Headlines
  • On Monday, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said that airstrikes on Iran have started for the third night in a row.
  • On Monday, the UAE Ministry of Defense announced that two Iranian tankers had attacked two national tankers. One Indian crew member was killed and eight others were injured, including four critically, by cruise missiles in the southern lane of the Strait of Hormuz in Omani territorial waters.
  • Despite unleashing fresh attacks on Iran and reimposing a blockade of Iranian ports, US President Donald Trump said on Monday that an deal with Tehran to end the Middle East war was still possible.
  • IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi said in a statement on Monday that Iran will "continue to exercise our sovereignty and management over the Strait of Hormuz."
  • A constitutional amendment was passed by the Hungarian parliament to oust Orban ally President Tamas Sulyok.

Category: Freedom of Press

October 29, 2022

Russia:Freedom of Press

Russian journalists who had been working independently in Ukraine before Russia’s invasion came under intense pressure; several of them have now been forced to leave

October 19, 2022

China ‘Gutted’ Press Freedom in Hong...

As ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping lauded his government for bringing “order from chaos” with a citywide crackdown on dissent in the wake of the 2019 protest movement, an international journalists’ group said press freedom has been “gutted” in the former British colony.

October 8, 2022

Hong Kong Radio Host Gets 32-Month...

A court in Hong Kong on Friday sentenced a prominent online radio host to two years and eight months in prison for sedition and money laundering, charges he confessed to in a plea deal

October 4, 2022

Cuban Journalist Places Truth Above Revolutionary...

Despite coming from a family of Cuban revolutionaries, Abraham Jiménez Enoa chose to report the truth rather than live that life.He is currently living in exile, just as many other independent voices from Cuba

September 29, 2022

Former BBC Journalist Sentenced to 3...

A former BBC television presenter and freelance journalist in Myanmar was sentenced to three years in prison with hard labor on Wednesday by a military regime court in Yangon for violating the country’s Unlawful Associations Act, bringing her total time in jail to six years, a source in the legal community said

September 27, 2022

Hong Kong Press Freedom Index Hits...

Press freedom in Hong Kong has declined for yet another year, with most local outlets now hesitant to criticize the Chinese government, according to a recent survey by the city’s journalists

September 17, 2022

Journalist for TOLOnews on Why She...

When the Taliban ordered female journalists to cover their faces on air, pictures of Khatera Ahmadi were shared throughout the world. Because she feared for the safety of her family, the former TOLOnews journalist has recently left to Pakistan

August 26, 2022

Crackdown on Independent Media Continues in...

Several media outlets in Nicaragua have been shut down recently by President Daniel Ortega’s government. An iconic newspaper and one of the nation’s oldest radio stations just closed down

August 25, 2022

Ailing Vietnam Journalist Pham Doan Trang...

Award-winning Vietnamese journalist Pham Doan Trang is in increasingly poor health as she heads back to court this week to appeal her nine-year jail sentence for “conducting anti-state propaganda,” her lawyer told RFA on Wednesday

July 23, 2022

Attacks on Rappler Distort Filipino View...

The Philippine government imposed a new closure order on Rappler, a digital media outlet based in Manila renowned for its investigative journalism, when Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s presidency took office in June

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