What we have seen is a brutal and violent assault on press freedom. It is an unspeakable affront to democracy when a government turns to violence to stifle the voice of its media critics.
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When the world's leading democracy scorns the notion of justice for the victims of violence in its jurisdiction, it gives confidence to those who target journalists in countries where freedom hardly exists.Aidan White
There is an intolerable denial of basic rights here,
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Impunity in the killing of journalists remains the intolerable scandal of our times that can no longer be ignored by the international community.
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There is a great deal of concern that there is a fundamentalist religiosity emerging that is demanding that we suspend our right to free expression.
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We are asking the government to intervene on behalf of all Canadians. CBC should be providing local programming that caters to the country's different communities rather than abandoning its public service mandate by getting foreign news and entertainment shows to fill the gaps in its service.
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The Tunisian authorities continue to show intolerance of independent opinion and free expression. But they are seriously mistaken if they think this will discourage journalists from expressing their solidarity with colleagues in Tunisia.
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