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Sri Lanka: Freedom of Expression in a Time of Crisis

by kaymusonda | Jun 1, 2022 | Asia, Media Freedom, Sri Lanka

By Rehab Mahamoor Sri Lanka is in the throes of its worst economic crises in history. With depleted foreign reserves making debt unserviceable and putting capital markets out of reach, Sri Lankans are bearing the brunt of heavy inflation, and a scarcity of essential...

Commonwealth voices call on governments to end media repression and join open dialogue on democratic standards

by kaymusonda | May 23, 2022 | Media Freedom, The Commonwealth

The Commonwealth and media freedom: Where do we stand?, 27 April 2022  https://www.sas.ac.uk/videos-and-podcasts/digital/commonwealth-and-media-freedom-where-do-we-stand (with audio recording), Report on the Event, 3 May 2022  Ahead of the Commonwealth Peoples Forum...

The Commonwealth’s twin problems with media freedom and a blueprint for action

https://commonwealth-opinion.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2020/the-commonwealths-twin-problems-with-media-freedom-and-a-blueprint-for-action/
Silencing the media in pandemic times

Silencing the media in pandemic times

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...
A tumultuous season: the emergence of independent Bangladesh and the British media

A tumultuous season: the emergence of independent Bangladesh and the British media

by louisa | Mar 26, 2020 | Asia, Bangladesh, Media Freedom

By William Crawley, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London. William Crawley was invited by the Bangladesh High Commissioner in London to speak at the commemoration of the anniversary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth one hundred...
Is Chinese technology transforming the Commonwealth?

Is Chinese technology transforming the Commonwealth?

by anna | Aug 15, 2019 | Africa, Asia, India, Media Freedom, The Commonwealth

By Dr Kiran Hassan,  Associate Fellow – Institute of Commonwealth Studies,
Is China’s growing presence in the media in Commonwealth countries compatible with the Commonwealth’s core values of good governance, freedom of expression and transparency?

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