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The importance of the right to memory

The importance of the right to memory

by Saskia Rowley | Aug 25, 2025 | Comment, Communication Rights

Visiting the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum is harrowing. It records, in photos, artifacts, quotes, and stories, the days and months following the dropping of the first atomic bomb on 6 August 1945. Intellectually, we all know the death and destruction was horrific....
US exit from UNESCO underscores need for civil society to step up

US exit from UNESCO underscores need for civil society to step up

by Saskia Rowley | Jul 28, 2025 | Comment, Communication Rights, Digital Justice

The US government just announced it will withdraw from UNESCO (again) effective December 31, 2026, stating that “[c]ontinued involvement in UNESCO is not in the national interest of the United States.” UNESCO’S statement in response was a diplomatic shrug,...
Eroding communication rights threatens democracy

Eroding communication rights threatens democracy

by Saskia Rowley | Feb 24, 2025 | Communication Rights

Politics-informed developments in the United States of America this year so far confirm that rights and entitlements can be rolled back with the stroke of a pen. And there is a significant segment of society that is happy to cheer on a blanket erasure of...

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