Global Issues
News headlines for “Democracy”, page 296
Impact of COVID-19 on Tourism in Small Island Developing States
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, May 04 (IPS) - The COVID-19 pandemic and the measures put in place to contain its diffusion are taking a heavy toll on the tourism sector. According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the COVID-19 pandemic will result in a contraction of the tourism sector by 20% to 30% in 2020.
Freedom of the Press as a Guarantee for Human Dignity and Well-Being
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, May 01 (IPS) -
You may proclaim that one must live not as a tool, a number or a link but as a human being — then at once they handcuff your wrists. You are free to be arrested, imprisoned and even hanged.
1The United Nations has designated at least 170 specific days of the year as occasions to mark particular events or topics to promote the objectives of the Organization. 2
This might be considered as yet another sign of a supersaturation caused by the internet revolution. However, it cannot be denied that certain issues need to be globally recognized and amended.
Protect Journalists' Rights so We can Stop the COVID-19 Disinfodemic
- Inter Press Service
HYDERABAD, India, May 01 (IPS) - Andrew Sam Raja Pandian, a digital journalist and founder of a news portal in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, was arrested for running two news articles related to COVID-19.
One of the articles exposed corruption in the government food aid distribution system, while the other highlighted doctors in Coimbatore city facing food issues. The city police first detained the journalist and photographer who had reported on the stories, Jerald Aruldas and M Balaji, for 9 hours before arresting Pandian for publishing the pieces.
The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Reinvention of the Spirit of Solidarity and Cooperation
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Apr 30 (IPS) - An invisible adversary has thrown the world – Global South and Global North alike – into disarray. The psychosocial and economic consequences of the COVID-19 crisis will remain with us long after it has been overcome.
There will be no anti-viral return to the pre-coronavirus status quo, nor can we afford to idly wait for a viral transformation of our world. The future is not inevitable, abstract promise – it will depend on our collective readiness to forge it, or to be forged by it.
Public Health and Epidemics
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Apr 30 (IPS) - For some time Wuhan in China and Lombardy in Italy were epicentres of the COVID-19 virus, something that has changed when the contagion is spreading fast in the US.
A Lombardy in the grip of a deadly epidemic might among several Italians give rise to memories of their school days. For almost a century, Alessando Manzoni's massive novel The Betrothed (I promessi sposi) from 1842 has been obligatory reading for all Italians during their last primary school year. A quite impressive endeavour considering that the novel is more than 700 pages long.
Press Freedom Needs Protection from Pandemic too
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Apr 30 (IPS) - Wearing an orange jacket and face mask, Li Zehua, a Chinese freelance journalist, can be seen filming himself in a car. He is sure that state security agents have been pursuing him since he began documenting events in Hubei's capital Wuhan, the first epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic. A second YouTube video, circulating widely since he launched his appeal, ends abruptly when two men knock at his apartment. He has just reappeared online after two months, saying police interrogated him and put him in quarantine and that he was well looked after during this period.
Governments Cautioned Not to Use COVID-19 Lockdown to Cause Harm
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 29 (IPS) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is calling on governments and leaders around the world to ensure that their respective lockdown measurements don't end up causing harm to people by those enforcing the lockdowns.
World Press Freedom Day: The Assault on Media Freedom in Asia Worsens During COVID-19 Pandemic
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Apr 29 (IPS) - May 3rd marks World Press Freedom Day around the world.
During this COVID-19 pandemic, a robust media environment is critical: access to life-saving information is key in the fight against the virus. As governments impose a range of restrictions in attempts to curb the pandemic, journalists help hold authorities to account by providing analysis, engaging in debate about government actions, and creating a space for dialogue about the future we all hope to see.
WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY 2020
- Inter Press Service
Apr 29 (IPS) - MEDIA WORLDWIDE is facing crises on multiple fronts, exacerbated by the COVID19 pandemic. Reporters without Borders released its 2020 World Press Freedom Index on April 21st, noting that the Coronavirus is being used by authoritarian governments to implement "shock doctrine" measures that would be impossible in normal times.
As Coronavirus Spreads, No Journalist Should be Sidelined in Prison
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Apr 28 (IPS) - The international community will commemorate World Press Freedom Day on May 3—which was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly back in December 1993, following a recommendation by the UNESCO's General Conference.
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