The freedom report videos and latest news articles. Constitution rates congressmen based on their adherence to constitutional principles of limited government, fiscal responsibility. Reporters without borders releases 2015 press freedom index. The annual global indicator, which measures the overall level of violations of freedom of information in 180 countries year by year, has risen to 3,719, an 8 percent increase over 2014 and almost 10 percent compared with 20. Peace, democratic rights an update to the 2015 frontlines report prepared for the ituc general council. The american people, lawsuit against aig amended to include paulson, geithner, and cox freedom watch takes on venezuelan president hugo chavez miami, fl. Eventually this resulted in a report on worldwide economic freedom, economic freedom of the world. The report said this is occurring in authoritarian countries that regularly rank at the bottom, including egypt, syria, turkey, russia, china and north korea.
Rating is available when the video has been rented. Freedom report the united states stands with those who advocate for free religious expression and works to protect the rights of all people to follow their conscience, free from persecution and discrimination. Mar 31, 2017 the freedom report videos and latest news articles. The 2015 world press freedom index highlights the worldwide deterioration in freedom of information in 2014. International trade union confederation freedom report. Index scores of 12 senators indicate a voting record of favoring economic freedom, while 23 senator records favored expansion of government or statism. If the information you are looking for is not here, you may be able to find it on the epa web archive or the january 19, 2017 web snapshot. Meet a canadian who charged justin trudeau criminally. Mongolia still remains as a country with partial press freedom in accordance with the freedom house. Press freedom ranking falls again, thanks to media. President barack obama, january 14, 2011 religious freedom provides a cornerstone for every healthy society. This report is a reflection and a celebration of the early morning police raids, the gravel laid down for refugees to travel on, and the life in a survivors eyes. Reporters without borders rsf presents the 2020 press freedom barometer. Index of economic freedom is an annual ranking of the economic freedom of 186 countries from property rights to entrepreneurship published by the heritage.
Page 2 of 6 the freedom watch report it is not really a matter of if there is corruption, but a matter of how much corruption and conflict of interest there really is. Austin petersen of the freedom report podcast has a guilty pleasure and its instagram. Media freedom report 20122014 4 it is our pleasure to present the media freedom report 20122014 to be published on the occasion of the world press freedom day annually celebrated on may 3. These gods can create great horrors and tragedies but are limited in their scope. Globe international center media freedom report 2015. Freedom on the net 2015 table of contents on the cover protesters gather to demonstrate against internet censorship in china, one of the partner countries of the cebit computer trade fair held in hanover, germany march 2015. We discover how an electrifying new world came about through pure energy and imagination and the infinite possibilities of selfexpression available to anyone willing to drop in.
Activists with another such collective, eye on the homeland, reported from. Beset by wars, the growing threat from nonstate operatives, violence during demonstrations and the economic crisis, media freedom is in retreat on all five continents. In 1856 a slave, samuel woodward and his family, escape from the monroe plantation near. The text of the online 2015 world report cuba chapter has been updated from the print version to take into account events in late 2014. It looks at the wurtsmith incident where ufo was detected on radar.
According to the press institute 2014 survey, about 5000 media professionals work in 506 media outlets throughout the country. Our 1109 hotline in greece continued to see a steady. In this report, we aim to lay out the strategies followed by film festivals in. Freedom 2015 in 1856, a runaway slave cuba gooding jr. The results of the 2015 index of economic free dom confirm. On the surface, the new slavery drama freedom may look like an exceptionally blatant attempt to cash in on the critical and commercial success of 12 years a slave but the actual film turns out to be a whole lot stranger than that. Our theatrical market pages are based on the domestic theatrical market performance only. Freedom 2015 cast and crew in 1856, a runaway slave cuba gooding jr. It spends so much time trying to edify viewers that it forgets to give them anything of real emotional interest. Freedom of the press is a yearly report by usbased nongovernmental organization freedom house, measuring the level of freedom and editorial independence enjoyed by the press in nations and significant disputed territories around the world.
