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  • Early on Thursday, 73 students were injured and at least 16 students killed at a girls' boarding school in central Kenya.
  • The vital Strait of Hormuz, according to US President Donald Trump, "must be open to everyone" and "no one can control it."
  • A major portions of southern Lebanon has been declared a "combat zone" by the Israeli military.
  • Iran's foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that American bombings in the country's southern Hormozgan region broke the ceasefire.
  • The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health claims that Israeli attacks in Lebanon on Tuesday left at least 31 persons dead and 40 injured.
  • Due to the Ebola outbreak, Ugandan authorities announced on Wednesday that the country's border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been closed.

Tag: Free Speech

August 18, 2021

Future of Egyptian Opposition Television Stations...

Several Egyptian opposition television stations are based in Istanbul, where they air programmes critical of Egypt’s president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Turkey was a significant supporter of Egypt’s overthrown president, Mohammed Morsi, but with Turkish-Egyptian peace attempts in the works, the future of opposition television outlets is doubtful

August 14, 2021

Australia ‘Concerned’ About Journalist Cheng Lei,...

One year after her detention on “spying” charges, concerns are growing over Australian journalist Cheng Lei, who remains in detention with no access to a lawyer, the Australian government said on Friday

August 6, 2021

Interview: ‘They Will Turn You Into...

Veteran Chinese journalist Chang Ping fled China a decade ago, and now makes a living as a writer in Germany. A former senior editor at the once cutting-edge Southern Weekend newspaper in the southern city of Guangzhou, Chang spoke to RFA about ever-widening controls on press freedom and public expression under the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and shared his warning to the journalists of Hong Kong

July 31, 2021

Aggression is Denounced by Salvadoran Journalists

El Salvador’s Association of Journalists has issued a warning about an increase in journalist assaults

July 16, 2021

The Turkish Media Landscape After the...

Turkish Journalists And Government Opponents Are Still Being Punished Five Years After A Failed Military Coup, According To Analysts. More From VOA’s Namo Abdulla

July 14, 2021

Free Press Attack in Myanmar

The Release Of Journalist Nathan Maung, A U.S. Citizen Who Was Detained In Myanmar On March 9 And Held For Months, Is Welcomed By The United States. Journalist Daniel Fenster, Another U.S. Citizen, Is Still Behind Bars. His Release Has Been Demanded By The US

July 6, 2021

Outlook For Hong Kong’s Press Freedom...

The media landscape in Hong Kong following the forced closure of the Apple Daily bears a striking resemblance to that of Shanghai after the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took power in 1949, a veteran Chinese journalist told RFA

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