In recent years a growing number of bloggers have been killed, threatened, detained or exiled in countries like Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Maldives. We look at the cases from each country and discuss the current situation. The discussion will include what responses the civil society had to stop the threats, how to keep bloggers safer. And most importantly, how the online activists in these countries will come out of fear, stop self-censorship and write freely.
Junayd is a journalist with the Maldives Independent based in Malé. He is also the Reuters stringer for Maldives and the Maldives correspondent for Reporters Without Borders. He covers corruption, press freedom and human rights related stories from the Maldives.
I am a 25-year-old Indian journalist working for Agence France-Presse and currently pursuing my law from Mumbai's Government Law College. You can talk to me about: Freedom of speech, censorship, journalism, and threats journalists face. How authoritarian and right-wing government... Read More →
