Publications such as the Independent World Reoport, a human rights magazine started by refugee Bangladeshi journalist and human rights activist Tasneem Khalil, offer a different perspective on some of the professional and ethical dilemmas raised by free media such as the WikiLeaks project, - suggest Timothy Sowula & David Hayes.
While WikiLeaks refuses to take responsibility for any "collateral damage" to information recipients, Tasneem and others like him suggests that it is up to the information sources to take on the risk of "damage" and the responsibility for their actions. Instead of hiding behind anonymity and "bulletproof" hosting systems, the Independent World Report relies on old fashioned qualities such as design, quality, accountability and subscription-only business model, to maintain independence.
The Independent World Report magazine is published out of Sweden where Tasneem Khalil gained political asylum in June 2007. He was a journalist for Bangladesh's prominent English-language newspaper The Daily Star. He also worked as CNN's news representative in Bangladesh and as a researcher on projects for Human Rights Watch. He left Bangladesh after being arrested and tortured by the military's directorate-general of forces intelligence in May 2007.
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