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By Caroline Malewo, MA student, OsloMet In the paper session entitled ‘Censorship: Speaking Truth to an Authoritarian Power’, being part of the 8th conference of the Safety of Journalists at OsloMet University, Mulatu Moges gave a reflection on the safety of journalists in Ethiopia.  He expounded that, in 2018 Ethiopia was in transition and experienced… Continue reading Speaking Truth to an Authoritarian Power

By Caroline Malewo, MA student, OsloMet During the paper session titled Censorship: Speaking truth to an authoritarian power at the 8th Conference of the Safety of Journalists at OsloMet, Deniz Demir presented on how Turkish journalists defend themselves against police violence. She elaborated that Police violence against journalists on Kurdish and Independent media continues to… Continue reading Speaking truth to an authoritarian power

By Theodorah Munisi, MA student OsloMet The 8th International Conference on the Safety of Journalists at OsloMet, with a theme of ˜Solidarity and Self-reliance for improved safety of Journalists’, had an opportunity to have a panel discussion with some Ukrainian Journalists who shared their experienceson the risks they face during the Ukrainian War.Several journalists are… Continue reading Safety of journalists covering the war in Ukraine

The conference was opened by the General Secretary of the Norwegian UNESCO commission Tanja K. Hegge and Rector of OsloMet, Christen Krogh. Here is Christen Krogh’s post from the opening session:

We are looking so much forward to this year’s conference!

Julie Posetti and Kristin Skare Orgeret reflect on the meaning of the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, 12 months (and a war) later.  Read the piece ‘The Nobel Peace Prize for Press Freedom: A Year in Review‘ published by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ).

The Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK- Dir) organised a two days seminar at OsloMet on the NORPART programme 21-22 September 2022. The seminar was opened by Edle Hamre from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and OsloMet’s Rector Christen Krogh. Under the heading ‘Global academic cooperation enhancing the quality of higher education. The… Continue reading NORPART students at international seminar

Since the Nobel Peace Prize 2021 was awared the brave journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov last December, the Nobel Peace Center has organized a series of seminars on journalism and freedom of expression. The research group MEKK has participated with some planning and implementation. The series of seminars culminated in a large Freedom of… Continue reading Freedom of Expression Conference in Oslo

MEKK’s Elisabeth Eide & co-author Terje Skaufjord recently launched their book on the growth of Hindu nationalism. The authors discuss how the nationalist Hindu ideology, which combines authoritarian patriotism with harsh economic liberalization will be decisive to the fate of the secular state. Based on meetings and interviews with a wide range of people the… Continue reading New book: India towards Hindu nationalism

Kristin Skare Orgeret and Bruce Mutsvairo write in the Guardian 10th May about how Mali and Ethiopia illustrate the gloomy trend of the increase in polarisation amplified by information chaos. Read it here