by Talking Humanities | Apr 21, 2017 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Public Engagement
In a major speech two weeks ago Baroness Patricia Scotland, the Commonwealth Secretary General, called for a set of guidelines for the Commonwealth to develop a more prominent and active role in preserving media freedom and journalistic independence across its...
by Talking Humanities | Mar 9, 2017 | Analysis & Comment, Events, Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Public Engagement, Research & Resources
In the first of a series of articles focusing on the growing hostility to journalistic independence across the Commonwealth, journalist and Africa analyst Martin Plaut, calls on the 52-nation group to take a more robust view on these new threats. Do they challenge...