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    Mediapart censorship exposes deterioration of EU press freedom – EURACTIV.com

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    November 23, 2022
    A French court decision to stop the publication of an investigation by Mediapart in political corruption has sparked lawyers and other media outlets who ...
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    European Federation of Journalists chief slams press freedom in Greece – EURACTIV.com

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    November 22, 2022
    Lack of trust, economic instability and spying on journalists make the press environment in Greece worrying and difficult, European Federation of Journalists President Maja ...
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    Iraqi Kurdish Journalist Wins International Press Freedom Awards

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    November 18, 2022
    DUBAI: TikTok announced the winners of its first Creator Hub Awards for the United Arab Emirates and Egypt at a ceremony in Dubai on ...
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    Kyrgyz journalist shortlisted for press freedom award cannot travel due to revoked passport

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    November 14, 2022
    President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has hailed Ukraine’s recapture of Kherson during a surprise visit to the strategic southern city as the possible ‘beginning of the ...
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    Press freedom in the EU: Italian Prime Minister brings anti-Mafia journalist to justice

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    November 13, 2022
    If found guilty at the trial, which opens on Tuesday, Roberto Saviano, best known for his international mafia hit “Gomorrah”, could face up to ...
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    Editors and Stakeholders Vow to Stand Up to Press Freedom Attacks

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    November 11, 2022
    Editors under the All Nigeria Guild of Editors and other media industry stakeholders have pledged to resist the ongoing assault on press freedom in ...
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    Senior officers back press freedom after journalists covering protests arrested

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    November 9, 2022
    Two of Britain’s top police officers have spoken out in favor of press freedom after journalists covering the Just Stop Oil protests were arrested. ...
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    PM joins police chiefs in calling for press freedom after Just Stop Oil arrests

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    November 9, 2022
    Rishi Sunak joined police chiefs in calling for press freedom after it emerged journalists had been arrested and detained during Just Stop Oil protests. ...
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    What press freedom looks like for women journalists

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    November 6, 2022
    Gender inequality is a sad truth in all industries. But nowhere is it so vicious and starkly visible as in the journalism and media ...
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    SPLC Announces 2022 Collegiate Press Freedom Award Winners

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    November 1, 2022
    The Student Press Law Center is delighted to honor the Indiana Daily Student and its journalist Cate Charron and the staff of The Battalion ...
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    I like press freedom, not click journalism — Prime Minister

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    October 31, 2022
    in All News / By: BVI News on Oct 31, 2022 7:19 AM / Prime Minister Dr Natalio Wheatley Prime Minister Dr Natalio Wheatley ...
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    Yoon’s attack on press freedom in South Korea

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    October 29, 2022
    Author: Soyoung Kim, Nanyang Technological University South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s tendency to avoid uncomfortable questions and attack specific outlets undermines his promised initiatives ...
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    Minister reaffirms government’s commitment to promote freedom of the press

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    October 27, 2022
    Information Minister Khieu Kanharith said the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) is still committed to improving respect for press freedom and freedom of expression ...
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    West Africa: how journalists can defend press freedom and democracy in West Africa – ECOWAS, CSOs

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    October 21, 2022
    They spoke at a regional conference in Accra, Ghana, in the wake of the recent coup in Burkina Faso. ECOWAS representatives, academics, journalists and ...
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    How journalists can defend press freedom and democracy in West Africa – ECOWAS, CSOs

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    October 20, 2022
    ECOWAS representatives, academics, journalists and civil society organizations deplored the alarming decline in press freedom and democracy in the West Africa Regionand suggested ways ...
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    Protecting press freedom and democracy – Prof. Karikari | General news

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    October 19, 2022
    Media expert, Prof. Kwame Karikari, has called on media professionals across the African continent to rekindle the fight to protect and defend press freedom ...
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    Protecting press freedom, democracy – Prof. Karikari

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    October 19, 2022
    Professor Kwame Karikari, media expert and scholar Media expert, Prof. Kwame Karikari, has called on media professionals across the African continent to rekindle the ...
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    The Coming War on Press Freedom

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    October 14, 2022
    Ten years after the Leveson inquiry, the tabloids are back in the dock. And the specter of state regulation of the press – that ...
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    Abela too busy to meet with press freedom organizations

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    October 14, 2022
    Ritratt: Miguela Xuereb Prime Minister Robert Abela will not meet with a delegation of representatives of international press freedom organizations because he will be ...
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    Turkey. Nine press freedom and journalism groups to examine media freedom crisis ahead of 2023 election

