by Saskia Rowley | Jul 22, 2019 | Communication Rights
There was a mantra among communities and businesses when foreign goods and huge chain stores started crowding out small, local operations. “Buy local” was the cry. With climate change sensitising people to the carbon footprint of food and flowers flown in from around...
by Saskia Rowley | Jul 15, 2019 | Communication Rights
Philip Alston, UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, writes that the impacts of global heating are likely to undermine not only basic rights to life, water, food, and housing for hundreds of millions of people, but also democracy and the rule of...
by Saskia Rowley | Jul 8, 2019 | Communication Rights
Accessibility and affordability are watchwords of the communication rights movement. Yet when it comes to digital access, governments have still not got their act together. The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) says that Africans face the highest cost to connect...
by Saskia Rowley | Jul 1, 2019 | Communication Rights
Article 19 – the international freedom of expression organization – has proposed creating Social Media Councils (SMCs) as a way of moderating content on social media based on a “multi-stakeholder accountability mechanism”. Article 19 argues: “In today’s world,...
by Saskia Rowley | Jun 24, 2019 | Communication Rights
San Francisco protest, February 2019. Photo: Sheila Fitzgerald/Shutterstock “Elected leaders in many democracies, who should be press freedom’s staunchest defenders, have made explicit attempts to silence critical media voices and strengthen outlets that serve...
by Saskia Rowley | Jun 17, 2019 | Communication Rights
Saeed Alnahhal explains how he has recently had an article published in a major Swedish newspaper, featuring refugees who’ve received support through the Goda Grannar project. Saeed himself came to Sweden as a refugee from Syria, and has received support through...
