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The Tongan Constitution guarantees free speech and media freedom but this guarantee has often been misunderstood and misinterpreted by the media industry, the government and politicians alike. Freedom of speech was integrated into the Constitution from the beginning in 1875. However, as history has shown, this freedom has often been altered to silence opposition and critics' voices. As early as 1882, the Tongan media had their first confrontation with the government and in 2003 saw a parallel incident unfolding. This article examines the influence of state control on the media in Tonga through an analysis of two case studies from different eras in Tongan history: theNiuvakainewspaper in 1882 and theTaimi 'o Tonganewspaper in 2003.

The commonly held view that liberal democracies cannot effectively control unwanted migration is unwarranted despite the intensification of migration pressures in recent years. To develop a more accurate position built on less sweeping generalizations, I disaggregate migration policy into four parts: managing legal immigration, controlling illegal migration, administering temporary worker programs, and processing asylum seekers and refugees. A review of the experiences of the liberal democracies with each of these migration challenges indicates that although there are numerous instances of policy failure, there is also considerable capacity to regulate migration. I argue that this capacity is certainly growing, not declining, over time, that some states possess more capacity than others, that the control capacities of particular states vary substantially across the four areas, and that these capacities fluctuate periodically in conjunction with contingent cycles of salience and effort.

Es gibt Anzeichen dafür, daß die slowakische Regierung Anstrengungen unternimmt, die Medien in diesem Landesteil unter ihre Kontrolle zu bringen. So wurde das Management des slowakischen Fernsehens unter dem Vorwurf der "nichtobjektiven Berichterstattunng" durch loyale Anhänger der Partei von Ministerpräsident Meciar ersetzt. (BIOst-Srt)