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    October 12, 2022
    A coalition of international journalism, press freedom and human rights groups will carry out a three-day mission to Turkey this week to investigate serious ...
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    Press freedom groups visit Malta on fifth anniversary of Daphne’s murder to push for reforms

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    October 12, 2022
    Between October 13 and 17, 2022, an international press freedom mission will visit Malta, five years after the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana ...
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    Turkey: Press Freedom Mission to Investigate Threats to Independent Journalism

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    October 10, 2022
    ARTICLE 19 joins journalism, press freedom and human rights groups for a three-day mission to Turkey this week to investigate serious and persistent threats ...
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    Slovakia. Deputy PM’s attacks have undermined broader government efforts to bolster press freedom

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    October 6, 2022
    The undersigned international media freedom and journalist organizations today express their dismay at recent attempts by Slovak Deputy Prime Minister Igor Matovič to disparage ...
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    Tunisian journalists fear erosion of press freedom

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    October 6, 2022
    By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – Since playing a leading role in criticizing Tunisia’s increasingly powerful president, prominent journalist Mohamed Boughalleb has been out ...
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    RSF on mission to Greece amid ‘terrible setbacks’ for press freedom – EURACTIV.com

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    October 5, 2022
    Reporters Without Borders (RSF) will travel to Greece from October 9-11 to discuss the critical press freedom situation, which has tested the conservative New ...
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    Freedom of the press, democracy and Fahad Shah

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    October 3, 2022
    Fahad Shah, editor of The Kashmir Walla newspaper and contributor to Monitor, was imprisoned in February in response to articles that Indian authorities said ...
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    Indonesian activists slam latest cyberattack as ‘attack on press freedom’

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    September 28, 2022
    September 28, 2022 JAKARTA – The lawyers deplored a series of large-scale and coordinated cyberattacks against journalists and employees of the Narasi media company ...
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    UCI under fire over allegations of blocking freedom of the press by refusing accreditation to a journalist at the World Championships

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    September 24, 2022
    UCI President David Lappartient has faced tough questions over why a journalist who wrote critical investigative reporting was denied accreditation for the World Road ...
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    Attacks on Nigerian Journalists Rise in 2022

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    September 17, 2022
    Agba Jalingo is a journalist and publisher of an online newspaper, Cross River Watch. The publication repeatedly put him on a collision course with ...
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    European Commission presents law to strengthen press freedom | Nation

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    September 16, 2022
    BRUSSELS — The European Commission on Friday presented a proposal aimed at further strengthening media freedom in the European Union. “Journalists have been killed ...
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    El Salvador: Speech by World Press Freedom Hero Carlos Dada at IPI WoCo

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    September 16, 2022
    The International Press Institute (IPI) publishes today the speech delivered by Salvadoran journalist Carlos Dada, founder of El Faro, as he accepted the World ...
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    European Commission introduces law to strengthen press freedom

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    September 16, 2022
    1 The European Commission on Friday presented a proposal to further strengthen media freedom in the European Union (EU). 2 “Journalists have been killed ...
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    EU media law intensifies fight for press freedom | European | News and current affairs from across the continent | DW

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    September 16, 2022
    “A war does not start with weapons. A war starts with propaganda, disinformation and a state-controlled press,” Belgian parliamentarian Katia Segers told DW. The ...
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    EU steps up fight for press freedom – DW – 16/09/2022

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    September 16, 2022
    Brussels wants to protect media rights To view this video, please enable JavaScript and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video ...
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    Timor-Leste. Press Council condemns misrepresentation of press freedom in Myanmar

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    September 16, 2022
    The Conselho de Imprensa (Press Council) of Timor-Leste (CITL) expressed deep concern over the misrepresentation of the press freedom situation in Myanmar at the ...
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    #IPIWoCo 2022 Recap: Life on the Frontlines for Press Freedom

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    September 10, 2022
    Journalists from India, Myanmar, Russia, Pakistan and Central America on the fight against censorship and repression Vilma Aholuoto, Helsingin Sanomat Foundation Journalism Fellow at ...
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    The state of press freedom in Turkey

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    September 8, 2022
    Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in its latest ranking, “World Press Freedom Index”, places Turkey in 149th position. In 2005 he was 98th. According to ...
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    Russian journalist Safronov sentenced for another blow to press freedom

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    September 5, 2022
    The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said the current situation at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya power plant is “untenable” and that there is “an urgent ...
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    On Freedom of the Press Day, Palace Says Administrator Respects and Recognizes Freedom of the Press

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    August 30, 2022
    MANILA, Philippines – As the Philippines celebrated National Press Freedom Day for the first time on Tuesday, the Office of the Press Secretary gave ...
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    Ghana’s press freedom ranking is a disgrace – British High Commissioner

