Justice Department's seizure of Washington Post call records reveals troubling weaknesses in guidelines for seeking media records in leak investigations, advocates say
January 6 insurrection where reporters were assaulted, threatened and pepper-sprayed was latest flashpoint of hostility against press
Arrest of investigative reporter is further sign that Zimbabwe wants to silence critical voices and dissent, activists say
Two years after Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed, friends launch platform to hold Middle East countries to account for rights abuses
Press freedom lawyers, experts say arrests, court orders and surveillance of journalists covering demonstrations ignore protections enshrined in US Constitution
Mass walk out at Hungary’s largest independent outlet as staff cites concerns for editorial independence
Decision to force The Seattle Times and other outlets to hand footage of protesters to police is damaging to media credibility and independence, experts say
Imprisonment during pandemic is akin to death sentence, rights groups warn, as journalists in Egypt, Honduras die after contracting coronavirus in prison
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls for restrictive social media bill in move journalists and digital rights groups say will further burden country’s persecuted press
Data on journalists harassed at Black Lives Matter protests, including harsh police response and arrests, alarms press freedom advocates
Contempt case comes as Malaysia questions Al Jazeera crew over pandemic documentary, arrests others over social media posts
Bill to tackle mass online harassment in Brazil goes too far and raises privacy fears, journalists and digital activists say
Belarus arrests at least 20 journalists, along with opposition leader and protesters, ahead of presidential vote next month
Journalists call for swift investigation into threat against reporter at outlet where murdered reporter Ján Kuciak worked
Rights group says NSO Group spyware is still being used against journalists and activists despite company pledging to improve human rights policy
An Uttar Pradesh reporter said he feared for his life after reporting on sand mafias and illegal construction; days later, he was shot dead
One year after fleeing Syria for Spain, a group of journalists are finding security and a renewed commitment
Cartoonists pressured to remove work amid online harassment, threats and legal action, rights group says
Files on over 400 journalists, allegedly compiled by Argentina’s spy agency under former President Macri, condemned as violation of privacy and democracy
Arrests are infringement of First Amendment and risk damaging US reputation on press freedom abroad, experts say
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