Scroll Top

– New report: Stifling free speech in Russia, 2012-2018 (Demo)

0
By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News October 10, 2018

Laws passed since Vladimir Putin's return to the presidency in May 2012 have dramatically strengthened the authorities' control over the flow of information online and offline, radically restricting free expression in Russia.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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

Related Posts

Exorbitant fine for Nigerian radio station for guest’s unwarranted remarks (Demo)

This statement was originally published on africafex.org on 13 August 2020. The International Press Centre (IPC) has expressed dismay over…

0
24 Aug 2020
Tunisian associations condemn latest Parliamentary move to control the Media, in violation of the law (Demo)

Tunis, 20 May 2020. The undersigned associations condemn the chaotic actions within the Tunisian Parliament (The Assembly of the Representatives…

0
26 May 2020
Journalist insulted and threatened by South African opposition party supporters (Demo)

Journalist Karim Brown is being swamped with insulting texts, threatening phone calls and hate messages on social networks by members…

0
14 Mar 2019
IFEX-ALC condemns criminalisation of free expression in Puerto Rico, calls on government to repeal “fake news” laws (Demo)

On 20 May 2020, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and its Puerto Rico National Chapter filed a lawsuit on…

0
18 Jun 2020
Witnesses testifying against Nigerian journalist Agba Jalingo’s trial granted anonymity (Demo)

This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 24 October 2019. The Committee to Protect Journalists today expressed concern over…

0
29 Oct 2019
CIHRS launches "Rowaq Arabi", a platform for analyses of human rights movements (Demo)

"Rowaq Arabi" is a platform for researchers and rights advocates offering in-depth discussions and analyses of human rights policies and…

0
01 Jan 2019
HRW official detained and deported from Algeria (Demo)

This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 20 August 2019. Algerian authorities deported a Human Rights Watch official, Ahmed…

0
21 Aug 2019
– Radio Miraya suspended by South Sudanese authorities (Demo)

"Journalists in South Sudan are too often faced with bureaucratic red tape or other tactics of government intimidation, which are…

0
12 Mar 2018
– Radio on the rise (Demo)

After many predictions of its death, radio is on the rise again, its audience is growing across various age groups…

0
25 Sep 2017
– Iraqi authorities obstruct media coverage of protests (Demo)

With arrests and intimidation of journalists and Internet blocking, coverage of a major wave of protests in Iraq since the…

0
26 Jul 2018
Freedom House report finds global Internet freedom in decline for 9th year running (Demo)

This statement was originally published on freedomonthenet.org on 5 November 2019. Governments around the world are increasingly using social media…

0
05 Nov 2019
– Journalists face intimidation in Colombia and Mexico, online portal subjected to cyber attack in Venezuela (Demo)

In Cauca, Colombia, three journalists of the Cali newspaper El País were approached and intimidated by two armed men who…

0
14 Mar 2017
– CJFE strongly condemns the irruption into Vice Quebec's newsroom (Demo)

Members of the anti-immigration group Atalante caused ruckus in the Montreal offices of Vice, entering unannounced wearing masks, making noise…

0
29 May 2018
Pakistan: Denial of justice for Daniel Pearl’s murder (Demo)

This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 2 April 2020. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns today’s incoherent decision by…

0
03 Apr 2020
Protesters doxxed, journalists detained and violent neo-Nazis ‘defamed’ (Demo)

Daphne Caruana Galizia: Still no public inquiry On 26 August 2019 investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia would have celebrated her…

0
27 Aug 2019