Friday, March 29, 2024

Topic: press freedom

Threats to media workers’ freedom growing by the day: UN chief

Journalists and media workers are facing “increasing politicization” of their work and threats to their freedom to simply do their jobs, that are “growing by the day”, said the UN chief, marking World Press Freedom Day on Tuesday.

“When the State attacks”: Rana Ayyub’s speech at International Journalism Festival

"I am proud of the fact that the government is scared of me and my words because somewhere it is impacting them, my truth is impacting them. I’m glad," said award winning Indian journalist Rana Ayyub at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia on Friday.

Madhya Pradesh: Journalists stripped half-naked in police station

A group of journalists who were on their assignments and theatre artists, were arrested and stripped down to their undergarments by Madhya Pradesh police on Saturday in state's Sidhi district.

Russia’s disappearing independent media: Why they closed

Ilya Yablokov, University of Sheffield and Elisabeth Schimpfössl, Aston University Novaya Gazeta was the only major Russian independent news outlet that continued reporting a whole...

Global press bodies, journos join wave of solidarity with Rana Ayyub after she prevented from leaving India

International press freedom bodies and several journalists have expressed their solidarity with award winning journalist Rana Ayyub after she was prevented from flying to Europe to speak about intimidation of journalists and rights in India.

Truth and good journalism are biggest casualty in Kashmir: Press Council of India report

A fact finding committee (FFC) of the Press Council of India (PCI) recorded numerous cases of journalists in the Kashmir Valley being subject to the state hunt.