If a protest does not pose a serious threat to public safety, it should not be prevented, even if the municipality had not been informed about it. Th… - Jane Duncan

State repression creates solidarity among movement participants, who justify the need for violence as a form of self-defence.

There is no doubt that media consumption habits are going to change quite fundamentally in the future, with an increasing reliance on the internet as a source of information and as a communicative tool.

Internet rights are not as important as media rights at the moment, but any freedom of information lobby with some foresight needs to recognise that the internet will be at the heart of future media systems, and they need to adapt their advocacy strategies accordingly by including an internet component.