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Peruvians are protesting however what story is the media telling? Additionally, the risks of dissent in Belarus.
For the previous three months, Peru has been in a state of political turmoil. With one impeached president – Pedro Castillo – in jail and his successor Dina Boluarte managing a tense nation, continuous protests have rocked the nation.
Within the midst of this, institution media – information shops principally owned and managed by Peru’s elite – are at odds with lots of the protesters, including gasoline to a raging hearth of discontent.
Contributors:
Simeon Tegel – Peru-based journalist
Jonathan Castro – editor, La Encerrona
Jacqueline Fowks – Peru specialist, Reporters With out Borders
Cecilia Valenzuela – information editor, Caretas
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For the rescuers nonetheless looking for survivors beneath the earthquake rubble in Turkey and Syria, social media – via messages posted by victims on YouTube, Twitter and Instagram – has helped save lives. However the Turkish authorities has been riled by a few of the on-line content material. Quite a lot of that is criticism of the state’s response to the earthquake, a few of which is genuinely false data. Producer Meenakshi Ravi seems into the small print of the story.
Belarus: Dissidents in exile
For almost 30 years, Belarus has been dominated by Alexander Lukashenko. Criticism of his autocratic authorities and its shut relationship with the Kremlin comes at a excessive price, though some Belarusians in exile nonetheless communicate out. Producer Johanna Hoes stories on these outdoors the nation who’re nonetheless getting tales of corruption, repression and compelled Russification out.
Contributors:
Margarita Levchuk – opera singer and political satirist
Jan Rudzik – blogger, Submit+ Rudzik
Yuliana Shemetovets -hacktivist, Cyber Partisans Collective
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