Scroll Top

– Turkey: Draft bill would extend censorship powers over the Internet (Demo)

0
By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News February 23, 2018

If passed, the law would allow the state regulator to apply for a court order to block, remove, or otherwise censor content that authorities deem objectionable from a website in a 24-hour period; websites could then contest the decision.
Source: MEDIA FEED

HRNJ-Uganda / About Author
More posts by HRNJ-Uganda

Related Posts

Government responses to COVID-19 adversely affect digital rights in the Balkans (Demo)

This statement was originally published on advox.globalvoices.org on 30 March 2020. It is republished here under Creative Commons license CC-BY…

0
04 Apr 2020
– Why free expression advocates should pay attention to Catalonia's referendum (Demo)

On 1 October 2017, the autonomous region of Catalonia will hold a historic referendum on whether to declare independence from…

0
29 Aug 2017
Attacks and threats against journalists on the increase in the Americas, IAPA concludes (Demo)

So far this year 30 journalists have been murdered in the region, 20 of them since the IAPA's last meeting…

0
24 Oct 2018
– Report cites lack of progress in improving free expression in Burma (Demo)

Civil society and journalists in Burma find that media freedom and free expression continue to be under significant threat. Source:…

0
25 May 2018
Belarus: Crackdown on activists and journalists ahead of presidential elections (Demo)

This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 22 May 2020. Belarusian authorities have intensified their crackdown on independent activists…

0
24 May 2020
Azerbaijan: Journalists harassed, arrested, beaten while covering election protests (Demo)

This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 13 February 2020. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is aware of at least…

0
14 Feb 2020
Call for release of Mozambican journalist Amade Abubacar from prolonged detention (Demo)

Military personnel picked journalist Amade Abubacar in Macomia, a town in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province. He is accused of colluding…

0
31 Jan 2019
– Turning up the heat on Europe's authoritarians in June (Demo)

Turkey's EU accession talks at risk, press watchdogs and protection for whistleblowers, a missed opportunity in Central Asia, Hungary's 'foreign…

0
30 Jun 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…

0
25 Jul 2019
– Investigative journalism in a dangerous country: A lecture by Adela Navarro (Demo)

Adela Navarro is the director of the weekly news magazine Zeta, one of the only outlets in Mexico to regularly…

0
26 Sep 2017
– Australia: Calls to secure independence of national broadcaster ABC (Demo)

There are allegations of attempts by the ABC chairman to fire a journalist in response to political pressure. Source: MEDIA…

0
27 Sep 2018
– Prominent Bedoon rights advocate remains unjustly imprisoned in Kuwait (Demo)

Prominent human rights defender Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli is still being held at the Central Prison in Kuwait and risks facing deportation…

0
18 Jul 2017
Finland sets precedent in sentencing journalists' harassers (Demo)

The year 2018 saw courts handing down convictions for abusive online attacks and campaigns against journalists. Source: MEDIA FEED

0
09 Feb 2019
Ecuadorean authorities have no reason to detain free software developer Ola Bini (Demo)

Ecuador should drop all charges against Ola Bini, and allow him to return home to his family and friends. Ecuador's…

0
25 Apr 2019
– Your social media history could determine your U.S. visa eligibility (Demo)

The Trump administration has recently pushed forward deeply worrying new rules for people applying for U.S. visas. Government bureaucrats now…

0
11 Aug 2017