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The Council of Pakistani Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has released a report to highlight how much press freedom has deteriorated in 2021 compared to the previous two years. In the report titled "Pakistan Media Freedom Report - 2021", CPNE…

The Eastern Africa Editors Society (EAES) will organize this year's World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) activities in Tanzania on May 3, 2022. This will be the third regional meeting and the first to be held physically. Confirming the…

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 theme was announced at COLPIN, Latin America's largest gathering of investigative journalists, which took place in Canelones, Uruguay. The concept note is available at the…

Xi Jinping has created a "nightmare" of Mao-era media oppression, and Hong Kong journalism is in "free fall," according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF).In a major report released on Wednesday, the journalism advocacy group detailed the…

Thailand's National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has called on the media to stop covering pro-democracy activists calling for reform of the monarchy.NBTC commissioner Lt. Gen. Perapong Manakit called on the media…

KARACHI: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the well-known media's Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) have announced this year's winners of their respective press freedom awards. In a statement, RSF said it awarded its press…

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…

Author: Danilo Araña Arao, University of the Philippines DilimanBy awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov on October 8, 2021, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has shed light on the state of…

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.…

"The free press cannot be silenced!" Click to read the article in Turkish The Tigris-Euphrates Journalists Association (DFG) released its September report on violations of journalists' rights. The report showed that…

Gillian Vernick recently joined the Journalists' Committee for Press Freedom as the most recent member of the organization's Technology and Press Freedom project team. In her role, Gillian focuses on issues at the intersection of…

The announcement was made during a handover ceremony at UNESCO Headquarters in the presence of HE Mr. Albertus Aochamub, Ambassador of Namibia, host country of the 2021 Conference; HE Ms. Gabriela Civila Lopez, Ambassador of Uruguay; and…

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…