The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
IDAHOT is commemorated on 17th May. It marks the date in 1990 when the World Health Organization declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder and seeks to celebrate diversity, whilst raising awareness of ongoing discrimination. This year the theme is LGBT youth. Use the Facebook pages and Twitter for details of events and campaigns such as […]
Media in the Age of Cybersurveillance
What is the nature, extent and impact of Internet surveillance on journalism? This question is considered in a new report Watching the watchdogs just released by CIMA (Center for International Media Assistance). It forms part of a wider campaign website which also has blog posts featuring case studies about individual journalists. It was published for […]
Death Sentences in 2014
Amnesty International publishes its latest annual report and statistical data on the death penalty worldwide in 2014.
Conflict in the Philippines
The new Bangsamoro Conflict Monitoring System from Alert and the World Bank is collecting current and historic data on incidences of political violence in the region. It includes reports and charts of conflicts.
Nigerian Security
Nigerian Presidential elections are due to take place soon. The Nigeria Security Tracker from the Council on Foreign Relations provides a useful tool for understanding the background of political violence since 2011.
Online Privacy
Concerns about online privacy have surfaced in a number of key reports recently. Last week the Intelligence and Security Committee reviewed the extent of online surveillance by UK intelligence agencies. UNESCO recently released a draft of its Internet study on privacy, access to information, freedom of expression, and ethics. The British Library has published a […]
Are the social sciences significant?
The recent report from the Campaign for Social Science- The Business of people considers the value of social science to policy makers, its present funding and future ways in which it can create greater impact.
Alternatives to Wikileaks
Wikileaks is widely known as a portal where whistleblowers can securely upload classified information. Recently a number of newspapers have created their own systems. The Guardian uses Securedrop. Source sûre was launched in February 2015 by Le Monde, La Libre Belgique, Le Soir de Bruxelles and is focussing specifically on Francophone nations.
Charlie Hebdo: Internet archive
Internet Archive Global Events and the Bibliotheque Nationale de France are creating an archive of web materials about the January 7th, 2014 attacks in Paris. These include snapshots of key websites, twitter postings and other social media . Websites have been captured on several occasions, enabling researchers to examine the evolution of public reaction over […]
Femicide census
The first UK census of women killed by men (2009-2013) was released by Women’s Aid last week. Compiled by Karen Ingala Smith using public newspaper accounts and Freedom of Information requests. It will provide data and case studies offering insight into the nature and extent of domestic violence and female abuse. For more details see […]
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