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Attacked, threatened and criminalised: LGBTI freedom of speech in Nigeria Jude Dibia explores the criminalisation and violence faced by the LGBTI community after the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act. For all that is changing, free speech is still ‘under siege’ in Nigeria Bill Snaddon discusses political reform in Nigeria and the prosecution of the killers of Nigerian writers and journalists. How an attempt at ‘libel tourism’ rebounded on a Tanzanian tycoon A British citizen blogged about a Tanzanian media magnate involved in throwing her and her husband off their Tanzanian farm. He sued for libel in a British court. Dominic Burbidge explains. Why ramp up internet surveillance in Nigeria? The Nigerian government is rumoured to have sealed a $40m dollar contract for internet surveillance technology. There is no clear justification for this “secret” deal, and no assurance that the technology would be used fairly, given Nigeria’s lack of established rights for citizen privacy. By Nwachukwu Egbunike and Dominic Burbidge. Cuando quedarse callado es hablar Stephen Meili compara el tratamiento que reciben las personas que se niegan a declarar su lealtad política en el Reino Unido y en Estados Unidos. ¿Cuándo se hace peligroso el discurso de incitación al odio? Tome en cuenta a Kenia y Ruanda El venidero juicio contra el locutor Joshua Arap Sang plantea importantes interrogantes sobre las conexiones entre las palabras y la violencia, alega Katherine Bruce-Lockhart. “If you rattle a snake…” The Kenyan government bites its media 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. Las razones por las cuales Ruanda y Libia necesitan libertad de expresión y regulación de los medios Jerry Timmins describe un nuevo reportaje sobre los medios de dos sociedades en período de postconflicto y alega que países como Gran Bretaña deberían hacer más para apoyarles. ¿Libre, pero no capaz? El alfabetismo es el elemento esencial para cualquiera sociedad con libertad de expresión, evidenciado no solo en las grandes estadísticas, sino en las vidas de aquellos que más lo necesitan. Informa Dominic Burbidge. How Ushahidi maps the voices of those in need Dominic Burbidge discusses how Ushahidi’s transformative crowdsourcing techniques have alleviated crises in Kenya and beyond. Zambia’s secret freedom of information bill If a decade of stalled attempts to enact Zambia’s Freedom of Information bill seems comical, there is underlying tragedy in how politicians have fallen short of their free speech rhetoric, writes Dominic Burbidge. El “periodismo de sobre marrón” oprime a África subsahariana Dominic Burbidge analiza la corrupción entre la clase política y los principales medios de comunicación que oprime el auténtico debate democrático en África. Zuma y su lanza Una galería de arte Surafricana quitó un cuadro explícito del Presidente Jacob Zuma como consecuencia de la presión del African National Congress, escriben Nimi Hoffmann y Maryam Omidi. Africa: media and free speech «People in Africa don’t have the freedom to speak freely and hold governments accountable,» says Nqobile Sibisi of Highway Africa’s Future Journalists Programme. Frontline SMS: How can mobile technology be used to help social change across Africa? Amy O’Donnell explains how she’s using text messages to help African radio stations engage their listeners on important political issues. Is China actually helping free media in Africa? China may provide censorship tools to autocratic regimes in Africa, but western companies still dominate this market, writes Iginio Gagliardone, a post-doctoral fellow at Oxford University.
The internet alone will not set Africa free Iginio Gagliardone explores the surprising technopolitics of two competing visions of the internet, US and Chinese, in Ethiopia.
Attacked, threatened and criminalised: LGBTI freedom of speech in Nigeria Jude Dibia explores the criminalisation and violence faced by the LGBTI community after the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act.
For all that is changing, free speech is still ‘under siege’ in Nigeria Bill Snaddon discusses political reform in Nigeria and the prosecution of the killers of Nigerian writers and journalists.
How an attempt at ‘libel tourism’ rebounded on a Tanzanian tycoon A British citizen blogged about a Tanzanian media magnate involved in throwing her and her husband off their Tanzanian farm. He sued for libel in a British court. Dominic Burbidge explains.
Why ramp up internet surveillance in Nigeria? The Nigerian government is rumoured to have sealed a $40m dollar contract for internet surveillance technology. There is no clear justification for this “secret” deal, and no assurance that the technology would be used fairly, given Nigeria’s lack of established rights for citizen privacy. By Nwachukwu Egbunike and Dominic Burbidge.
Cuando quedarse callado es hablar Stephen Meili compara el tratamiento que reciben las personas que se niegan a declarar su lealtad política en el Reino Unido y en Estados Unidos.
¿Cuándo se hace peligroso el discurso de incitación al odio? Tome en cuenta a Kenia y Ruanda El venidero juicio contra el locutor Joshua Arap Sang plantea importantes interrogantes sobre las conexiones entre las palabras y la violencia, alega Katherine Bruce-Lockhart.
“If you rattle a snake…” The Kenyan government bites its media 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.
Las razones por las cuales Ruanda y Libia necesitan libertad de expresión y regulación de los medios Jerry Timmins describe un nuevo reportaje sobre los medios de dos sociedades en período de postconflicto y alega que países como Gran Bretaña deberían hacer más para apoyarles.
¿Libre, pero no capaz? El alfabetismo es el elemento esencial para cualquiera sociedad con libertad de expresión, evidenciado no solo en las grandes estadísticas, sino en las vidas de aquellos que más lo necesitan. Informa Dominic Burbidge.
How Ushahidi maps the voices of those in need Dominic Burbidge discusses how Ushahidi’s transformative crowdsourcing techniques have alleviated crises in Kenya and beyond.
Zambia’s secret freedom of information bill If a decade of stalled attempts to enact Zambia’s Freedom of Information bill seems comical, there is underlying tragedy in how politicians have fallen short of their free speech rhetoric, writes Dominic Burbidge.
El “periodismo de sobre marrón” oprime a África subsahariana Dominic Burbidge analiza la corrupción entre la clase política y los principales medios de comunicación que oprime el auténtico debate democrático en África.
Zuma y su lanza Una galería de arte Surafricana quitó un cuadro explícito del Presidente Jacob Zuma como consecuencia de la presión del African National Congress, escriben Nimi Hoffmann y Maryam Omidi.
Africa: media and free speech «People in Africa don’t have the freedom to speak freely and hold governments accountable,» says Nqobile Sibisi of Highway Africa’s Future Journalists Programme.
Frontline SMS: How can mobile technology be used to help social change across Africa? Amy O’Donnell explains how she’s using text messages to help African radio stations engage their listeners on important political issues.
Is China actually helping free media in Africa? China may provide censorship tools to autocratic regimes in Africa, but western companies still dominate this market, writes Iginio Gagliardone, a post-doctoral fellow at Oxford University.