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    August 28, 2022
    The British High Commissioner to Ghana has expressed her displeasure with the 2022 Ghana Press Freedom Rankings. In the interview which has not yet ...
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    Press freedom groups call on Brazilian presidential candidates to ensure the safety of journalists covering the election

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    August 24, 2022
    The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 10 other civil society groups and press freedom organizations this week in a letter to all Brazilian presidential ...
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    Don’t Let GOP States Criminalize Abortion Coverage

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    August 16, 2022
    More than two dozen newsrooms and press freedom groups sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday, calling on the Justice ...
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    IPI conducts press freedom visits to Mozambique and Botswana

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    August 16, 2022
    The delegation seeks to support independent journalism and assess the challenges facing the media in the two southern African countries ...
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    Press freedom threatened by Indonesian authoritarianism

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    August 14, 2022
    ANALYSIS: By Kyle Delbyck of the TrialWatch initiative Journalist Muhammad Asrul is awaiting news from the Indonesian Supreme Court on whether he will spend ...
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    Taliban show ‘no commitment to press freedom’

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    August 12, 2022
    Washington— A year after the Taliban took power, Afghan media faces censorship, violence and economic hardship, with women’s voices largely silenced. As the anniversary ...
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    Attacks on journalists an effort to muzzle press freedom, says TIB

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    August 10, 2022
    Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) said on Wednesday that recent attacks on journalists in the course of their professional work – gathering information on irregularities ...
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    Arrest of Zimbabwean journalists ‘out of step’ with press freedom standards

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    August 8, 2022
    HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Zimbabwe has charged two journalists under its Cybercrimes Act, which media advocates say goes against global trends of supporting and promoting ...
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    Zimbabwe: Arrest of Journalists ‘Out of Line’ with Press Freedom Standards

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    August 8, 2022
    Harare – Zimbabwe has charged two journalists under its Cybercrimes Act in a decision that media advocates say runs counter to global trends supporting ...
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    Press freedom increasingly under threat in Cambodia

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    August 6, 2022
    Amid growing restrictions on civic space and press freedom in Cambodia, journalists are increasingly subject to various forms of harassment, pressure and violence, according ...
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    RTL Today – Obstruction of press freedom: Burmese junta accuses Japanese journalist of encouraging dissent

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    August 4, 2022
    A Japanese journalist detained in Myanmar has been charged with breaking immigration laws and encouraging dissent against the military, the ruling junta said on ...
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    Sanwo-Olu is committed to protecting freedom of the press

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    August 4, 2022
    THE Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has pledged to protect press freedom in the state. Sanwo-Olu made the pledge today in Ikeja, the ...
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    NPAN and NGE fault attempt to stifle press freedom as new attacks – Articles – The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    August 2, 2022
    The Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN), the Union of Nigerian Journalists (NUJ) and the International Press Institute (IPI) have highlighted the need for ...
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    Jokowi Penal Code: Draft law threatens press freedom in Indonesia

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    August 1, 2022
    Serious concerns about threats to the independence and freedom of the press by the Indonesian Penal Code Review Project (RKUHP) continue to be expressed, ...
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    Why visa privilege is a press freedom issue Global Voices

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    July 26, 2022
    Illustration by Moshtari Hilal, used with permission via Unbias the News This article by Tina Lee was originally published on Unbias The News. An ...
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    Ten Years of Foreign Agents Law in Russia: Evolution of a Press Freedom Crackdown

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    July 25, 2022
    Russia’s now notorious Foreign Agents Law – a key tool for repressing independent media – first emerged a decade ago, in July 2012. Its ...
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    Reporters Without Borders: The message of press freedom compromised by political infiltration – Opinion

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    July 24, 2022
    Chinese national flags and Hong Kong SAR flags fly in Hong Kong. [Photo/Xinhua] After Hong Kong Watch was established in the UK in 2017 ...
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    India rejects World Press Freedom Index results

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    July 21, 2022
    India’s ranking fell to 150th from last year’s 142nd among 180 nations. New Delhi: The government told parliament on Thursday that it disagreed with ...
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    Center rejects India’s ranking in latest World Press Freedom Index | Latest India News

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    July 20, 2022
    India disagrees with the findings of the foreign non-governmental organization (NGO) “Reporters Without Borders” that the country ranks 150 out of 180 countries in ...
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    I disagree with the World Press Freedom Index ranking India among the 30 worst nations out of 180 : Govt in Lok Sabha : The Tribune India

