The normalization of US-Cuba relations has done nothing to improve freedom of expression, writes Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo.
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In Libya, information is still hostage to politics: reports are colored by the conflicting narratives of warring parties rather than based on facts.
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A new statistical analysis elucidates an alarming trend surrounding the deaths of journalists in the Philippines. Political cartoonist Angelo Lopez draws attention to this news in today’s Curated Cartoons.
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Photographer Molhem Barakat is one of the latest of dozens of journalists, reporters, photographers and videographers killed in 2013 while trying to bring the news of the Syria conflict to the world’s attention. Here’s a list by Reporters Without Borders and the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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September is a deadly month for Mexican journalists: four murdered since 2008 with impunity. Learn about the life and work of the slain journalists, and what you can do demand justice.
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The week’s top news on freedom of expression, journalists in danger, artists in exile, and banned literature. Featured this week: imprisoned Bahraini activist Zainab al-Khawaja releases audio message, and German-Iraqi Abbas Khider wins Literature in Exile Prize.
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This week: an interview with Salman Rushdie, BBC censors a play on honor killings, and Chinese hackers attack the New York Times.
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