freedom press

The campaign period, which began on February 8, saw the banning of journalists from campaign events, the refusal of candidates to attend debates organized by the media, a series of distributed denial of service attacks ( DDoS) on news…

When Nelson Chamisa formed a new political party which he called the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), many people expected there to be a paradigm shift from the MDC, in which the first was rooted. Chamisa marketed the new formation as…

PTI New Delhi, March 5Former Supreme Court Justice Madan B Lokur noted on Saturday that the media is under attack "in many ways" in the country, but…

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (right) never had a particularly strong libel case against The New York Times. Lawyers for both sides spent about a week last month examining what was wrong with a 2017 opinion piece in the newspaper…

By Vitorio Mantalean in Jakarta The Alliance of Indonesian Independent Journalists (AJI) has condemned the hacking and disinformation attacks against the group's general chairman, Sasmito Madrim, as a serious threat to media freedom. In a…

Board members of the Joint Pakistani Media Action Committee met with Chairman of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, to express their concerns over the draconian laws enacted by the Pakistani government Tehreek-e-…

Unlike the coalition model, the Labor model would have public hearings, be able to publish reports and, most importantly, have retroactive powers.'Mock Council'“It is quite clear that they don't want to do it,” Mr. Dreyfus said. "They…

PEver since Andrew's decision to cut his losses and settle with Virginia Giuffre has made headlines. But perhaps the most significant legal activity this week took place in London rather than New York, with worrying implications for press…

SINGAPORE - The commonly quoted Reporters Without Borders (RSF) index reflects its rating of the media laws in a country, rather than the quality of journalism in that country, Mr. Patrick Daniel said Thursday (February 17th). He noted…

Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Land and Water Resources Umo Eno said some politicians would drive journalists out of town if they become state governor. Mr. Eno was recently chosen by Governor Udom…

New Delhi: At least 40 press freedom organizations, human rights organizations and publications wrote to Jammu and Kashmir Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday urging him to intervene to free the journalist Kashmiri Fahad Shah. Shah had…

Hong Kong is becoming a "city of fear" where "open discussion is stifled" and national security legislation "effectively acts as a common thread for all journalists", writes the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ ) in its…

For Ada Petriczko, being born a woman can be a matter of life and death. Originally from Poland, she reports on sexual violence and gender injustice around the world. As a human rights journalist, her mission is…

US President Joe Biden's latest abusive remarks to a Fox News reporter have sparked controversy and raised questions about his administration's stance on free speech. In his first year in office, President Biden signed a number of…

SRINAGAR: For five years, Sajad Gul has written about the conflict ravaging Indian-occupied Kashmir, his homeland where resistance against New Delhi and India's brutal response have raged for more than three decades. That changed on a…

Greek MEP from the ruling New Democracy (EPP) party Giorgos Kyrtsos has sharply criticized the government over the quality of press freedom in Greece, hinting that Brussels will react soon. “Should we discuss if there is…

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has declared that the independence and freedom of the press does not entitle a journalist or editor to interfere with pending proceedings and to obstruct or interfere with the administration of justice . A…

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…

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.…

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…

The work of journalists is becoming more and more dangerous, with a record number of detainees for their coverage and dozens killed each year. As of December, more than 290 journalists were in jail for their work and at least 24 had been…

IAPA wants press freedom guaranteed in Chile's new constitution Thursday, December 23, 2021 - 09:05 UTC…

Athens (AFP) - The murder of a journalist, the Prime Minister publicly reprimanding a foreign journalist and alleged state surveillance. It has been a bad year for media rights in Greece. The…

Government advertising should not be used as a tool to restrict press freedom, says PBA The APNS claims to have always strongly condemned and resisted all acts and policies aimed at restricting press freedom. Government…

In December 2019, a mysterious new lung disease spread in the city of Wuhan, in central China. At the time, no one imagined it would soon become a global pandemic. Chinese authorities have played down the incident as infections have…

Freedom of the press is threatened in many parts of the world. In a likely nod to this, Maria Ressa from the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov from Russia were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021. Investigative journalists were honored…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

Pressure is mounting on the United States as the date for Washington's appeal Wednesday and Thursday approaches the High Court in London against a ruling rejecting its request for extradition of WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian…

The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize this year to two journalists, Maria Ressa of the Philippines and the Russian Dmitry Muratov, for their work "safeguarding freedom of expression, which is a prerequisite for democracy and peace.…

In its investigative questions dossier, Social Weather Stations presents two elements on the state of freedom of expression, as assessed by the Filipino people. The original element, first studied in Marcos' final year, relates to the…

By Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari said his administration made it clear from the start that "freedom of the press is an irreducible minimum in a democracy that flourishes",…

While respect for press freedom is a condition of membership of the European Union, it is not on the program of the summit between the EU Member States and the six countries of the Western Balkans - Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Montenegro,…

TOMORROW, September 21, is Cebu Press Freedom Day, a special holiday throughout Cebu as declared in Republic Law 11122. While the law was passed in 2018, Cebu's media community had already…