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    July 19, 2022
    Tribune press service Aditi Tandon New Delhi, July 19 Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Singh Thakur today informed the Lok Sabha that ...
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    Disinformation, Intimidation and Other Threats to Press Freedom – Foreign Policy

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    July 19, 2022
    BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – MARCH 29: US Under Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo and EU Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability and Capital Markets ...
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    Imprisoned Vietnamese journalist garlanded by press freedom group – The Diplomat

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    July 18, 2022
    Beat ASEAN | Company | South East Asia Pham Doan Trang is currently serving a nine-year prison sentence for “propaganda against the state”. Advertising ...
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    Imran’s tenure was a dark time for press freedom: Marriyum

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    July 17, 2022
    ISLAMABAD – Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Saturday that Sunday’s by-elections in Punjab will bury the narrative and politics of ...
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    Marriyum – Latest News – The Nation

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    July 17, 2022
    ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister of Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Saturday that Sunday’s by-elections in Punjab will bury the narrative and politics ...
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    US President Biden must prioritize press freedom during his visit to the Middle East

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    July 13, 2022
    Freedom of the press must be at the center of American foreign policy US President Joe Biden is greeted by ...
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    ‘Hold on’: Philippines’ Maria Ressa fights for press freedom

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    July 8, 2022
    Filipino Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran journalist Maria Ressa has fought multiple court cases and online abuse in her campaign for press freedom. ...
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    India rejects Germany’s criticism of press freedom | News | DW

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    July 8, 2022
    India on Thursday rejected comments by the German Foreign Ministry on press freedom in India and the arrest of fact-checker Mohammed Zubair, according to ...
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    Post-Dispatch Reporter Wins Freedom of the Press Award After Attack on Missouri Governor | Policy

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    July 7, 2022
    JEFFERSON CITY — The National Press Club honored St. Louis Post-Dispatch data reporter Josh Renaud with a freedom of the press award after discovering ...
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    Albania: RSF and other press freedom organizations protest Prime Minister’s decision to ban press conferences for journalists

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    July 7, 2022
    Subject: Open letter to Prime Minister Edi Rama from international press freedom groups regarding the decision to ban journalists from press conferences July 6, ...
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    The chilling implications of Justice Thomas’ dissent on press freedom

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    June 30, 2022
    The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will not hear a case challenging the landmark freedom of the press ruling in New York Times ...
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    Join Rappler in defending press freedom in the Philippines

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    June 30, 2022
    EDITORIAL: By the Rappler team We will continue to bring you the news, to hold the powerful accountable for their actions and decisions, to ...
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    Explanation: The decline of press freedom in Hong Kong under the national security law

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    June 29, 2022
    In January, chief executive Carrie Lam said Hong Kong authorities were “not seeking to clamp down on press freedom” after newsrooms closed, and – ...
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    Press freedom groups condemn arrest of Bauchi journalists

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    June 29, 2022
    Two press freedom groups, International Press Institute (IPI) Nigeria and International Press Center (IPC), have condemned the arrest and prosecution of two Bauchi-based journalists, ...
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    Why does the decline of press freedom concern no one in India?

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    June 28, 2022
    The latest press freedom index prepared by the Paris-based non-profit organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) ranks India 150th out of 180 countries. The index ...
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    Swiss press freedom in the spotlight at the United Nations

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    June 23, 2022
    ‘It is not acceptable that Switzerland has a law that prevents journalists from doing their job,’ says politician © Keystone / Gian Ehrenzeller The ...
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    When press freedom died in Hong Kong – remembered by the Apple Daily

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    June 23, 2022
    HONG KONG — A year ago, Beijing’s tightening grip on press freedom in Hong Kong forced the closure of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily. ...
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    Police visit to SN is an attack on freedom of the press – Shadow AG

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    June 21, 2022
    Shadow Attorney General Roysdale Forde SC yesterday condemned what he said was the latest attack on press freedom based on a Stabroek News report ...
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    Assange case reflects US and UK hypocrisy on press freedom: China

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    June 20, 2022
    ISTANBUL Speaking heavily to Western countries over press freedom, China said on Monday that the case of jailed investigative journalist Julian Assange reflected “hypocrisy” ...
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    Assange case reflects US and UK hypocrisy on press freedom – Middle East Monitor

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    June 20, 2022
    Speaking strongly to Western countries over press freedom, China said on Monday that the case of jailed investigative journalist Julian Assange reflected “hypocrisy” in ...
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    Chomsky, Ellsberg and others denounce the extradition of Assange

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    June 18, 2022
    As supporters of Julian Assange held a press conference Friday at the British Consulate in New York to demand the freedom of imprisoned WikiLeaks ...
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    Reviews | Assange’s extradition to UK mocks ‘World Press Freedom Day’

