Tag: free press
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The Minister of Health perplexes even on elementary questions
Health Minister Audrey Gordon appears to be in over her head. It’s not just that her department seems to be grossly mismanaged right now, she’s struggling ... -
Student Press Freedom Day 2022 – La PRAIRIE
Journalists around the world are facing threats for shedding light on a controversial subject. People who aren’t involved in the news don’t always know how stories ... -
FIRE Launches Student Press Freedom Initiative to Combat Censorship in Student Media
A forthcoming FIRE study found that more than 60% of academic journals experience at least one case of administrative censorship each year. Let it sink in. ... -
Student press freedom law a ‘critical step’ in defending free speech
VANCOUVER, BC, February 10, 2022 /CNW/ – The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) applauds the exceptional efforts of a group of high school student journalists to ... -
Awareness is needed to keep the city clean, says Minister Bhupendra Singh
Sagar (Madhya Pradesh): Madhya Pradesh government’s Minister of Urban Development and Housing, Bhupendra Singh Thakur, said the level of awareness among residents of a city should ... -
Nominations now open for World Press Freedom Canada’s 2022 Freedom of the Press and Spencer Moore Awards
OTTAWA (ON), February 3, 2022 /CNW/ – World Press Freedom Canada (WPFC) is pleased to announce that nominations for its 2022 Press Freedom Award are now ... -
Biden is only carrying on the legacy of ever-deteriorating press freedom through his actions
US President Joe Biden’s latest abusive remarks to a Fox News reporter have sparked controversy and raised questions about his administration’s stance on free speech. In ... -
The PS of the Minister of Education threatens students, caught on camera
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Higher Education Minister Mohan Yadav’s personal secretary was filmed on Wednesday threatening a student leader with a slap in the face and having ... -
Departmental press briefing – January 12, 2022 – Free press info
Departmental press briefing of 12 January 2022 – Free press information – Noticias www.freepressinfo.com usa cookies of analítica anónimas, propias para su correcto funcionamiento y de ... -
Another blow to press freedom in Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, press freedom continues to be eroded as journalists and pro-democracy media platforms are targeted by authorities. Just two days after Boxing Day in ... -
Afghanistan. How press freedom has collapsed since the Taliban took over
Selma (name changed) was a journalist and activist who lived and worked in Panjshir province in eastern Afghanistan. She lost her job after the Taliban took ... -
Hong Kong leader says she cannot accept claims that press freedom is at risk of extinction
HONG KONG, Jan 4 (Reuters) – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she could not accept suggestions that press freedom in the city was ... -
Greek journalists denounce decline in press freedom
Athens (AFP) – The murder of a journalist, the Prime Minister publicly reprimanding a foreign journalist and alleged state surveillance. It has been a bad year ... -
Press freedom champions to receive Nobel Peace Prize
Pierre-Henry Deshayes – Agence France-Presse December 10, 2021 | 12:03 OSLO, Norway — She risks prison, he buried several colleagues: Maria Ressa from the Philippines and ... -
Top 10 List Focuses on Threat Trends Against Journalists
To close 2021, the monthly list of the “10 most urgent” of the One Free Press Coalition presents “the year of the freedom of the press”. ... -
The One Free Press Coalition presents “The Year of the Free Press” to highlight the most pressing issues threatening journalists in 2021 and beyond
The One Free Press Coalition publishes its “10 most urgent” list for December 2021 The Free Press Coalition NEW YORK – December 1, 2021 – To ... -
How Hong Kong press freedom suffocates under China
Emboldened by the National Security Law, Hong Kong officials are increasingly cracking down on media and journalists critical of the government. Many on the ground now ... -
Matias Guente of Mozambique wins the International Press Freedom Prize
The winner of this year’s International Press Freedom Prize is Matias Guente, editor of the independent Mozambican investigative weekly, Mozambique Channel (ChannelMoz – online version). He ... -
Press freedom awards ceremony defends journalists in an ‘increasingly repressive world’
By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can register for free here. In the words ... -
Editors concerned about press freedom
Staff Correspondent Sun, Oct 31, 2021 12:00 AM Last update: Sun, Oct 31, 2021 4:17 AM From left to right, acting editor of Samakal Mustafiz Shafi, ... -
#PressingOn: 2021 Hong Kong Free Press Fundraising Campaign – support press freedom, help us grow and surpass 1,000 monthly patrons
Hong Kong Free Press launches its first fundraiser in two years. We aim to exceed 1,000 monthly contributors, as HKFP expands operations and commits to providing ... -
Slovenian Prime Minister shaken by weak ratings on press rights and freedom
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – As the European Parliament wrapped up a mission to Slovenia last Friday, Dutch MEP Sophia in ‘t Veld raised concerns that public debate ... -
Freedom of the press in democratic South Africa is a…
Rioting, looting, indiscriminate property damage and killings in Phoenix associated with July’s “attempted insurrection” resulting from internal fallout within the ANC have raised speculation about the ... -
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Filipino and Russian press freedom advocates
The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia “for their efforts ... -
Press freedom groups to convene popular tribunal over murders of journalists
Denouncing the level of impunity in cases involving the murders of journalists, three international press freedom groups announced on Tuesday the creation of a people’s court ... -
Hong Kong experiences worst year ever for press freedom amid battle with China: ‘In tatters’
This year has been dubbed “the worst year yet” for press freedom in Hong Kong as China strives to turn the city into its own authoritarian ... -
RSF names PM Modi among 37 ‘predators of press freedom’ along with Kim Jong-un and Imran Khan
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on the list of 37 heads of state or government that the global body Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has ... -
‘Hong Kong press freedom is indeed dead’: Journalists lose hope after Apple Daily is forced to close
Two summers ago, in the heat of massive Hong Kong street protests when pro-democracy protesters clashed with police, they were still on the frontlines: enthusiastic young ... -
The Pentagon Papers are 50 years old: press freedom and whistleblowers are still under threat
Legendary whistleblower Dan Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers fifty years ago, a brave act of truth for which he was later sentenced to life in prison. ... -
IPI’s cross-border project tackles press freedom violations in South Asia
In Nepal, despite threats of COVID-19 infection and declining salaries, journalists are working tirelessly in the field to cover the pandemic. When journalist Kailash Joshi was ... -
Press freedom advocates update their charter to meet new challenges
Thirty years ago, dozens of African journalists gathered at a conference in the new nation of Namibia to strategize how to better serve the public and ... -
As Covid-19 spreads, press freedom in India shrinks
The world watches in horror as Covid-19 overwhelms hospitals in India. It’s hard to look away when images of open-air crematoriums and makeshift funeral pyres in ... -
Statement by President Joe Biden on World Press Freedom Day
Thirty years ago today, in the face of constant pressure and violence, African journalists came together to issue the Windhoek Declaration, which affirmed that “[t]The establishment, ... -
The fight for press freedom never ends
It was an all-too-rare victory for press freedom in a year when a global pandemic and a growing number of extremists who have journalists in their ...
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