by anna | Mar 21, 2019 | Asia, Human Rights, India, Media Freedom
Up to 900 million eligible voters in India will go to the polls in April and May. Historically largely well informed, thanks to government and policy discussions in the media before general elections, Indians have been able to vote out incompetent or corrupt governments. But things are looking different this time, explains Dr Kiran Hassan, associate fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies.
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 | Feb 7, 2019 | Africa, Human Rights, Media Freedom
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir at the 2015 AU Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. EPA/Kim Ludbrook Martin Plaut, School of Advanced Study Day after day Sudanese are taking to the streets to protest against the rule of Omar al-Bashir. The president, who himself...
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 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...
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