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    June 18, 2022
    British politicians will mark World Press Freedom Day next week by debating the safety of journalists and the importance of free speech without any ...
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    Most Journalists Worried About Future of US Press Freedom: Study – The Hill

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    June 15, 2022
    The story at a glance A new report from the Pew Research Center examined the views of working journalists on the state of the ...
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    European and Russian state media clash in press freedom court

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    June 10, 2022
    The European Council has banned Kremlin-funded news outlet RT, formerly known as Russia Today, as part of a sanctions package over Moscow’s invasion of ...
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    Blinken warns of continuing threats to press freedom in the Americas

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    June 8, 2022
    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says governments in some Latin American countries are using sweeping legislation and oversight to stifle press freedom and ...
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    Russia tells US to focus on ensuring press freedom in the country before ‘teaching others’

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    June 8, 2022
    Russia advised US officials on June 7 to first focus on ensuring press freedom and fair access to information in their own country before ...
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    Promoting Student Press Freedom – The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    June 2, 2022
    The First Amendment provides crucial protections for student journalists. The right of students to speak freely and share relevant information and views with their ...
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    Hong Kong Journalists’ Club passes motion to pledge press freedom as more than half of board abstains

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    May 31, 2022
    Hong Kong’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) voted overwhelmingly in favor of a press freedom motion. More than half of the members of the board ...
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    In Ethiopia, mass detention signals shrinking press freedom | Features News

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    May 31, 2022
    On April 26, an official from Ethiopia’s attorney general’s office spoke to state media to lament what he called a lack of police action ...
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    Outcry as China Prevents Pacific Journalists from Interviewing Wang Yi | freedom of the press

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    May 31, 2022
    Journalists covering the Chinese foreign minister’s Pacific tour say they were barred from filming or accessing the events, and no questions from a Pacific ...
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    Journalists under pressure as press freedom erodes: Google

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    May 30, 2022
    Posted: Posted Date – 1:25 PM, Mon – 30 May 22 New Delhi: Google sees increasing pressure on journalists and the erosion of press ...
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    Filipino media calls on Marcos Jr to protect press freedom

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    May 27, 2022
    The elected president urged not to repeat the abuses committed by his father and his predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte A student holds a sign during ...
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    US envoy promotes press freedom

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    May 26, 2022
    A U.S. envoy traveled to Tawi-Tawi to promote shared U.S.-Philippine values ​​such as freedom of the press and to strengthen already strong collaboration with ...
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    Before the polls, press freedom more crucial

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    May 25, 2022
    Expressing concern over the two proposed media freedom laws, US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas fears that some of the bills’ provisions could be ...
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    Cagayan de Oro celebrates 40th Press Freedom Week without context

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    May 25, 2022
    Many journalists who organized and participated in the first Cagayan de Oro Press Freedom Week activities 40 years ago are no longer around, and ...
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    Southeast Asian journalists urge Marcos to ensure press freedom

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    May 23, 2022
    Media groups note an increase in attacks on journalists and independent media, leading to a drop in media freedom rankings in the Philippines ILOCOS ...
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    How are politicians surprised by the press freedom index when state institutions are used against activists? – Gender Activist

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    May 21, 2022
    Affi Agbenyo is a gender activist. Gender equality campaigner Affi Agbenyo blamed the country’s poor performance in the 2022 Press Freedom Index on the ...
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    The fight for press freedom is local by Jos Midas Bartman

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    May 20, 2022
    National leaders who attack independent media attract the most attention. But powerful authoritarian sub-national elites and a local political milieu that virtually guarantees them ...
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    EU slammed for suppressing Greek press freedom report – ‘Serious threat to journalists!’ | World | New

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    May 20, 2022
    Reporters Without Borders wrote a report stating that the Greek police had “regularly used[ed] violence” to prevent journalists from covering the refugee crisis and ...
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    Freedom of the press and challenges in the digital age

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    May 20, 2022
    Freedom of the press has remained a very important element of democratic life because it essentially aims to improve the quality of a democracy. ...
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    World Press Freedom Day: Joseph Pulitzer’s model

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    May 19, 2022
    To commemorate World Press Freedom Day 2022, the U.S. Consulate General, in partnership with the Media Career Development Network, recently hosted a month-long program ...
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    Muzzle the press! India’s press freedom ranking leaves a lot to be desired

    By Mollie M. Molyneux
    May 18, 2022
    May 3 is celebrated as World Press Freedom Day. The General Assembly of the United Nations approved it in 1993 following a recommendation by ...
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