by Talking Humanities | May 25, 2021 | Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law
The arrest of Rozina Islam, one of Bangladesh’s most prominent investigative journalists, is an assault on all reporters argues Syed Badrul Ahsan, associate research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies. Rozina Islam’s confinement at Bangladesh’s ministry...
by Talking Humanities | Jan 23, 2020 | Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law
Professor Philip Murphy, director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, reports on a conference urging the governments of Commonwealth member states to take concrete action and put the issue of press freedom high on their list of priorities. How serious is the...
by Talking Humanities | Dec 17, 2018 | Digital, Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law
A combination of fragile democracies, autocratic regimes and weak civil societies has put internet access and social media in Africa at serious risk, says Martin Plaut, a senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, part of the School of Advanced...
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...
