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News A photo of slain journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia is kept at the monthly vigil to mark her murder on the 16th of each month. Photo: Joanna Demarco. European press freedom watchdog Mapping Media Freedom (MAPMF) has recorded a new…

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi-Pakistan Movement (MQMP) leader Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said on Saturday that his party would never support any measure aimed at undermining press freedom in the country. The statement was released after a…

21.02.22 WARSAW — U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), co-chair of the Ukrainian Senate Caucus and the Baltic Freedom Caucus, is in Warsaw, Poland today as part of a trip to two countries in Eastern Europe…

Boris Johnson is due to hold a press conference in Downing Street today with the Prime Minister set to announce a major change to England's Covid rules. Mr Johnson will meet the MPS on Monday morning before briefing…

EU lawmaker Giorgios Kyrtsos, who was expelled last week from the centre-right ruling New Democracy (European People's Party), said Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was more arrogant than Hungary's Viktor Orbán. On…

NOA MENDELSOHN AVIVCCLA Executive Director and General Counsel: This week, the federal government invoked the emergency law – an extreme law that has never been used. And he announced two emergency ordinances that will have…

ER editor: This 2nd press conference, introduced by the lawyer of the convoy Keith Wilson, with Tamara Lich and security advisor Daniel Bullford, is very brief, dealing with trucker demands, safety issues, media misinformation, and the…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 30, 2022 (OTTAWA) – Randy Hillier, MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston, is calling on federal MPs to impose a motion and vote of no confidence in the current federal government led by Prime Minister Justin…

For five years, Sajad Gul has written about the conflict ravaging his homeland of Indian-administered Kashmir, a disputed Himalayan territory where armed rebellion and brutal Indian repression have raged for more than three decades. That…

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…

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN and SHEIKH SAALIQ, Associated PressSRINAGAR, India (AP) — For five years, Sajad Gul has written about the conflict ravaging his homeland, a disputed Himalayan territory where violent armed rebellion and India's brutal…

International press freedom organizations said in a statement today that their offer of technical assistance in implementing the findings of the public inquiry was not accepted by Prime Minister Robert Abela , despite his claim to have…

Boris Johnson has already been forced to introduce social restrictions to tackle the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus and the spike in the number of infections in January could finally see him forced to tighten them even further.The…

Date: 26th December 2021 The Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Hussein Roble is disappointed with the 26th December 2021 statement from the Office of the President on the ongoing national elections.…

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…

When it comes to press freedom, Europe is often hailed as a model of freedom. But some experts are sounding the alarm bells on an increasingly hostile environment for journalists. Corinne Vella was not expecting a great…

We know that Beirut is the capital of freedom. Historically, it was the media platform for local and Arab political movements.However, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati and his Interior Minister Bassam Al-Mawlawi turned the tide,…

Posted December 4, 2021 UN chief Antonio Guterres urged Sudanese authorities to respect freedom of speech and of the press, calling the stricken country hostile to journalists in a report delivered to the Security Council on Friday.…

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman and Secretary-General of the European External Action Service Stefano Sannino led the first high-level consultations between the US and the EU on the Indo-Pacific on December 3 in…

Hello. We have another day when politics will be largely dominated by news and debate about the measures taken in response to the emergence of the Omicron variant. There will be a debate and vote in the House of Commons, statements by…

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…

PRISTINA, October 28, 2021 - No one in our society should remain silent in the face of various forms of hate speech, because we all have an important role to play in the fight against discrimination, by combating hate speech against…

(CNN) - President Joe Biden attends a solo press conference on his final night at the Group of 20 summit in…

Prime Minister Dominic Perrottet had his hair cut and enjoyed a beer in the pub as he welcomed the easing of restrictions for fully vaccinated residents of New South Wales on Monday.Prime Minister Dominic Perrottet called on New South…

Media watchdogs, Belarusian opposition leaders and climate activists such as Greta Thunberg are among those seen as candidates when the Nobel Peace Prize was announced on Friday.Highlight of the Nobel season, the prestigious peace prize…

Dominic Perrottet said New South Wales' future "looks incredibly bright" after winning the village hall vote on Tuesday to become the youngest prime minister in state history. Dominic Perrottet has declared a 'new chapter' for New South…

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,…

Hundreds of thousands of Victorians have been given an ultimatum: get vaccinated against COVID-19 in two weeks or risk losing your job.Victoria health authorities provide COVID-19 update. You can watch the press conference LIVE in the…

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the new Tunisian Prime Minister, Najla Bouden, to implement Tunisia's commitments in terms of journalistic freedom, independence and pluralism, on the basis of Chapter 2 of the Tunisian…

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the new Tunisian Prime Minister, Najla Bouden, to implement Tunisia's commitments in terms of journalistic freedom, independence and pluralism, on the basis of Chapter 2 of the Tunisian constitution…

Three major press freedom groups have created a People's Court to "investigate their murders and hold governments to account" in a bid to seek justice for the murders of journalists, with an opening hearing that will be held on November…

Nika Melia, Tbilisi mayoral candidate of the United National Movement, candidate for the presidency of the Tbilisi city council (Sakrebulo) Elene Khoshtaria from Droa and Zurab Japaridze from Girchi - More freedom tenuous a last press…

Bizarre moment Scott Morrison faces Melbourne earthquake press conference - after days of silence over the violent rampage of anti-vax trades that has crippled the cityMelbourne was rocked by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake on…

Modern authoritarian regimes don’t attempt total, absolute control. Their censorship is more selective and calibrated — and thus more resilient.By: Cherian George and Sonny LiewThe political cartoon is…

Prime Minister: Morning, everyone. I'm joined by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Minister for Defence and the Minister for Home Affairs. Australia condemns the evil, the calculated and inhuman attacks that were undertaken in Kabul…

The Russians may have won the space race in the 1950s, but they couldn't hold back the sophistication of Western dress.In the summer of 1959, the Cold War shifted from the fields of science and technology to that of cultural exchange. In…