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Nigerian journalists worry about press freedom over missing colleague and further attacks
ABUJA, NIGERIA -
Nigerian journalists are expressing new concerns for their safety after a journalist from Abuja went missing last month, and journalists were manhandled as they tried to cover two major events.
Torkwase Kuraun,…
Freedom of information threatened: press freedom groups call for end to secrecy
The Freedom of Information Act (FOI) might give you the answer. Even if you don't use it yourself, you will probably have seen what reporters have discovered while using it.
The FOI disclosures have shed light on…
Attacks on journalists in the spotlight at Press Freedom Tribunal in The Hague
Photo: Depositphotos.comThree major press freedom groups have established a tribunal in The Hague to hold governments accountable for the deaths of journalists.The tribunal, which has no formal legal powers, is a "form of mob justice" and…
Government commits to press freedom: Gandaki province CM Pokharel – myRepublica
GANDAKI, November 1: The Chief Minister of Gandaki Province, Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel, today declared that the provincial government is committed to guaranteeing press freedom.
Declaring that the constitution guarantees full freedom…
Iranian journalist tops ’10 most urgent cases’ list for press freedom
Iranian authorities executed journalist Zam by hanging in December 2020 after sentencing him to death on anti-state charges for his coverage of the 2017 protests. Intelligence agents from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)…
Editors concerned about press freedom
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Fasuyi advocates press freedom to ensure democracy flourishes in Nigeria
It has been established that for democracy to flourish in Nigeria, journalists must be allowed to exercise their fundamental rights to freedom of the press, speech and expression while fulfilling their legal obligation to collect and…
Is Germany’s Spyware Law a Threat to Press Freedom? | Germany | In-depth news and reporting…
Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the Whistleblower Network and a number of investigative journalists announced on Thursday that they had filed a series of urgent petitions in German courts to try to prevent intelligence agencies from using…
Espionage can have a chilling effect on press freedom: SC | India News
NEW DELHI: Allowing pleas filed by activists and journalists, who, along with others, had called for an investigation into their alleged Pegasus spyware espionage, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday that putting citizens under surveillance…
China’s Olympic press freedom promises: worthless in 2008, missing in 2022
The prospects for freewheeling media coverage of the Beijing Winter Olympics in February look increasingly grim, not least given the attitude of the International Olympic Committee.
On October 13, John Coates,…