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2nd May 2013 Kingston, Jamaica

by Anna Jordan-West

Migration Project Manager, British High Commission, Jamaica

PRISONS WITHOUT WALLS

In 2009,  under the  Rehabilitation and Reintegration Fund (RRF), the Migration team at the High Commission in Kingston, embarked on a plethora of initiatives, which were conceptualised with the purpose of improving the rehabilitation and reintegration of deportees and local offenders in Jamaica. Through the RRF, we have invested heavily in helping the Jamaican government improve conditions in lower risk […]

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2nd May 2013 London, UK

by World Press Freedom Day 2013

Foreign Secretary marks 20th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day

The Foreign Secretary William Hague recognises the bravery of journalists around the globe on World Press Freedom Day. Speaking today, he said: We all owe a debt of gratitude to the courageous journalists who risk imprisonment, injury and death to report from repressive countries or conflict zones around the world. It is easy to take […]

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2nd May 2013 Harare, Zimbabwe

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by Gift Phiri

Case study: Zimbabwe

On April 1, 2007, I was captured by the police and dragged to the Harare Central Police Station’s notorious Law and Order section. I was pushed into a stuffy room and ordered to sit on a dirty, green carpet. Behind the desk was a lick-spittle man – tall, dark, thin and stern-faced. On the neat Mahogany desk […]

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2nd May 2013 Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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by Colin Williams

Director of Public Prosecutions in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Case study: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

My team of prosecutors in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines will meet in Kingstown later today to announce new guidelines to ensure transparency and equal access to information for the media about criminal procedures. Prosecutors and journalists will launch the new ‘Prosecution Media Protocol’, a first for the Caribbean, which sets the ground rules for […]

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2nd May 2013 Dodoma, Tanzania

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by Erick Kabendera

Freelance journalist

Case study: Tanzania

I grew up surrounded by people who had everything they required to lift themselves and their communities out of poverty. Despite this, they and their communities remained deep seated in abstract poverty. I felt that becoming a journalist would help in some way: it would make me an agent of change by bringing their stories […]

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2nd May 2013 Hanoi, Vietnam

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by Huynh Ngoc Chenh

Case study: Vietnam

In 1988, when Dr Ha Si Phu wrote a think-piece entitled “a shared journey of the intellect” it was subsequently photocopied and passed from hand to hand by his closest associates. This piece, which exposed flaws in Marxist-Leninist theory, was well received by intellectuals and the wider public at that time. Right after that, for […]

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2nd May 2013 Brasilia, Brazil

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by Marcelo Moreira

President of the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism

Case study: Brazil

Journalists are the eyes, voice and ears of a society. When you kill a journalist you contribute to creating a blind, mute and deaf community, unable to understand the environment around it. The killing of journalists is the most severe aggression towards freedom of expression worldwide. Every person has the right to knowledge. Those who […]

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