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Friday, 18 June 2021
** Burkina Faso's media freedom under attack
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President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. (Koch/MSC/WikiCommons)
When it comes to media freedom, the West African country is often seen as one of the region's jewels in the crown. But the death of two journalists and a crackdown by president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré means that this belief may need reassessing, writes Benjamin Lynch ([link removed]) .
** Whistleblower Jonathan Taylor releases further allegations of corruption
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An oil industry whistleblower who has been held in Croatia for almost a year on extradition charges has revealed further explosive claims about his former employer.
Jonathan Taylor, who in 2013 revealed a bribery and corruption scandal at the Monaco-based Dutch oil company SBM Offshore, claims the company was also involved in a deal which saw tens of millions of dollars promised to a Panamanian company run by a powerful and allegedly corrupt Angolan official.
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** 22 June: Don't SLAPP the messenger
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Why abusive legal threats and actions against journalists must be stopped. Register ([link removed]) for this free virtual event with
Bill Browder, Head of Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign (chair)
Annelie Östlund, financial journalist
Herman Grech, Editor in chief of Times of Malta
Justin Borg Barthet, Senior lecturer at University of Aberdeen
** Remembering Jo Cox five years on
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[link removed] years ago this week, Jo Cox was assassinated on the streets of the UK. She was a British Member of Parliament, a mum of two, a daughter, a sister and a friend, writes our CEO Ruth Smeeth ([link removed]) . She was also brave, dedicated and determined, campaigning for better outcomes not just for the communities she represented in Batley and Spen but also for better British foreign policy.
Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Archive/PA Images
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