment of democracy and human rights activists on the island?
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As the Cuban government places the powerful ranch owner and popular animal trainer, Miguel Ginarte, under house arrest, an unprecedented number of Cuban artists sign a letter of protest. But where’s the outrage for the treatment of democracy and human rights activists on the island?
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A new report — “The Long Shadow of Chinese Censorship: How Chinese Media Restrictions Affect News Outlets around the World” — finds that Chinese officials have directly impeded independent reporting by media based abroad.
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“The arrest of [Ali] Anouzla is the latest chapter in a series of harassment cases against uncompromising journalists. Such instances reinforce the impression that media freedom is under attack in the country.” – Hassan Masiky, former advisor to Amnesty International USA.
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Writer and Turkey columnist Tarık Günersel sounds alarm on the controversial Kanal Istanbul, a canal project that, scientists argue, could cause severe ecological harm to the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
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