This statement was released by the Committee to Protect Journalists. The full report on journalists killed in 2018 is available here. New York, December 19, 2018–At least 53 journalists were killed on the job this year, 34 of whom were targeted for murder in reprisal for their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists found in […]
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Peter Greste, The University of Queensland Time Magazine has just announced its “Person of the Year” for 2018, and for once, it isn’t one person. This time it is four people and a newspaper. Collectively calling them “The Guardians”, Time has awarded the accolade to the murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Filipino journalist Maria Ressa […]
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On Sunday, 9 December, 2018, ACME’s online content producer, Ms Harriet Anena, was announced a joint winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature 2018. Anena won the award for her social conscience poetry collection, A Nation in Labour. In joint first-place was Nigerian poet and writer Tanure Ojaide for his 2015 poetry collection, Songs […]
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This article was first published by the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner. Why would a human rights organization go to court to support someone whose extreme political views or ethical position it fundamentally opposes? A pornographer perhaps, or an anarchist? Because of the rights asserted in Article 19 of the Universal […]
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Applications like Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp have brought a broad range of users in on public discussions. Bloomicon/Shutterstock George Ogola, University of Central Lancashire Online platforms have become an important site for political and social engagement. On the one hand they have been praised for their progressive characteristics. This is because they offer great organising […]
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The management of Vision Group has laid off about 60% of the staff at its Urban TV station. In changes communicated to staff on Tuesday, 4 December, Vision Group also announced a restructuring of the station’s programming that will include dropping its news bulletins. The Group’s head of TV, Mark Walungama, said they will still […]
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This article was first published by ARTICLE 19. An annual metric, published by ARTICLE 19, shows that global freedom of expression has declined significantly over the last three years. The Expression Agenda (XpA) uses independently collected and verified data to give a comprehensive picture of the state of freedom of expression around the world. 24 countries showed […]
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By David Rupiny As you read this article, Radio Unity, arguably Lira’s most popular radio station, could still be under lock and key. The station was closed 13 days ago by authorities over hate speech, inciting violence and spreading sectarianism against the Asian community, particularly Indian and Pakistani traders. By the time of writing this […]
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