by kaymusonda | Mar 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
By William Horsley The decisive moment was to be a virtual meeting of Commonwealth Law Ministers in March to consider adopting a set of principles on ‘media and good governance’, with freedom of expression, the role of the media and journalists’ safety at their...
by louisa | Jun 1, 2020 | Media Freedom, The Commonwealth, Uncategorized
By Syed Badrul Ahsan- Associate Fellow, & leading journalist & editor in Charge, The Asian Age, and author of ‘Sheikh Mujibur Rahman: From Rebel to Founding Father’ (2014) Populism in these times is always a danger signal for democracy and the rule of law. And...
by anna | Nov 29, 2018 | Asia, Uncategorized
Dr Kiran Hassan Associate Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies It is still too early to assess whether Pakistan’s newly elected Prime Minister Imran Khan, is going to deliver on his promise of transforming Pakistan. However, there are three indicators which...
by anna | Nov 27, 2018 | Africa, Human Rights, Media Freedom, Uncategorized
Martin Plaut, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies A combination of fragile democracies, autocratic regimes and weak civil societies has put internet access and social media in Africa at serious risk. With an estimated 27.7% of Africa’s 1.2...
by chloe | Aug 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
by Adam Elliott-Cooper The BBC documentary, ‘Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners: Profit and Loss’, broadcast in July 2015, shed light on the vast resources appropriated by Britain through the enslavement of African peoples in the Anglophone Caribbean. In addition to the...
by chloe | Dec 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Martin Plaut, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies It is a year since Nelson Mandela was laid to rest. His death was mourned around the world – and rightly so. Few could hold a candle to Mandela and we all felt our collective loss. But the...
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