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Youth in Iran: A Story Half Told. Values, Priorities and Perspectives of Iranian Youth
Intermedia (2013), 32 pp.
"The purpose of this report is to contribute to a deeper understanding of Iranian youth as a whole, rather than focus on one particular segment. Specifically, this report aims to address the following questions: 1) What are the key values that underlie the attitudes and behaviour of Iranian youth an
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The PEN Report: Creativity and Constraint in Today’s China
London: PEN International (2013), 61 pp.
"This report arises out of five years of research and targeted advocacy on behalf of writers and journalists who have been censored or persecuted for their work in the People’s Republic of China. It presents PEN International’s findings, compiled by our international researchers and by our colle
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Media Law Handbook for Southern Africa, Vol. 2
Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2013), pp. 397-707
"A practical guide for journalists practising in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Tanzania. The handbook not only contains a comprehensive overview of applicable media laws for each country reviewed, it also contains suggestions on possible law reforms to improve
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Digital Media in the Arab World: One Year After the Revolutions
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2012), 31 pp.
"Following the revolutions, the battle for the Arab blogosphere has turned from being a competition over accessing the Internet and circumventing government controls to a cyberwar for the predominant narrative through Facebook, Twitter, and traditional media [...] Social media is reinvigorating trad
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Blasphemy Laws and Pakistan's Human Rights Obligations
University of Notre Dame Australia Law Review (UNDALR), volume 14 (2012), pp. 25-54
"Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are criticised for being discriminatory against religious minorities and inconsistent with human rights standards. There have been attempts in the past to amend these laws. However, after protests by religious parties, each of these attempts failed. In 2011 the debate to
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Report on a Digital Freedom Strategy in EU Foreign Policy
European Parliament, Plenary Sitting (2012), 24 pp.
Walking a Tightrope: News Media and Freedom of Expression in the Middle East
Top Insights
Beirut: Heinrich Böll Stiftung, 2nd revised ed. (2012), 161 pp.
"This report reviews the situation in which media operate in the Middle East, specifically in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, and also including a short section on Tunisia [...] Part 1 explores the historical development of the media in the region, outlines their structural environment, and
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Global Survey on Internet Privacy and Freedom of Expression
Paris: UNESCO (2012), 142 pp.
"This publication seeks to identify the relationship between freedom of expression and Internet privacy, assessing where they support or compete with each other in different circumstances. The publication maps out the issues in the current regulatory landscape of Internet privacy from the viewpoint
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Communication and Human Rights
Mexico, DF: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Centro de Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias en Ciencias y Humanidades;International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) (2012), 175 pp.
The Content and Context of Hate Speech: Rethinking Regulation and Responses
Top Insights
Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press (2012), xxiv, 544 pp.
"The contributors to this volume consider whether it is possible to establish carefully tailored hate speech policies that are cognizant of the varying traditions, histories, and values of different countries. Throughout, there is a strong comparative emphasis, with examples (and authors) drawn from
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Iraq’s Information Crimes Law: Badly Written Provisions and Draconian Punishments Violate Due Process and Free Speech
New York et al.: Human Rights Watch (2012), 15 pp.
"Iraq’s parliament is in the process of enacting an “Information Crimes Law” to regulate the use of information networks, computers, and other electronic devices and systems. The draft law includes vague provisions that would allow Iraqi authorities to deter legitimate criticisms of or peacefu
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One Step Beyond Hate Speech: Post-Soviet Regulation of "extremist" and "terrorist" Speech in the Media
In: The Content and Context of Hate Speech: Rethinking Regulation and Responses
Michael Herz; Peter Molnar (eds.)
Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press (2012), pp. 290-305
Tunisie: La protection de la liberté d’expression et la liberté de l’information dans la nouvelle constitution
London: Free World Centre (2012), 43 pp.
Media Law Handbook for Southern Africa, Vol. 1
Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2012), xxxvi, 395 pp.
"In this e-book we unpack the internationally-developed standards and best practise models of democratic media regulation. We look at universally-agreed norms for democratic media regulation generally, democratic broadcasting regulation and for imposing restrictions upon or otherwise regulating medi
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Freedom of Expression in Kenya: Exploring Public Use of Old and New Media
Afrobarometer (2012), 12 pp.
"Freedom of expression in Kenya has witnessed several phases of development, ranging from the autocratic to a proactive new media regime. This transformation has been enabled by governance reforms, including repeals and amendment of laws, as well as the promulgation of a new Constitution in 2010. Wi
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Afghanistan Media Development & Empowerment Project (AMDEP) Media Law and Policy Program. Participants' Manual
Philadelphia, PA: Annenberg School for Communication, Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) (2012), iv, 381 pp.
"Through the design, development and delivery of curricula and the training program in Afghanistan on the subject of media law, the hope is to empower Afghan lawyers to serve as a critical resource to journalists, media managers, and local government officials. Through the trainings, participants ch
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Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 2010: Report of the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, 4 March 2011
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression (2011), vii, 415 pp.
Global Information Society Watch 2011: Internet Rights and Democratisation. Focus on Freedom of Expression and Association Online
Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Hivos (2011), 273 pp.
"In the year of the Arab uprisings Global Information Society Watch 2011 investigates how governments and internet and mobile phone companies are trying to restrict freedom online – and how citizens are responding to this using the very same technologies. Everyone is familiar with the stories of E
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The Media and Liability for Content on the Internet
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2011), 23 pp.
"Speakers may be liable for content online in many of the same ways as offline, but additional rules often exist. Many countries are enacting internet-specific speech laws, often imposing enhanced liability for online expression. In addition, some governments are extending broadcast-type regulations
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Freedoms in Iraq: An Increasingly Repressive Legal Net
Washington, DC: IREX;Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) (2011), 41 pp.
"This report reviews five pieces of legislation affecting the freedoms of assembly and expression that have been introduced in recent years in Iraq. Of these, only one, the Journalists Rights Law (Journalist Law), has actually been passed into law, in August 2011. The other four – the draft Commis
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