News stories by Avi Asher-Schapiro

  1. What Journalists Should Know About Coronavirus Cellphone Tracking

    - Inter Press Service

    NEW YORK, Apr 08 (IPS) - Governments all over the world have been considering cellphone surveillance to help track and contain the spread of the coronavirus.

  2. Why the Prosecution of Julian Assange is Troubling for Press Freedom

    - Inter Press Service

    NEW YORK, Apr 16 (IPS) - Alex Ellerbeck* is North America Program Coordinator at the Committee to Protect Journalists & Avi Asher-Schapiro* is North America Research Associate

    After a seven-year standoff at the Ecuadorean embassy in London, British police last week arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange--a development press freedom advocates had long feared.

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