freedom of the press

The shock appointment of a far-right editor to run one of France’s best-known mainstream newspapers has sparked calls for urgent steps to protect the pluralism and independence…

On the morning of July 4, Elena Milashina, a journalist with the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, and Alexandre Nemov, a lawyer, were beaten on their way to a trial…

An Algerian court of appeal on Sunday increased to seven years the prison term issued to a prominent media boss, but suspended two years, a watchdog said.…

Daniel Ellsberg, the U.S. military analyst whose change of heart on the Vietnam War led him to leak the classified "Pentagon Papers," revealing U.S. government deception about…

An enormous anti-government march took place in Poland's capital Sunday, with citizens traveling from across the country to voice their anger at a right-wing administration that…

One of Australia's most decorated soldiers lost a landmark defamation case Thursday after a bruising trial filled with accusations of murder, domestic violence, witness…

Issued on: 03/05/2023 - 20:51 Iran is one of the most repressive countries in terms of press freedom, according to an…

FRANCE 24 and its sister radio RFI have joined a group of 30 African and international news organisations and monitors in an appeal for press freedom in Mali and…

The letter states, “We call on the Russian authorities to drop these charges and immediately release Evan Gershkovich.” The 31-year-old US journalist stands accused of espionage and has been…

Issued on: 21/04/2023 - 11:00 Rafael Moreno was a Colombian journalist who regularly exposed corruption and crime in his northern home…