Press Freedom
CPAC Just Decided to Not Let Any US Journalists Inside
VICE News was barred from the conservative conference, where the star attraction is Hungary’s authoritarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Vietnam Criticises ‘Inappropriate’ US Freedom Award for Jailed Journalist
Pham Doan Trang was awarded the International Women of Courage prize, a move Vietnam said was “not conducive for the development of bilateral relations.”
Eighth Journalist Murdered In Mexico in 2022
Armando Linares, the director of local online news outlet Monitor Michoacán, was gunned down in his home on March 15.
Gunmen in Mexico Just Killed a Sixth Journalist This Year
The killing of Jorge Camero, 28, came the same week the U.S. secretary of state called for better protection for journalists and Mexico’s president said he didn’t know what he was talking about.
Journalists, Activists and Dissidents Under Threat in the Wake of Russian Invasion
With unconfirmed rumours of "kill lists", one journalist said prison would be a "best case scenario" under Russian rule in Ukraine.
They Were Reporters in Hong Kong. Now They Drive Cabs and Sell Fried Chicken.
The demise of the city’s independent news outlets has left hundreds of journalists out of a job. Many are not coming back.
A Journalist Told Mexico's President She Feared for Her Life. Then She Was Murdered.
The killing of Lourdes Maldonado in Tijuana is the second murder of a journalist in the border city in a week, and the third this year so far across Mexico.
Almost Half the World’s Imprisoned Journalists Are in These 3 Countries
In an inglorious list of dictatorships and authoritarian regimes, three Asian countries lead the way for the number of journalists languishing in prison.
Amal Clooney Protects Journalists. We Asked Her About Asia's Shrinking Press Freedom.
The human rights lawyer, who is defending Nobel Prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa, says it's time to do away with colonial-era laws.
Myanmar Military Sentences American Journalist to 11 Years in Prison
Danny Fenster was arrested at the airport trying to leave Myanmar in May. He has not been heard from since.
The Taliban Told the World Women Can Work. But Women Journalists Are Told to Stay Home.
"He’s a man, you’re a woman. Women are not allowed to work anymore," one Taliban fighter allegedly told a journalist.
As Taliban Forces Close In, Women Journalists Fear For Their Lives
“The Taliban will kill us. It’s our responsibility to share women’s voices and reporting from our country. But it’s become really hard to even write.”