The Canadian-based organization Open Media International announced on May 16 that it is launching an international coalition called "Our Fair Deal," seeking to counter the potential restrictions on the Internet posed...
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Features
Despite the ongoing debates about cause and effect, the protest movements that began in Tunisia and spread throughout the Arab world have had one clear vehicle: freedom of assembly and...
In Myanmar, Agape Community Services went to the Kalay-Kabaw Valley, one of the highest risk areas of HIV transmission in the country, to design a project that would be a...
The theme of World Press Freedom Day 2013 is “Safe to Speak: Securing Freedom of Expression in All Media”. How can WACC members and partners help bring about such a...
The 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC), where the theme will be “God of life, lead us to justice and peace,” will take place in Busan, Republic...
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Features
A project in Lagos state, Nigeria that was supported by WACC helped women in faith groups promote better understanding and greater awareness of HIV and AIDS and the effects of...
Estela de Carlotto — subject of a film that was awarded the SIGNIS-WACC Human Rights Award — on 24 April met Pope Francis and urged him to open the Vatican Archives...
An interesting article has appeared on the web site of ifex, the global network defending freedom of expression.
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Awards,
Cinema
At the 66th Festival de Cannes (15-26 May 2013) the Ecumenical Jury awarded its prize in the Official Competition to Le Passé (The Past) directed by Asghar Farhadi (France).
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Media Development
Community media – of which community radio is one sector – enable people to voice commonconcerns, to unite around common causes, to challenge decision-makers on their own turf, tocreate communities...