[governance] global events in non-democratic countries

[Riaz K Tayob]

To this we must add the coverage of systemic issues to the critique of 
the more common and formally analysed aspects of freedom of expression 
(repression, censorship, advertising control impacts, etc) namely, the 
coverage of issues from different perspectives... an example is a case 
in point: of the major financial and mainstream media outlets few if any 
were attuned to the systemic risks posed by derivatives and other 
shenanigans of the big banks... and this in the context of where they 
WERE following the money... in other words, press freedom needs to be 
contextualised in the social, productive, cultural relations of a 
society (and to anticipate possible crits - this is not an excuse for 
violations of universal human rights; even the European Union tolerates 
difference with its legal concept of "margin of appreciation"...)


On 2012/09/04 07:45 PM, Oksana Prykhodko wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I would like to add new food to our old discussion about propriety to
> hold international events in non-democratic countries.
>
> Kiev just now is hosting World Newspaper Congress, with participation
> of the most influential editors and journalists from the whole world.
>
> Yesterday Jacob Mathew, President of the World Association of
> Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), gave excellent analysis of
> media situation in Ukraine, underlined main threats to media freedom.
> Then Ukrainian president Victor Yanulovich gave his interpretation of
> the same situation, stating, that there are no problems for the
> freedom of speech in Ukraine.
> During his speech 12 Ukrainian journalists and media activists (I was
> among them) stood up with critical banners. And were brutally attacked
> by Yanukovich securities.
>
> It was excellent illustration to his words, and received world-wide
> coverage (except of Ukrainian TV channels).
>
> Today 14 the most influential editors met Yanukovich and demanded to
> investigate this incident and not to persecute protesters.
>
> I really highly appreciate support of WAN-IFRA and all lessons, that
> it gave to Ukraine. And I hope that IGF in Baku will be also of great
> use to Azeris.
>
> Best regards,
> Oksana
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2012/09/03/world/europe/03reuters-ukraine-journalists-protest.html?_r=2&ref=politics
> http://www.wan-ifra.org/articles/2012/09/06/press-freedom-an-own-goal-for-ukraine
>


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