Monthly Archives: December 2017

Enabling migrants and refugees to speak for themselves

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By Staff on December 16, 2017   Staff from ACT Alliance member Hungarian Interchurch Aid offer food to a young refugee at Beremend, along Hungary’s border with Croatia. Hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants flowed through Hungary in 2015 on their way to western Europe from Syria, Iraq and other countries. Photo: Paul Jeffrey. News media the world over have… Read more »

Communication rights underlie peace and social justice

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By Staff on December 08, 2017   Human Rights Day marks the start of a year-long campaign to celebrate the UNDHR’s 70th anniversary in 2018. Human Rights Day falls on 10 December 2017 – the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UNDHR) in 1948. The UNDHR proclaims the rights to which everyone is entitled… Read more »

New way of measuring freedom of expression launched

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By Staff on December 07, 2017   Crowds of people march peacefully August 19, 2017 in downtown Boston protesting against a “Free Speech” rally featuring extremist racist and anti-semitic speakers. Photo courtesy of Telesur. ARTICLE 19 has joined with the social science database V-Dem to launch a tool for assessing freedom of expression and information worldwide. For a number of years,… Read more »

Media experts discuss how to improve refugee reporting

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Following the launch of the report “Changing the Narrative: Media Representation of Refugees and Migrants in Europe” on November 16, Refugees Reporting organised a follow up discussion in partnership with One World Media and the British Red Cross. “Unpicking the Refugee Narrative” took place in London on November 30, involving key decision-makers among several top media professionals from the UK media… Read more »