IFEX’s correspondant Caro Rolando interviews Andrei Bastunets, chairperson of the Belarusian Association of Journalists, about how recent media law developments in Belarus are affecting the environment for journalism and information accessibility.
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Conflict surrounding the need for a national identity definition forces Myanmar minorities to search for their personal and ethnic identity. The goal? A peaceful consensus and integration.
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Betre Yacob is currently in exile from Ethiopia for publishing articles exposing human rights conditions and corruption. Editorial intern Emily Durham spoke with Betre on exile, censorship, and freedom of speech conditions.
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The Maldives has fallen to 112th place in the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index for 2015, dropping four places and marking a significant decline for the fourth consecutive year.
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Sixty world leaders and dignitaries attended Sunday’s solidarity rally in Paris, leaping at the occasion to be seen as “staunch defenders” of the press, even while many of them are guilty of suppressing free speech themselves.
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Our new Belarusian columnist, Michał Janczuk, reports on the mysterious hackers who conveniently pave the way for further government restrictions on independent media.
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“It is not a great time to be a journalist in America.” In this article originally published on August 21 at the ACLU, author Nao Yachot examines the ways in which the events in Ferguson indicate an ongoing trend of government attacks on First Amendment rights.
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