مناقشات
George Orwell, Burma and the challenges of freedom
The 2013 Orwell Lecture was held in Burma at the Irrawaddy Literary Festival by Timothy Garton Ash.
A Turkish journalist’s censored plea for press freedom
Kerem Oktem introduces our translation of a column by Hasan Cemal, which his newspaper, Milliyet, refused to print.
Who should guard the Guardian?
Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief of the Guardian, argues that Britain needs both a free press and reform of its failed regulatory system. Since this will require both time and openness, a new independent press regulator should therefore be given a year's trial run.
Free speech and the gun in Libya
Libyan media are crippled by their Gaddafi legacy. Without new regulations and, above all, bravery to stand up to violent intimidation, freedom of speech remains a distant dream, writes Jerry Timmins.
Is Burma Sliding Back Into Censorship?
For all its talk of press freedom the government has produced a surprise new bill containing oppressive provisions and undermining the press council it created, writes Ellen Wiles.
حالات للدراسة
“If you rattle a snake…” The Kenyan government bites its media
S In 2006 the Kenyan police violently raided the offices and printing press of the Standard Group media organisation. What was the government afraid of seeing reported? Dominic Burbidge explores a revealing case.
Should journalists need a diploma?
كاذبون: حملة ضد العسكر في مصر
في عام 2011, بدأ مجموعة من الشباب المصريين في تنظيم عروض أفلام للعامة لكشف عنف العسكر ضد المدنيين, بقلم هبة الله طه.
Broadcasting a massacre
Hungary’s new media regulation
