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Violating Rights: Enforcing the World’s Blasphemy Laws
Washington, DC: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) (2020), 95 pp.
"In this report, the authors examine and compare state implementation and enforcement of criminal laws prohibiting blasphemy (“blasphemy laws”) worldwide over the five-year period between January 2014 and December 2018. The criminal cases this study analyzes represent states’ enforcement of la
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What Compels Journalists to Take a Step Back? Contextualizing the Media Laws and Policies of Bangladesh
In: Handbook of Research on Combating Threats to Media Freedom and Journalist Safety
Hershey, PA: IGI Global (2020), pp. 38-53
"Reports by international organizations suggest that physical violence and threats against journalists and bloggers continued with impunity in Bangladesh, resulting in the country being ranked as 146 in the World Press Freedom Index 2018. Considering the increasing incidents of violence against jour
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Community Radio Policies in South Asia: A Deliberative Policy Ecology Approach
Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan (2020), 382 pp.
"The book draws on critical media policy studies, to study the principles and performances of policies and policymaking for community radio in four countries of South Asia---Sri Lanka, Nepal, India, and Bangladesh. It focuses on the processes and practices of deliberation that go into policymaking,
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Policy Update: Pakistan's Blasphemy Law
Washington, DC: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) (2019), 3 pp.
Redefining Community: Community Radio Licencing in Zimbabwe at Crossroads
African Journalism Studies, volume 40, issue 3 (2019), pp. 42-56
"The promulgation of the Broadcasting Service Act (BSA), which contains a three-tier model of the broadcasting system, was supposed to revolutionise the broadcasting media sphere in Zimbabwe. It was supposed to change the dynamics of radio broadcasting in Zimbabwe by increasing the opportunity for p
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The Palgrave Handbook of Methods for Media Policy Research
Key Guides
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2019), xxvi, 681 pp.
"The Palgrave Handbook of Methods for Media Policy Research covers the craft that is and the methods used in media and communication policy research. It discusses the steps involved in conducting research, from deciding on a topic to writing a report and everything in between and, furthermore, deals
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The Right of Access to Information: An Important Step in the Fight Against Corruption in Morocco?
KAS International Reports, issue 4 (2019), pp. 52-63
"Morocco is no stranger to the global problem of corruption and the associated lack of public trust in the country’s administration. Public pressure, especially during the Arab Spring, resulted in a constitutional amendment in 2011 and people being given the right of access to information. Citizen
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Legal Changes for Media and Expression: New Reforms, Old Controls
"This chapter provides an overview of the laws related to media and free expression introduced or changed in Myanmar since 2011. We begin with a review of the literature on media legal reforms during transitions, followed by a mapping of the media laws in Myanmar and issues related to the reform pro
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The Ethics of Whistleblowing
London; New York: Routledge (2019), 103 pp.
"Following the enormous political, legal, and media interest that has surrounded high profile cases of whistleblowing, such as Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, the fundamental ethical questions surrounding whistleblowing have often been obscured. In this fascinating book Eric Boot examines the et
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Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age: A Historian’s Perspective
Church, Communication and Culture, volume 4 (2019), pp. 25-38
"Freedom of expression has a history. It is neither coeval with Christianity, as Catholic apologists sometimes assume, nor inherently valuable, as commentators in the United States often contend. On the contrary, it emerged in its modern form only in the seventeenth century as a byproduct of generat
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Access to Information: A New Promise for Sustainable Development
Deep Insights
Paris: UNESCO (2019), 54 pp.
"The central aim of this study is to unpack the major trends in the field of access to information laws and their implementation. In order to understand the trends, the report examines the activities of trendsetters. It focuses on awareness-raising by UNESCO, Member State recommendations in the Univ
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Dashed Hopes: The Criminalization of Peaceful Expression in Myanmar
Human Rights Watch (2019), 87 pp.
"This report—based largely on interviews in Myanmar and analysis of legal and policy changes since 2016—assesses the NLD government’s record on freedom of expression and assembly in its more than two years in power. It updates Human Rights Watch’s prior report, “They Can Arrest You at Any
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Direito á informação em África: Manual para funcionários públicos
Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES); Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC); Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) (2019), 148 pp.
"O presente manual de formação destina-se a funcionários públicos Africanos que têm a tarefa de implementar uma lei DAI, e particularmente àqueles que estão envolvidos na recepção, no tratamento e na resposta dos pedidos ao abrigo do DAI. Embora os parâmetros específicos variem significat
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Direito á informação em África: Manual para jornalistas
Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES); Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC); Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) (2019), 75 pp.
"Este manual de formação visa alargar os conhecimentos dos participantes sobre o direito à informação; estimular uma interpretação do direito à informação como ferramenta para o jornalismo de investigação; desenvolver a capacidade dos participantes na promoção do direito à informaçã
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Apostasy, Blasphemy, and Hate Speech Laws in Africa: Implications for Freedom of Religion or Belief
Washington, DC: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) (2019), 52 pp.
"This report shines light on the following trends:
- Blasphemy and apostasy laws are often overbroad and can be used to limit a variety of religious expression. These laws violate international human rights law and should be repealed.
- Hate speech laws are also generally overbroad and can be used t
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Theorising Voice in India: The Jan Sunwai and the Right to Information Movement
In: The Routledge Companion to Alternative and Community Media
London; New York: Routledge, paperback ed. (2019), pp. 134-143
Supporting Access to Information: A Practical Guide for EU Delegations
Key Guides
Brussels: Media4Democracy (2019), 101 pp.
"The Guide shows how support for the principle of public access to information and the practical implementation of access to information (ATI) laws reinforce the EU’s work around the world in promoting participatory democracy, good governance, freedom of expression and other fundamental rights, an
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