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Good afternoon. We are here to report three significant cases, unsealed today in the Eastern District of New York. These cases reveal attempts by the government of the People's Republic of China to suppress dissenting voices in the United…

Mexico's government on Thursday delivered an unorthodox and sardonic response to a European Parliament resolution calling on it to step up protections for the press and human rights defenders, amid a growing number of journalist murders in…

Photo from the ILPS Facebook page. By MENCHANI TILENDOBulatlat.com The current crisis in Ukraine is a reflection of the aggravation of the inter-imperialist conflict in a multipolar world. It is a byproduct of an evolving global…

While global attention is riveted on Ukraine, a potentially worse crisis is unfolding in Africa's Sahel region, where Russia is taking advantage of the instability.Jihadist threats, poverty, climate change and COVID have prompted people in…

Several parliamentarians, lawyers, editors and human rights activists on Monday showed their support for the Malayalam news channel MediaOne, saying the Center's revocation of its license for "unspecified" security concerns represents…

Media freedom has steadily declined in recent years, partly as a result of undemocratic and illiberal pressures and practices and the misuse of digital technologies to restrict media freedom, Media Freedom…

By AGGREY MUTAMBO Freedom of the press and female genital mutilation (FGM) may be unrelated issues around the world, but in Somalia stakeholders believe achieving one will depend on the other.On Sunday, as the world marked the…

The IPI urges the government to withdraw the legislation and engage in wider stakeholder consultation IPI Contributor Kelsey Carolan February 1, 2022 …

Thomas Bach will meet Peng Shuai at the Beijing Winter Olympics to assess his "physical integrity and mental state", the head of the International Olympic Committee told a press conference overnight, as the controversy persisted until 'on…

WASHINGTON: Special representatives and special envoys of the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States met in Oslo on January 24 to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, including sessions…

Beijing has signaled its support for Russia in its clash with the West over Ukraine, saying Moscow has "reasonable security concerns" that should be "taken seriously" by the United States and its counterparts. allies.Wang Yi, Chinese…

The Taliban may have put Afghanistan on a plateau, thanks to the US's will to get out after 20 years of inconclusive war. However, while it was easy to obtain all the attributes of power, ruling the country!-->…

NEW YORK (AP) — The crisis in Ukraine is barely fading away — a clash between two worldviews that could upend Europe. It carries echoes of the Cold War and revives an idea…

The crisis in Yemen has proven far from over, with attacks this week by Houthi forces and the Saudi-backed Yemeni government that claimed the highest number of deaths since 2019. On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia said targeted the Yemeni capital of…

A Taliban delegation has arrived in Norway for talks with the Norwegian government and several allied countries on mitigating a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, as well as meetings with civil society activists and human rights defenders…

Jodie Ginsberg was running a small free speech organization in London in 2014 when Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab walked into her office.He had recently been released from prison for organizing democratic rallies during 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…

MOSCOW - The besieged president of Kazakhstan has the pedigree of an international technocrat. The son of eminent intellectuals, he studied in Moscow at a leading academy for diplomats, then worked at the Soviet Embassy in Beijing. He…

Selma (name changed) was a journalist and activist who lived and worked in Panjshir province in eastern Afghanistan. She lost her job after the Taliban took control of the war-ravaged country in August. After being threatened, she has…

1. Jimmy Lai Chee-yingHong Kong media entrepreneur and democracy advocate Jimmy Lai Chee-ying is serving a 20-month prison sentence, while also awaiting trial on national security and fraud charges, and faces a life sentence . Lai founded…

The prospect of freedom of the press and of expression is becoming increasingly murky in Hong Kong, as the consequences of Beijing's repressive pressure on the press in the former British colony reverberate in Taiwan as well. Today,…

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

In response to the arrest this morning of current and former senior executives and board members of the Hong Kong media outlet Stand News for alleged "seditious publication", Amnesty International Deputy Secretary General Kyle Ward, said…

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Afghanistan's political, social and economic conditions have remained unpredictable since the fall of Kabul in August this year. After the US withdrawal, the dilemma of political recognition and Taliban legitimacy put Afghanistan in a…

Pierre-Henry Deshayes - Agence France-PresseDecember 10, 2021 | 12:03 OSLO, Norway - She faces prison, he has buried several colleagues: Maria Ressa from the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov from Russia, two champions of the free press,…

In a Facebook post in late October, Awlo Media Center, an Ethiopian online media outlet critical of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's administration, said "pressure and obstruction" from the government had forced him to close and lay off all…