The press freedom index is an annual ranking of countries compiled and published by. A smaller score on the report corresponds to greater freedom of the press as reported by the organisation. Reporters without borders promotes and defends the freedom to be informed and to inform others. Press freedom declined to its lowest point in 12 years in 2015, as political, criminal. Country reports on terrorism 2015 east asia and pacific overview. As discussed in this report, freedom of expression is also limited at film. Twothirds of the 180 countries surveyed for the 2015 world press freedom index performed less well than in the previous year. You might say it was inevitable these two noholdsbarred fighters one a champion of freedom and justice, the other a combatant for communism who. Turkeys film festivals face a narrowing space for expression index. Department of state submitted the 2015 international religious freedom report to the united states congress on august 10, 2016 now in its 18th year, this congressionallymandated report comprises almost 200 distinct reports on countries and territories worldwide and continues to reflect the united states commitment to, and advancement of, the right of every person to freedom of. Apr 24, 2015 the search for freedom is the story of a cultural revolution fueled by the human desire to live in the moment and do what makes you feel the most alive.
The indicators compiled by reporters without borders are incontestable. Big changes for press freedom in subsaharan africa. The share of the worlds population that enjoys a free press stood at just percent, meaning fewer than. Jun 18, 2015 applauded for her documentary saudis secret uprising, al ahmads new film the rise of the houthis first distributed at this years index on censorship freedom of expression awards gala and since screened by both the bbc and pbs frontline has won wide critical acclaim. The lowest levels are in the regulation of credit, labor, and business the human freedom index hfi is the most compre hensive freedom index so far created for a globally meaning ful set of countries. The freedom of information act foia is a law that gives you the right to access information from the federal government. This 54page report says that authorities failed to hold anyone accountable for attacks on journalists and media outlets since 2012, most of which were committed by nonstate actors. Partly in response to dissatisfaction with the freedom house index from advocates of a libertarian or market liberal viewpoint, milton friedman and michael walker of the fraser institute hosted a series of conferences on economic freedom.
In 1856 a slave, samuel woodward and his family, escape from the monroe plantation near richmond, virginia. Global press freedom declined to its lowest point in 12 years in 2015, as political, criminal, and terrorist forces sought to coopt or silence the media in their broader struggle for power. Freedom report international trade union confederation. Calls from bulgaria and the european union to the hotline are taken 247 and are monitored by the national commission of combating trafficking in human beings. Bakur north 2015 at the 34th istanbul film festival on 12 april 2015. This report is a testament to the doing, and not just the sayinga testament to you and the work that you make possible every single day. Reporters without borders rsf presents the 2020 world press freedom index. In 2015, mongolia is in the 60th place out of 180 world countries and it is still the country with notable problems of press freedom.
Freedom house rates 210 countries and territories in freedom in the world, and 65 countries in freedom on the net. Founders letter freedom report 2015 its always a special time when we get to take a moment to reflect on the past year, and the advances we have made together in the fight against human trafficking. Freedom house was founded in october 1941, and wendell willkie and eleanor roosevelt served as its first honorary chairpersons. Freedom has clearly been made with the best of intentions but intentions do not count for much if the film itself doesnt amount to much. Throughout 2015, countries in the east asia and pacific region faced the threat of terrorist attacks, flows of foreign terrorist fighters to and from iraq and syria, and groups and individuals espousing support for the islamic state of iraq and the levant isil. Prevention freedom report 2015 the 0800 20 100 bulgarian hotline is free and available nationwide. In fact, not only does it juggle two distinct story lines that follow a family of escaped slaves trying to get to freedom and how a slave ship captain went on to. Rsf reported declines in every region of the world, but the european union and balkans saw the starkest change from 2014, with wideranging. Foia reports freedom of information act foia us epa. It is often described as the law that keeps citizens in. Alien files looks at how the freedom of information act has revealed that the u. The report notes some changes in the media law of the country in 2015, particularly. Two men separated by 100 years are united in their search for freedom.
The social network composed entirely of pictures was a perfect medium for an artist with a liberty loving attitude to capture petersens attention. Apr 25, 2018 the rankings cite an overall decline in global press freedom, with a climate of hatred for the press that is openly encouraged by political leaders. Freedom in the world is a yearly survey and report by the u. We introduce the newly expanded global media freedom dataset, which includes 196 countries from 1948 to 2012, and demonstrate how it can be used to test previous hypotheses and assumptions about the correlates of media freedom. Release of the 2015 international religious freedom report. Michael arana, the arana nation is being censored live. The hfi covers 152 countries for 2012, the most recent year for which sufficient data is available. Freedom is an overly sentimental cinematic history.
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