Special Envoy on Media Freedom, Amal Clooney. By David Page The London Media Freedom Conference, hosted by the British and Canadian governments, took place at the Print Works in East London on 10 and 11 July. It was extremely ambitious in its scope, with 1500 delegates from all over the world, and four or […]
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By Martin Plaut Raymond Louw – editor and campaigner for press freedom in South Africa and CJA stalwart – has died aged 92. He was a towering figure: brave and resolute in the face of extraordinary pressure from the apartheid state. He edited the Rand Daily from 1966 to 1978, a term which exactly mirrored […]
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Mihir Bose, Deepak Lalwani, Louise Tillin, Rita Payne. For video highlights of the debate go to https://youtu.be/R90hGZJ7LDY By CJA Executive Committee member RAYMOND WHITAKER The 2019 election in India, the world’s largest democracy, would inevitably be seen as a referendum on the charismatic Narendra Modi, who took power five years before in the most “presidential” […]
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Journalists’ safety and media freedom both endangered in Indian election, panel warns
Martin Lumb March 6, 2019 0 COMMENTSFor video highlights from the India Media debate go to https://youtu.be/RZ4zI-IACzE By Raymond Whitaker The traditional freedom and diversity of the media in India is under threat as never before from Hindu extremists who support the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, and his Bharatiya Janata Party, the BJP. This was the conclusion of a panel of […]
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The Commonwealth Journalists’ Association (CJA) is proud to present a special edition of its newsletter to remember the contribution to Commonwealth journalism made by Derek Ingram. Derek Ingram (20th June 1925- 17th June 2018) was one of the co-founders of the CJA in 1978. The CJA thought it fitting to produce a special edition bringing […]
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