In a Facebook post at the end of October, Awlo Media Center, an Ethiopian online media critical of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's administration, announced that government "pressure and obstruction" had forced it to to…

NEW YORK: On the eve of the US government's inaugural Democracy Summit, the Committee to Protect Journalists reiterated that support for press freedom is essential to reversing the decline of democracy around the world. “Journalists are…

ISLAMABAD: The European Union welcomed the progress made by Pakistan in the implementation of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) program and also welcomed the adoption of the draft law on the protection of journalists and media…

WASHINGTON, December 6, 2021 / PRNewswire / - The Arab Council and pro-democracy organizations in the Arab…

WASHINGTON, December 6, 2021 / PRNewswire / - The Arab Council and pro-democracy organizations in the Arab world, Europe and United States organized the conference "Democracy first for the Arab world" on Friday 3…

Athens, Greece - Press freedom is increasingly threatened in Greece, say journalists, NGOs and observers concerned about recent events, including the alleged surveillance of reporters, what they call a vague law banning "fake news" and the…

The demographic decline of Central and Eastern Europe has so far been presented by nationalist governments as an existential problem. But are policymakers looking at the issue from the wrong point of view? A growing number of…

About 70 to 80 Oxford University students demonstrated on Sunday November 28 to support the people of Kashmir, protest alleged atrocities in the region and demand the release of Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez. In a press…

Emboldened by the National Security Law, Hong Kong officials are increasingly cracking down on media and journalists critical of the government. Many on the ground now fear that self-censorship will eventually extinguish the independence…

Action against gender-based violence pushed to the fringes of the global response to COVID-19 A new report from Oxfam shows an undeniable increase in gender-based violence (GBV) during the COVID-19 pandemic around the world, which…

KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban administration has issued a set of restrictions on Afghan media, including banning television series featuring actresses and ordering news anchors to wear "Islamic hijabs."The Afghan Ministry of Vice and Virtue…

Former State Finance Minister Eran Wickramaratne said the 2022 budget presented by Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa had an unrealistic dream of an 8.8% deficit by their own estimate. However, according to the 2003 Fiscal…

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney holds a press briefing for her campaign for media freedom. Photo credit: DAMIEN MEYER / AFPAt a recent press conference, leading human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, along with members of her international…

11.16.21 Lawmakers sent letter demanding the release of civil rights activists WASHINGTON - US Senate…

Pedestrians cross a street in Hong Kong on October 31, 2021. Hong Kong was once one of the freest societies in Asia and considered one of the best places to set up shop for journalists covering the region due to the ease of obtaining work…

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

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 operatives from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)…

On November 7, Nicaraguans will go to the polls to vote for the president, the culmination of a campaign that has included the detention of opposition candidates, the banning of civil society organizations and the…

Access to information, legal and institutional reforms, the safety of journalists, the independence of the media regulator, support for the media and the professionalization of the media were among the topics discussed during the visit of…

MOGADISHU (Somali Affairs) Press freedom deteriorated in Somalia's Hirshabelle state after police raided a hotel this week where a group of local journalists were training on security. On Thursday, police also harassed and…

A coalition of more than two dozen press freedom and human rights organizations called on the Biden administration to drop all charges against Julian Assange. This precedes an American appeal which will be heard next week, challenging a…

Femi Falana, a senior lawyer from Nigeria (SAN), called for the protection of journalists from government crackdown because "freedom of the press is freedom of society". Falana spoke on Friday at the Media Excellence in West…

CPJ's recent press freedom mission to Turkey got off to a disappointing start. International organizations led by the International Press Institute, including Reporters Without Borders, Human Rights Watch and…

Rioting, looting, indiscriminate property damage and killings in Phoenix associated with July's "attempted insurrection" resulting from internal fallout within the ANC have raised speculation about the proximity of South Africa South to…

Governments around the world have used sophisticated spyware designed to fight crime to target the press. Journalists say spyware has the potential to expose its sources, movements, and other private information that could be used to…

Denouncing the level of impunity in cases involving the murders of journalists, three international press freedom groups announced on Tuesday the creation of a people's court to hold perpetrators to account and ensure justice for them.…

Journalism in Afghanistan is in danger of disappearing, according to the head of the International Federation of Journalists, who said journalists trying to continue working under the Taliban have been beaten and jailed."The Taliban don't…

Published on: 09/14/2021 - 10:13 Algerian authorities arrested a journalist from a local French-language newspaper and…

