Press freedom
Turkish opposition leader calls for weekly rallies and deeper economic boycott
Özgür Özel expands call to boycott companies perceived as close to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Ruth Michaelson in Istanbul
30, Mar, 2025 @4:02 PM
A pig’s head and decapitated rats: a new era of intimidation dawns for journalists in Indonesia
Grisly gifts a worrying turn for press freedom in world’s third-largest democracy
Kate Lamb
28, Mar, 2025 @12:28 AM
BBC reporter arrested and deported from Turkey after covering protests
Mark Lowen considered ‘threat to public order’ after reports on nationwide anti-government demonstrations
Michael Savage Media editor
27, Mar, 2025 @6:18 PM
BBC’s Jeremy Bowen accuses Israel of blocking journalists from Gaza
BBC’s international editor says lack of access is ‘because there’s stuff they don’t want us to see’
Michael Savage Media editor
26, Mar, 2025 @2:58 PM
Eight journalists covering anti-government protests held in Turkey
Arrests condemned as ‘unlawful’ by press freedom groups, highlighting growing repression amid demonstrations against President Erdoğan
Ruth Michaelson in Istanbul
25, Mar, 2025 @4:38 PM
Press freedom groups condemn targeted killing of two journalists in Israeli strikes
Israel Defense Forces has confirmed it killed Hossam Shabat and Mohammed Mansour, claiming they were terrorists
Annie Kelly
25, Mar, 2025 @1:15 PM
Journalists among more than 1,100 arrested in Turkey crackdown
Authorities ask X to block accounts as tens of thousands take to streets in largest anti-government protests in years
Ruth Michaelson in Istanbul
24, Mar, 2025 @5:04 PM
Press freedom in Serbia is facing a dangerous turning point, editors warn
Group says reporters at independent outlets suffer ‘constant harassment, physical attacks and smear campaigns’
Michael Savage Media editor
23, Mar, 2025 @3:28 PM
Duterte’s arrest gives ‘a sense impunity ends’, says Nobel peace prize winner
Maria Ressa says rules-based order ‘can perhaps still exist’ but social media is being used to undermine democracy around the world
Ashifa Kassam European community affairs correspondent
18, Mar, 2025 @2:17 PM
Trump sharpens attacks on US media as Voice of America employees put on administrative leave
President denounced CNN and MSNBC as ‘illegal’ and instructed VoA’s parent agency to be eliminated
Edward Helmore in New York
15, Mar, 2025 @4:03 PM
Can the free press be saved? | Katrina vanden Heuvel
It will take a new movement of responsible readers and benefactors to protect independent media
Katrina vanden Heuvel
13, Mar, 2025 @11:00 AM
‘A true free-speech emergency’: alarm over Trump’s ‘chilling’ attacks on media
Warning comes as FCC, chaired by Trump ally and Project 2025 author, orders investigations into US media groups
Adam Gabbatt
24, Feb, 2025 @1:00 PM
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