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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Turkish secularists show solidarity with Charlie Hebdo, but murderers are “martyrs” for some in Istanbul.
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Anoche soñé que todos nos levantábamos para decir No al silencio, porque la libertad de expresión en Honduras estaba con un tanque de oxígeno asechada por la impunidad.
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For the Honduran media, the order of the day is silence. If they stray from the established agenda, they face bullets and death. Dina Meza’s first column for Sampsonia Way.
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“The Freedom Chat” transcript of Venezuelan journalist Andrea Daza Tapia is now available at Sampsonia Way Magazine. Several common threads connect Venezuelan writers that are featured in the magazine this week, such as their ability to influence movements from outside their country of origin or within it.
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In the third installment of Sampsonia Way’s “The Freedom Chat”, journalist Andrea Daza Tapia shines a light on the media blackouts in Venezuela, reaffirms the power of social media, and she details the detriments incurred from the conflation of roles between media professionals and politicians.
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A new survey of press freedom around the world finds the United States has plunged 13 spots, now ranking just 46th among 180 countries.
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