Freedom of artistic expression is increasing treated as not simply ‘a nice thing to have’ – but as a fundamental right. Sara Whyatt spoke with Cathal Sheerin about how she became involved in artistic expression, her work on the report, and what inspires her to continue to defend this right.
Source: MEDIA FEED
HRNJ-Uganda / About Author
Related Posts
Slovakia: Suspected mastermind behind Ján Kuciak murder charged (Demo)
Marian Kočner, currently in detention on unrelated fraud charges, has been charged with ordering the February 2018 killing of Kuciak…
18 Mar 2019
Journalist Pham Doan Trang arrested on anti-state charges in Vietnam (Demo)
This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 7 October 2020. Vietnamese authorities should immediately and unconditionally release journalist Pham…
10 Oct 2020
– Social media platforms are ablaze as Turks say "enough" to President Erdogan (Demo)
It took just a few hours for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to realise the mistake he made while speaking…
10 May 2018
Internet and broadcasting services disrupted during coup in Gabon (Demo)
RSF is asking Gabonese authorities to allow for the free flow of news and information and to give journalists the…
11 Jan 2019
– Nine women from MENA remembered on International Women Human Rights Defenders Day (Demo)
Women human rights defenders across the MENA region face many obstacles to their work, including threats, harassment, torture, jail, travel…
29 Nov 2017
Mandatory use of Aarogya Setu COVID-19 contact tracing app could worsen digital exclusion in India (Demo)
This statement was originally published on sflc.in on 2 May 2020. India is the only democratic country that has mandated…
14 May 2020
Maldives journalist Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla killed by Al-Qaeda group in 2014, commission finds (Demo)
This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 3 September 2019. Maldivian authorities should prosecute those responsible for the 2014…
08 Sep 2019
– India: Murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh is a devastating blow to freedom of expression (Demo)
Gauri Lankesh, a senior journalist and editor of the weekly Kannada-language tabloid Gauri Lankesh Patrike, was shot dead at her…
06 Sep 2017
– Turkish investigative journalist Ahmet Şık arrested (Demo)
Şık was arrested at his home in Istanbul this morning as a government crackdown targeting critical voices in the press…
02 Jan 2017
– Bangladeshi reporter arrested over coverage of garment industry strike (Demo)
RSF calls for the immediate release of Nazmul Huda, a reporter who was arrested because of his coverage of a…
03 Jan 2017
Internet restored and media practitioners released in Mauritania (Demo)
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 18 July 2019. The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) welcomes the…
25 Jul 2019
– Life after sentencing for MENA's political detainees: A December roundup (Demo)
In December, rights advocates – both free and imprisoned – as well as press freedom and human rights groups focused…
01 Jan 2018
COVID-19: Turkish draft law puts a stranglehold on social media (Demo)
This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 13 April 2020 and updated on 14 April. Update: On April 14,…
14 Apr 2020
– IFEX-ALC alarmed by widespread attacks on media, protesters in Venezuela (Demo)
Since public demonstrations began in March, there have been over 160 violations of the right to freedom of expression, freedom…
08 Jun 2017
Philippine government indicts critical news website Rappler for tax evasion (Demo)
Various groups denounced the tax evasion case filed against Rappler as an attack on media freedom Source: MEDIA FEED
14 Nov 2018