European Union officials have given the Taliban a set of conditions, including the rule of law and press freedom, to ensure interaction with the 27-nation bloc.Although foreign diplomats from EU member countries were evacuated after the…

The night of September 10, 2001 is still etched in my memory. It was the first night I could put my hand on my ex-wife's pregnant belly and feel my oldest daughter move inside. I was ecstatic. The next morning I still had a huge…

Global press freedom is under dramatic pressure. More journalists than ever were in jail last year and the number of media workers killed rose by a third compared to 2019, with Asia accounting for almost half of those killed.With the…

A global network of leading editors, media executives and journalists, the International Press Institute (IPI), on Tuesday called on US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to raise the issue of freedom of the press with Indian leaders in…

The Philippines lost one of its key press freedom fighters on Wednesday night. Jose Jaime Espina, popularly known as 'Nonoy', died of liver cancer just days after recovering from Covid-19, his family has said. He was 59…

Khan's government rejects a Reporters Without Borders report, which ranks him among the world's 37 worst press freedom leaders.Pakistan has vehemently rejected a report by an international media watchdog that puts Prime Minister Imran Khan…

In april 2018Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua, announced reforms to the country's social security benefits. Protests…

In September 2019, Simon Marks moved to Ethiopia, attracted by the rapid changes that followed his change of leadership and his declaration of peace with neighboring Eritrea after war and decades of tension. Since then, he has reported on…

welcome to Foreign politic In short, South Asia. Highlights of the week: Pakistan tightens the screws protest journalists, India's economy is undergoing its worst contraction since independence, and The security situation in…

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed initially lifted press restrictions and released journalistsArrests are repeated, especially during the fighting in Tigray"Dangerous return" to repression, say human rights groupsGovernment Says Environment for…

In Nepal, despite threats of COVID-19 infection and declining wages, journalists are working tirelessly on the ground to cover the pandemic. When reporter Kailash Joshi was infected with COVID-19, he continued to do his job, stalking…

AdvertisingAt around 3:30 p.m. on May 17, Prothom Alo's senior correspondent and investigative journalist Rozina Islam visited the Ministry of Health in Dhaka to meet with the secretary of the Health Services Division and perform her duties…

A battle is playing out in a controversial rape case in Morocco between press freedom and the rights of victims. The accused is a well-known Moroccan journalist; the alleged victim was unknown. Both may be victims of the system, but…

Laws to protect public interest journalism should be strengthened and a culture of transparency encouraged, a Senate press freedom committee report recommended.Media companies told the survey that press freedom and the protection of…

Thirty years ago, dozens of African journalists gathered at a conference in the new nation of Namibia to strategize to better serve the public and minimize the risks associated with their work. "In Africa today ... in many countries,…

World Press Freedom Day is intended to support media professionals on issues of press freedom and personal ethics. It is a day of remembrance of journalists who have lost their lives in search of a story. The United Nations General…

Joint statement by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe and the German Federal Minister of JusticeIn a joint statement to mark world press freedom day May 3, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić,…

World Press Freedom Day 2021: It is also known as World Press Day. The day also honors journalists who have lost their lives. It is announced by the United Nations General Assembly on May 3 to raise awareness of the importance of freedom…

In a message on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, celebrated annually on May 3, Secretary-General António Guterres stressed the importance of reliable, verified and accessible information. . ??The pen 🖋is more powerful 🖋🖋 that the!-->…

In recent years, Malaysia has made great strides in press freedom. Under his first democratically elected government in decades, repressive laws were repealed, giving the country's media more space to do their job. But the unexpected…

Editors' Choice, Featured, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, Poverty and SDGs, Press Freedom, TerraViva United Nations Opinion The author is Senior Africa Researcher with the Committee to Protect Journalists*. May 3 is World…

The student arrests are the latest in the Kremlin's ongoing crackdown on free and independent media, which includes arrests and reports of torture of journalists, and a legal system that censors critics of the regime. "Russia's ongoing…

The government's attempts to control the narrative of the COVID-19 pandemic and restrict the media under the guise of public health have created an information integrity crisis, watchdog groups say. The problem is particularly acute in…

Before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, journalists around the world were regularly threatened in the exercise of their work. From the dangers of reporting in conflict zones to retaliatory measures inflicted by corrupt leaders, these…

On average over the past decade, a journalist has lost his life every four days, according to UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization, in a statement released on Wednesday. Although 2020 saw one of the…

News article | 26-11-2020 | 05:14When I was 18, I chose to study international relations. The reason was simple, I like to learn about the world and our differences as well as our similarities fascinate me.…