Tag: BBC
Afghanistan media: ‘You can’t put that genie back in the bottle’
By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter
Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks prompted the US to invade Afghanistan, the Taliban announced they have taken the...
Autocracy strikes back: Media freedom under siege in Arabia
ANALYSIS: By Dr Tarek Cherkaoui
Diplomatic quarrels in the Arabian Peninsula have a long history, and small Gulf States, such as Qatar, align themselves with...
Pacific loses shortwave radio that dodges dictators – warns of disasters
By Dr Alexandra Wake in Melbourne
As a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Kirakira in the Solomon Islands early today, triggering a...
