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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...
The Commonwealth Secretariat: A little local difficulty – or terminal decline?

The Commonwealth Secretariat: A little local difficulty – or terminal decline?

by louisa | Feb 13, 2020 | The Commonwealth

by Professor Philip Murphy, Director of Institute of Commonwealth Studies In what now appears to have been a concerted manoeuvre, first New Zealand and then Australia and the UK revealed they were withholding or in the case of Australia actually cancelling financial...
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?

The Empire Strikes Back – On LGBT Rights

The Empire Strikes Back – On LGBT Rights

by anna | Jul 26, 2019 | Human Rights, Imperial and Postcolonial History, Is the Commonwealth relevant? series, LGBT, The Commonwealth

Professor Philip Murphy, director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies welcomes a new generation of Commonwealth activists who are using established legal and constitutional tools to tackle its ‘imperial-era homophobic laws’. I went to a rather unusual meeting...
ICWS@70 – A Real Birthday!

ICWS@70 – A Real Birthday!

by anna | Apr 15, 2019 | Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific, Elections, Human Rights, Imperial and Postcolonial History, Is the Commonwealth relevant? series, Media Freedom, The Commonwealth

By Dr Sue Onslow –  Deputy Director of The Institute of Commonwealth Studies This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and – unlike the more dubious claims and convenient myths of the modern Commonwealth...
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