A study indicates that South Africa is resilient to Chinese attempts to influence the media
The Chinese government still attempts to influence South Africa’s media environment.
An Australian law making Facebook and Google pay for news has been successful
The tech firms inked more than 30 deals with media outlets compensating them for content.
Europe and Central Asia: Women on the frontline of defending free speech
Women around the world are creating their own networks as a means of self-protection, solidarity, and support.
Gunmen killed a Colombian journalist on a motorcycle
The organization urged the authorities to look into Coroba’s journalistic work “in connection with his murder.”
Turkish journalist Sinan Aygül arrested under new ‘disinformation’ law
The journalist pleaded not guilty, according to those documents.
Staff of Serbian newspaper Danas gets email threatening Charlie Hebdo attack
In January 2015, heavily armed and hooded shooters attacked the Paris office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
Jailed Tajik journalist Abdusattor Pirmuhammadzoda describes severe physical abuse, forced confession in letter
Radio Ozodi was unable to establish the circumstances under which these recordings had been made.
The leader of South Korea suspends his question and answer session with reporters following a media dispute
Yoon's office said MBC was banned because of its "repeated distortion and biased reporting" on diplomatic issues.
Journalist Wilder Alfredo Córdoba shot and killed in southern Colombia
Córdoba, director of the independent online news outlet Unión Televisión in the town of La Unión, was shot three times.
Headquarters of news website Rondoniaovivo shot multiple times in northern Brazil
The shots hit and broke the front door and windows, but no one was hurt.
Even against its closest allies, the United States must protect the freedom of the press
Robert Mahoney is director of special projects at the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
The leader of South Korea suspends his question and answer session with reporters following a media dispute
Yoon's office said MBC was banned because of its "repeated distortion and biased reporting" on diplomatic issues.
Kyrgyzstan: RSF condemns the deportation of Bolot Temirov to Russia
After his heavy-handed arrest in the court, Temirov disappeared without being allowed access to his lawyers for more than three hours.
Ukrainian law enforcement beat, damage equipment of journalists covering protest
The journalists gave statements to the police department and were able to recover their belongings.
Somali journalist Mohamed Isse Hassan killed in Mogadishu bomb blast
Abdulkadir lost two fingers and had shrapnel wounds in his abdomen.
Vietnamese journalist Le Manh Ha harshly sentenced to 8 years in prison
Ha pleaded innocent to the charges at his trial and indicated he would appeal directly after the verdict was handed down
Myanmar journalist Myo San Soe sentenced to 15 years in prison for terrorism
Myo San Soe was convicted for contacting members of People’s Defense Forces.
Authorities charge Senegalese journalist Pape Alé Niang with harming national defense over report on leaked document
Niang faces a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison.
New record number of journalists jailed worldwide
Last year’s record has been broken again.
Moldova Suspends TV Licenses on Misinformation Charges
The broadcast licenses of six Moldovan television stations have been suspended.