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Antonio Zappulla

Antonio Zappulla is the chief executive of the Thomson Reuters Foundation

Journalists throughout Southern and East Africa are harassed, detained mostly through the use of criminal law. Photo: File
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World Press Freedom Day: When journalism is threatened, democracy is at stake

Governments, philanthropists, Big Tech, readers and media houses themselves must work together to ensure the sustainability of the media ecosystem

  • Antonio Zappulla
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Excessive force: Men protest while pulling a cart carrying the body of Vitallis Ochilo Owino in the Mathare slums of Nairobi on May 4. He was allegedly beaten to death by police officers while walking in the streets after curfew hours imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo: Luis Tato/AFP)
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Put human rights at the centre of our battle against Covid-19

Government and civil society must develop a rights-based response to Covid-19, because epidemics are won by strengthening rights, not trampling on them

  • Antonio Zappulla
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