News stories by Aarti Narsee

  1. Amid COVID-19, What is the Health of Civic Freedoms?

    - Inter Press Service

    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Oct 16 (IPS) - More than half a year after the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, governments are continuing to waste precious time and energy restricting human rights rather than focusing on fighting the virus.

  2. On World Press Freedom Day, the EU Must Rescue Media Independence in Hungary Before It’s Too Late

    - Inter Press Service

    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Apr 27 (IPS) - Censorship, smear campaigns and harassment. These are just some of the daily struggles that media professionals are facing in Hungary. And now the threat of jail time may be looming. In the context of World Press Freedom Day, there is little to celebrate in the Eastern Bloc region.

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