The media protection of two dissidents reveals how Western media choose these they champion and vilify.
With Alexey Navalny’s loss of life and Julian Assange’s extradition attraction taking place inside per week of one another, we have a look at the selective therapy of the 2 dissenters within the Western media.
Lead contributors:
Chip Gibbons – Coverage Director, Defending Rights & Dissent
Matt Kennard – Chief Investigator, Declassified UK
Branko Marcetic – Author, Jacobin
Rebecca Vincent – Director of Campaigns, Reporters With out Borders (RSF)
On our radar:
Often silent within the face of the struggling in Gaza, Israeli TV channels broadcast segments on the abuse of Palestinian captives – with a constructive spin. Tariq Nafi reviews.
Namibia’s (mis)remembered genocide
Germany’s genocide in Namibia early within the twentieth century has lengthy been a misremembered episode in colonial historical past. Regardless of efforts to appropriate that file, many are but to listen to the testimonies of the victimised communities: the Herero and Nama peoples.
That includes:
Christina Haritos – Communications Scholar
Suzie Ndaundika Shefeni – Researcher and Journalist
Jephta Nguherimo – Herero Activist and Poet
