The United States is ranked 42nd out of 180 countries on RSF’s 2022 World Press Freedom Index.

The bill is expected to reach report stage in the House of Lords on 1 March and 7 March, where it will receive further scrutiny before a third reading. It will then move back to the House of Commons, and is expected to become law later in 2023.

CPJ’s email to the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not receive a reply.

Under Indiana law, she was permitted to access records on the suspension, but the university denied the requests.

A central Florida television journalist and a girl were fatally shot Wednesday afternoon near the scene of a fatal shooting from earlier in the day, authorities said.

There is also no provision for journalists and media outlets to challenge or appeal against its decisions.

Sanguña was referring to President Lasso’s televised address on 14 February, when he referred to La Posta’s investigative reporters as “media terrorists” and accused them of being linked to drug trafficking.

Police accused the three men of inciting violence and sowing distrust of the government during a dispute within the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, according to court documents reviewed by CPJ, but did not file formal charges.

Prime Minister Hun Sen earlier this month ordered VOD's license revoked over what he said was an erroneous report about his eldest son.

The state's media regulator issued indefinite suspensions to the news outlets, which include the BBC Somali service, on January 28.

At least 60 journalists have been arrested since 16 September 2022, the date of the start of the protests about the young Kurdish Iranian woman Masha Amini’s death in police custody.

Mtenje told CPJ that she appeared before police on her own and was not accompanied by a lawyer.

CPJ contacted Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid for comment via messaging app but received no response. CPJ was unable to locate contact information for the Taliban governor of Helmand.

CPJ’s email to the police press office in Lima did not receive a response. CPJ was unable to locate contact information for representatives of La Resistencia.

Lawmakers have said the law is to help improve relations between media and state, and noted that they discussed the bill with journalists when it was being drafted.

"Digital platforms have changed the way we connect and face the world, the way we face each other," UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay said in opening remarks.

The 15 foreign TV broadcasters, including BBC Somali, have not been broadcasting in Ethiopia’s southeastern Somali region, the country’s second largest, since 28 January