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The South East Asia Journalists Unions (SEAJU) network remains concerned for the physical and financial safety of journalists reporting in South East…

La fundadora del portal Quinto Poder, María Elena Ferral Martínez, fue baleada en la vía pública y murió en el hospital. Desde el Sindicato Nacional…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today joined other press freedom groups in calling on Europe’s top human rights and democracy…

The Hungarian Parliament passed a bill on 30 March allowing the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to rule by decree without a set time limit.…

Empresas de medios cesantearon a 300 trabajadores en la última semana y desde la Asociación de la Prensa Uruguaya advierten sobre una posible maniobra…

On March 25, 2020, at about 16:30, Siarhei Satsuk, member of the Belarusian Association of Journalists, journalist and editor-in-chief of the online…

Sixteen human rigths and professional organisations urged Turkish Government not to discriminate against political prisoners in its forthcoming early…

The president of Romania Klaus Werner Iohannis signed on 16 March an emergency decree which, among other measures, allows the National Authority for…

TV channel NewsOne journalist Tetiana Sivokon was physically attacked on 24 March by a shop owner while shooting a story about the sale of protective…

Azhar-ul Haq Wahid, a reporter with Channel Five TV and the newspaper Khabrain was released on bail after more than two months in jail for criticising…

Journalism serves as a critical public service, particularly in times of crisis. Now more than ever, media must be able to report independently,…

The military backed government in Thailand imposed a one-month state of emergency on March 26 to control Covid-19, allowing authorities to impose…

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President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act of 2020 on March 25 that grants him special powers to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic,…

Beijing’s propaganda blitz seeks to obscure the origins of the coronavirus, writes Louisa Lim.