Daily Archives: January 28, 2012
Less Press Freedom in US and UK than last year
Reblogged from Global Freedom Movement: Countries which pride themselves on free speech slide down international league table Britain slides from 19th to 28th place on back of phone hacking, Leveson Inquiry and ‘libel tourists’ America falls from 20th to 47th after heavy-handed approach to Occupy demonstrators Mixed fortunes for Arab Spring countries with Tunisia and […]
Tunisia – One Year Later
Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution only exploded after of years of pain and suffering. Their years-long struggle is usually romanticized by attributing the suicide of one young man as the spark that lit a new flame of bravery and courage. The struggle for Tunisians and their neighbours is far from over, and this week, thousands in Tunisia protested against the political rise […]
