by anna | Mar 4, 2019 | Asia, Human Rights, Media Freedom
Remarks made by Professor James Manor, former Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, as part of this panel, prompted the following discussion: On Wednesday, February 20, 2019, James Elliott wrote Subject: BBC and other media coverage of India Dear James,...
by anna | Mar 1, 2019 | Asia, Bangladesh, Human Rights, Refugees, Regions
Syed Badrul Ahsan, Visiting Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, and Editor in Charge, The Asian Age, Dhaka For Bangladesh, it is that old dilemma: damned if you do, damned if you don’t. The Rohingya issue is not likely to go away any time soon. A hint of that...
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 26, 2018 | Asia, Human Rights, Media Freedom
William Crawley, Senior Research Fellow Accusations of ‘fake news’ which target the credibility of responsible media organisations, pale both in the face of the violence and danger to life and limb that journalists in many Asian countries face, and of legal...
by anna | Nov 16, 2018 | Asia, Imperial and Postcolonial History, World War One
Dr Balasubramanyam ChandramohanSenior Research Fellow In India the start of World War 1 generated a great wave of enthusiasm, commitment and mobilisation of taxes, and voluntary donations by individuals and the rulers of princely states, an ‘almost universal loyalty’...
by chloe | Jul 19, 2018 | Asia
by Kiran Hassan, Associate Fellow Pakistan is holding its third consecutive election on 25th July 2018. Many observers looking at the relationship between elections and media allege that the military maintains considerable sway and uses its weight to ensure who comes...
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