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Don’t SLAPP the messenger
Don’t SLAPP the messenger: Why abusive legal threats and actions against journalists must be stopped Journalists are public watchdogs: by bringing information that is in the public interest to light, they help to hold power to account. But what if powerful or wealthy people wanted to keep their wrongdoings a secret? Abusive legal threats and actions, known as strategic lawsuits against public participation – or SLAPPs, are increasingly being used ...
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Speakers
Annelie Östlund, financial journalist
Herman Grech, Editor in Chief of Times of Malta
Justin Borg Barthet, Senior Lecturer at University of Aberdeen
Chair: Bill Browder, Head of Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign
When
June 22, 2021
4:30pm-5:30pm (BST)
Where
The event will take place on Zoom.
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Look beyond power-sharing to start building peace in Syria
Ten years on since Syrians rose up against the oppressive Assad regime, a resolution to the devastating conflict that followed does not seem near. The US and the EU continue…
A New Moment for Defamation Law Reform in Northern Ireland?
Two weeks ago, on 14 May 2021, the UK Government gave its consent to a Private Member’s Bill introducing defamation law reform in Northern Ireland, welcoming it as a step…
Retreating Rights – Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyz translation
Форэйн Полиси Борборунун “Күчү жоголуп бараткан укуктар: Кыргызстанда адам укуктарына жасалган басымды изилдөө” аттуу басылмасында камтылган маанилүү корутундулардын кээ бирилери бул кыргыз тилдүү баяндамада бириктирилип, берилген. Кыргыз тилинде сунушталган…
British media speak out about legal threats from the super-rich, while UK commitments to tackle financial crime and corruption appear to disappear
Last week, three British media outlets – the Financial Times, openDemocracy and The Observer - published articles regarding the impact of legal threats against journalists. The importance of media speaking…
Retreating Rights – Tajikistan: Executive Summary
After almost 30 years of independence, Tajikistan finds itself in a very difficult place, combining extreme poverty with a system that brooks no dissent. Tajikistan’s descent into authoritarianism has taken…
Retreating Rights – Tajikistan: Introduction
A brief history of Tajikistan Tajikistan is situated between Kyrgyzstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Afghanistan to the south and China to the east, comprising parts of the…
Stuck between underinvestment, government authoritarianism and corruption: The healthcare system in Tajikistan and the risks for the population
As the COVID-19 virus spread in Eurasia in early 2020, Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon and his government chose to deny the crisis for more than four months, then acknowledged on…
Tajik civil society during and after the pandemic: Main challenges and development prospects
In 2020 and 2021, COVID-19 and the economic crisis have brought a whole range of new phenomena and events into society, the significance and consequences of which we have yet…
The broken promises of development in Tajikistan
Khujand, Tajikistan In 2015, a Chinese construction firm, Pekin (Beijing), embarked on an ambitious plan to build a so-called ‘Chinatown’ in Khujand City, Tajikistan. With 15 high-rise buildings, meant to…
Loss of harmony: The rise of a new Tajikistan and the fall of old aspirations for the better
In the past ten years, almost every Central Asian republic has been demonstrating its sovereignty and independence through redevelopment of the architectural image of its capital city and the creation…
“In a time of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act” – The challenges facing free media in Tajikistan
The authorities in Tajikistan have taken George Orwell’s words to the letter, as they have increasingly come to regard media outlets and independent journalists who ask probing questions, attempt to…
Academic freedom in Tajikistan: From suppression of scholars to incorporation into Rahmon’s regime
On March 3rd 2021, presidential aide, Abdujabbor Rahmonzoda, called on intellectuals to wage an ‘information war’ on the opposition.[1] A month earlier, the Government of Tajikistan had issued a directive…
Ill-treatment and torture: Something about which women choose to remain silent
Over the past decade, the Coalition of Civil Society against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan has documented numerous cases indicating that women and girls in Tajikistan are regularly victims of…
Low women’s political participation in Tajikistan: Will the anti-discrimination law be a solution?
Setting the scene: gender (in)equality in Tajikistan Among Central Asian countries, Tajikistan rates lowest in internationally comparable indices of gender equality. With the score of 0.626 in the Global Gender…
Human rights of people living with HIV in Tajikistan
HIV is a disease that affects various spheres of people's life, including healthcare, legal, labour and other aspects. Tajikistan, being a rule of law based secular and social state, adopted…