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Media freedoms and media regulation in south Asia

Media freedoms and media regulation in south Asia

by Talking Humanities | Dec 21, 2018 | Analysis & Comment, Digital, Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law

Dr William Crawley, senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, calls on south Asian countries to adopt an ethical administrative and legal framework in which press and media freedoms can be protected, and legitimately enhanced. Accusations of...
Don’t shoot the messenger! Free speech is at the heart of democracy

Don’t shoot the messenger! Free speech is at the heart of democracy

by Talking Humanities | Nov 16, 2017 | Features, Graduate Study, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Training and Research

Chloe Pieters on how increasing attacks on journalists constitute a threat to free speech and human rights On the eve of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, observed annually on 2 November, UN experts warned that the world is...
Baroness Scotland is right – it’s time to defend media freedoms

Baroness Scotland is right – it’s time to defend media freedoms

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...

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