07 Nov 08 | Uncategorized
Index on Censorship editor Jo Glanville and Chief Executive John Kampfner have put their names to a letter in the Times today condemning the BBC’s decision to make cutbacks in the BBC Russian service.
The BBC claims to have legitimate reasons for cutting 19 hours of broadcasting a week. It’s true that more and more people get their information online, where the BBC is saying it will concentrate more Russian resources. But the BBC should be mindful that Internet access is still a luxury in large parts of the world, and, as importantly, it is very, very easy for a government to censor online content, or at least frustrate people’s efforts to find information.
Radio remains a massively important medium, and the BBC’s global reach provides a window to the world for millions. In an age when Russia is becoming increasingly suspicious of the world beyond its borders, the decision to deprive the Russian people of a global perspective is worrying to say the least.
08 Oct 08 | News and features, United Kingdom
The BBC has been ordered to pay an estimated £500,000 costs to fertility doctor Mohamed Taranissi, who is suing the corporation over the documentary IVF Undercover.
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05 Nov 07 | Comment
Recently returned from Rangoon, Fergal Keane reflects on how new and old media worked together, allowing brave dissidents to break the Burmese junta’s censorship
This is the story of how new and old media combined to beat the censors in Burma, a narrative of how cyberspace, along with one of the BBC’s most venerable outlets and some old fashioned undercover work challenged a repressive regime’s attempts to destroy independent journalism. Since then there has been a crackdown and the “bamboo curtain” has been lowered once again. But not for long I believe.
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