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25 May 2012 Call for Ecumenical movement to rethink communications

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{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"} {teaser}Story and text of the joint Busan Statement of 25 May 2012.{/teaser} Press release

The world of communication has changed so radically in the past twenty years that it is time for churches to rethink how they communicate concerns about injustice and conflict,...

14 May 2012 In memoriam Fr Pierre Babin OMI

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{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"}{teaser}WACC notes with great sadness the death of Fr Pierre Babin, a pioneer in electronic and digital media.{/teaser} Pierre Babin (1925-2012), who died in Lyons, France, 9 May, was a priest of the order of Oblates of Mary Immaculate. He dedicated his life to...

02 May 2012 WACC calls for code of ethics for citizen journalism

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20 Apr 2012 Tackling violence against women in Guatemala and Mexico

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{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"}{teaser}Women work together to eradicate feminicide and impunity{/teaser}

CEDEPCA (Guatemala) has recently concluded a three-year programme of activities aimed at combating violence against women in Guatemala and Mexico. Called “Actions against Feminicide and Impunity”, 16 training workshops were supported under...

19 Apr 2012 ARTICLE 19 releases regional legal resources on freedom of expression

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{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"}{teaser}Digital publication of collection of position papers on free expression and the law.{/teaser}

Want to know if it's okay to expose environmental hazards in your country, write a scathing critique on a government official, or set up a blog under...

16 Apr 2012 Death of Fr Jacob Srampickal, SJ

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{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"}{teaser}WACC notes with sadness the death of the former professor of the Gregorian University, Rome.{/teaser}

Jesuit Father Jacob Srampickal passed away in Austria on April 14, 2011 aged 62. In the course of his career Fr Srampickal headed...

02 Apr 2012 Award given to film about the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo

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{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"}{teaser}WACC and SIGNIS name Verdades verdaderas (True truths) to receive their joint Human Rights Award 2011.{/teaser}

This first film by the young director Nicolás Gil Lavedra, based on the life of Estela de Carlotto, recounts episodes in the...

30 Mar 2012 Index on Censorship celebrates its 40th anniversary

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{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"}{teaser}WACC congratulates the magazine Index on Censorship on its successful and vital work on freedom of expression.{/teaser}

Index believes that freedom of expression is the foundation of a free society and for over 40 years it has defined and defended this...

22 Mar 2012 Conserving the digital memory of the world

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{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"}{teaser}UNESCO organizes conference on "The Memory of the World in the Digital Age."{/teaser}

The Memory of the World in the Digital Age is an international conference that will explore the main issues affecting the preservation of digital documentary heritage...

22 Mar 2012 Media Responsibility Project in Ghana supported by WACC

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{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"}{teaser}WACC partner in Ghana works with journalists and media practitioners to avoid election violence later this year.{/teaser}

Journalism, they say, is the Fourth Estate because of its enormous role in the governance system of a country. Ghana is touted as...