News and Press Releases

On 8 September, a member of the Armenian National Assembly brought forward a legislative proposal on insult and defamation that aims to increase fines…

“If you criminalise news gathering, you are criminalising journalism. It is a moral duty for journalists to protect sources. Many have gone to jail to…

On Monday 7 September, hearings for the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United States will resume in the UK for at least three…

Jan Kuciak has been murdered again. Thursday’s verdict in the trial of the killers of Jan Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová is like a new death…

After the arbitrary detention of 50 journalists on 27 August, Belarusian authorities have withdrawn at least 17 foreign journalists' press…

Members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) working for Bullivant Media walked out on strike on 25 August to defend quality journalism, oppose…

A Danish journalist making a documentary on indigenous resistance against a controversial pipeline was denied entry to Canada by border officials…

The Belarusian authorities have blocked access to several media websites and disrupted print media circulation, claiming that there are problems with…

The Covid-19 pandemic has worsened the press freedom situation in countries such as China, Russia, and Turkey, where authorities have used it as a…

A group of Ukrainian investigative journalists is being subjected to a campaign of harassment and intimidation, including surveillance and arson…

As ongoing protests over the disputed presidential election result rock Minsk, the Belarus Association of Journalists (BAJ) has reported 160 cases of…

At least 19 journalists were detained and many others were prevented from covering the Belarusian presidential election held on Sunday, August 9. The…

More than half of women journalists have experienced increased gender inequalities due to COVID-19, according to a new survey conducted by…

After years of resisting demands to pay for news, Google said in a surprise announcement on 25 June it had reached  deals with a number of news…

Turkish authorities have told Iranian journalists Arash Yavari and his wife Masoomeh Hatamkhani, who is also a journalist, to leave the country and go…