January 2022

01.13.22 WASHINGTON — Ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today called on his colleagues to support important legislation on…

Last month, the UK Court of Appeal upheld the High Court's ruling in favor of Duchess Meghan Markle in her case against the British newspaper, Mail on Sunday, following the publication in the newspaper of excerpts from a letter she had…

In Hong Kong, press freedom continues to be eroded as journalists and pro-democracy media platforms are targeted by authorities. Just two days after Boxing Day in December last year, the acting editor of the now-closed pro-democracy digital…

The hall where it took place in Belgrade was packed with dozens of journalists, what appeared to be all of Novak Djokovic's extended family and a rather superfluous collection of tennis trophies arranged at one end of the top table. And…

10/01/22 Durbin announces support for Senator Menendez's legislation to impose crippling sanctions if Russia…

MOGADISHU, Somalia, January 10, 2022 - Somali journalists have once again been subjected to violence and deliberate attacks by security forces from the federal government, regional states and the militant group al-Shabaab.…

Through Express news service HYDERABAD: BJP MP Eatala Rajender on Saturday called on the people of Telangana, regardless of their ideologies and political affiliation, to protect press freedom, as this would…

07/01/22 Durbin: New voter suppression laws are a slow-motion coup - they are a continuation of the Jan 6…

Selma (name changed) was a journalist and activist living and working in Panjshir Province, northeastern Afghanistan. She lost her job following the Taliban takeover of the war-torn country in August. After being threatened, she…

Here are some notes from what the Husky basketball coach Mike Hopkins was to say Wednesday at his press conference as the team prepares to face Utah and Colorado later this week ... As for the defense and how it went, Hopkins…