murdered, which means this act was intended and there is someone behind it. The most suspected sources in these cases are government officials (23%) and political groups (30%). One of the victims is Chauncey Bailey. According to cleveland.com he was a reporter, working on that time on a short article about the bankruptcy that was said to be caused by a Black Muslim cult; Yusuf Bey IV. Bailey was shot by a masked man in august 2007in Oakland because of the subject of his article and the murder was done
On the most recent list Reporters Without Boarders released in 2010, Norway was listed as tied for the number one spot for the country with the most freedom of speech (Press Freedom Index 2010). Since Reporters Without Borders has been compiling a list of the countries, ranking them from one to one hundred seventy-eight, for countries with the best freedom of speech; Norway has been tied for first in all years since 2002. It was only in 2006 that Norway lost its number one ranking and fell to being
Cuba has very low rank in World Press Freedom index by Reporters Without Borders. World Press Freedom index places Cuba at No. 171 out of 181. Cuba is the world known country because of political issues and government mechanism. Cuba is socialism country so it is very close to communism, what means that the government has the first position and controls everything. Cuba has the most restrictive laws on freedom of speech. Since Cuba became socialism country, the government manages each work. There
Since 1992, the beginning of the many conflicts in Syria, at least 54 reporters have lost their lives, as recently stated by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). In just this year alone, a total of 21 have been killed. However, there is some discrepancy in the exact number of deaths collected by different associations. Reporters Without Borders (RWB) puts the figures more around 120, just in the past 3 years. This is because of the ambiguous characterization of a journalist. Some of the
2001. The act is a response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States. Not without controversy, the act allowed for surveillance of citizens and non-citizens alike all to detect and prevent terrorist activities within the borders of the United States. It extended powers to the Justice Department deemed necessary to combat what “had not existed before. The presence of terrorists within national borders along with the need to apprehend and prosecute them, hopefully before rather than after
Thomas King’s Borders portrays the limitations placed on native people in both Canada and the United States. Although multiculturalism is a celebrated trait of both countries, there are limits to the extent which one is able to display personal identity. In the story, the mother is prevented from identifying herself as a Blackfoot woman and instead must decide which broad category she fits into: American or Canadian. The story highlights the difficulty of being forced to conform to the social and
labeling illegal or undocumented because all their doing is coming from a different country from their native country which, no violent or even a misdemeanor has been committed. I understand the group who supports labeling because they are coming here without any documentation. In my opinion, we should say either immigrant or nothing at all. The term immigrant is coming from your country to another country. We always label certain groups and things. We have labels in genres, ethnicity and etc. There are
According to research, freedom of speech refers to the right of people to say what they want and express their views publicly without the fear of getting into any troubles (Dictionary.com). There are many countries in the world that allows their citizens to speak freely without being subjected to law against libel. With reference to Heather (2014), countries like United Kingdom, Australia and Japan practices freedom of speech and New Zealand is the top country with the most relaxed freedom of speech
no idea that training for this would include how to not get shot and protection of patients. Scenes of thousands of refugees crossing the border reminded Dr Jurisevic of World War II, of the Holocaust. What unsettled Dr Jurisevic the most was in the hospital in Albania which he was working at. If a patient with gunshot wounds and blast injuries came in without two hundred Euros, they would be thrown out and left to suffer. As his whole job revolved around helping the sick and suffering, he found
Coast, so the children would ride with them across the border via a back road used for transporting illegal items. After further
to be sold legally in shops and fade away from the black market. Prior to this transition, the Mexican Drug Cartels sold cannabis in large amounts to dealers in the United States. Despite the large amounts of Marijuana that Border Protection seized frequently at the border, the cartels would still profit at least 30 percent of income revenue as a result of Marijuana sells. Even though cartels may one day be able to benefit from venturing into the legal realm, of both the Mexican and
they are, nonetheless, exposed to double standards and as such, are likely to have their negative side too. The purpose of this paper is to critically analyze the effects of surveillance on human online communication. Review of Literature Reporters Without Borders (2014) present a detailed list of some of the institutions worldwide that are involved in communications surveillance of citizens or online users within their countries. Their report is titled “Enemies if the Internet” and seeks to inform
Communication by Jenna Koen 1 Academic Summaries Code of Ethics: Volunteer Photography by Photographers Without Borders Online Website Photographers Without Borders. 2012. Code of Ethics. [Online] Available at https://www.photographerswithoutborders.org/code-of-ethics. [Accessed 10 April 2018] Photographers Without Borders or PWB is a community of photographers and videographers whom believe that Grassroots initiatives are an impactful and sustainable way to
freedom is often forgotten about when it comes down to reach their goals. This is shown in the book Enrique’s Journey, written by a Los Angles Times reporter, Sonia Nazario who explores the struggles one Honduras boy finds himself faced with on the journey to find his mother. Due to poverty many families overlook the complications of illegally crossing the border into the United States and suffer the repercussions. The repercussions are the dangers surrounding the illegal nature
According to a report, in totalitarian countries, there were 66 journalists killed, 1044 journalists arrested, 199 bloggers and netizens arrested and 62 bloggers and netizens physically attacked for expressing their freedoms online in 2011 (Reporters without borders, 2011). These rates seem to increase as time progresses. Censorship is used in our daily lives in media, social networks, and other communication sources. Many countries uses a form of censorship including the United States and China. In
professionalization was the act of setting standards for media, and becoming a professional field. It set obligations that democracy could not exist without a free, fair, and
best decisions that serve their interests. Analyzing freedom of press is an effective indicator to measure enlightened understanding because media is the best medium that citizens could access to learn about what is going on in their government. Without freedom of press, freedom of expression of journalists and scholars are violated and thus, they might encounter difficulties in reporting about politics. Although India has the Right to Information Act, which assures the promotion of "transparency
at all. Bibliography Bush, George. “President’s Address to Nation/” The Fifth Anniversary of Septemer 11, 2001. 11Sept 2006. (http://whiteshouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060911-3.html). Reporters Without Borders. Press release: Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007. Paris: Reporters Without Borders, 2007.
date the federal government assumed this responsibility. Ellis Island became the first immigration station, opening for business in 1892.”(1) Information obtained through the website ellisisland.org stated that: 1921 560,971 immigrants came to our borders and passed through Ellis Island. In the same year the U.S. Congress passed the first Immigration Quota Law. The total number of immigrants that were allowed entry was set at nearly 358,000. The Immigration Act of 1924 further restricted immigration
Approach to International Relations and Global Challenges (New York: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2011). Sheridan, Lynnaire M., I Know It’s Dangerous: Why Mexicans Risk Their Lives to Cross the Border (University of Arizona Press: 2009) St. Cyr, Peter, “American Dreamers,” Santa Fe Reporter (2013), August 21, 2013, accessed December 1, 2013, http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-7643-american-dreamers.html. “Frijolero” Google Translate, accessed November 16, 2013, http://www.vdare.com/articles/memo-from-mexico-by-allan-wall-193