[ecrea] Call - The Commonwealth and Media Freedom

The Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the School of Advanced Study is 
hosting a conference on: "The Commonwealth and Challenges to Media Freedom".

*Date*
4 Apr 2017, 10:00 to 5 Apr 2017, 18:00

*Venue*
Institute of Commonwealth Studies
The Senate Room, First Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

*Book Online*:SAS Events Calendar <http://www.sas.ac.uk/events/event/6746>

*Description: *Convenor: Sue Onslow, ICwS Senior Lecturer and 
Co-Investigator, The Oral History of the Commonwealth Project

This conference will draw together members of the Commonwealth 
Journalists Association, the Commonwealth Lawyers and Magistrates and 
Judges Association, as well as journalists and policy makers. The two 
day meeting will address government channels and information flows 
(looking at the examples of government interference and restrictions in 
Malaysia, South Africa, Botswana and Sri Lanka); media, elections and 
post-election contests (with East and Central African case studies of 
Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda); and the particular challenges facing 
journalists, bloggers and social media in low-intensity conflict zones 
(Kashmir, Pakistan and Bangladesh).  The Institute feels strongly there 
is no room for complacency in the UK in the post-Leveson environment, 
nor should the Indian government and society feel itself immune from 
regional manifestations of threats and personal violence. Therefore 
these aspects will also be included in the discussion.

*Confirmed Speakers:*

Kishali Pinto Jayawardena
Gwen Lister, Executive Chair: Namibia Media Trust (NMT)
Irene Ovonji Odida, Exec. Director, Uganda Assoc. of Women Lawyers
Dan Branch, University of Warwick
William Crawley, ICwS
Kiran Hassan, SOAS
Kayode Samuel
Nupur Basu

Kindly sponsored by SAS, the Commonwealth Press Union Media Trust, The 
Round Table and Asian Affairs

*Registration Fee: *Standard – £40, Concessions – £15

*Further Information: *Speaker Bios 
<https://sas.sym-online.com/UserFiles/mlOcVMfRMdnKskaK976wclClwfbQgn3SN2VfBhYzj7vCn3fWcRPNGABJtNYd8k9s/The%20Commonwealth%20and%20Challenges%20to%20Media%20Freedom%20-%20speakers%20bios.doc>, 
Conference Outline 
<https://sas.sym-online.com/UserFiles/UQ2JvHHmTQqjeiRY57Ab26ODQFrImussYI1fhMjcUdJEyiTXBvocmrDIPf7CQbOG/Commonwealth%20and%20Challenges%20to%20Media%20Freedom%20-%20conference%20outline.pdf>


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