HONG KONG — From 18th place to 140th. That’s how much Hong Kong’s ranking plunged in a global press freedom index over some 20 years. Behind the decline…
Read more Red lines and increasing self-censorship reshape Hong Kong’s once freewheeling press sceneNEW YORK — By nearly any measure, 2025 has been a rough year for anyone concerned about freedom of the press. It’s likely to be the deadliest year…
Read more A rough year for journalists in 2025, with a little hope for things to turn aroundHONG KONG — A former Hong Kong reporter at the Wall Street Journal began testifying Monday against the newspaper she accuses of terminating her due to her union…
Read more WSJ’s parent firm on trial in Hong Kong, accused of dismissing reporter over union roleBUDAPEST, Hungary — The Hungarian service of Radio Free Europe, Szabad Európa, ceased its operations on Friday after the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump announced it would…
Read more Radio Free Europe’s Hungarian service shuts down after Trump funding cutsTOPEKA, Kan. — A rural Kansas county has agreed to pay a little more than $3 million and apologize over a law enforcement raid on a small-town weekly…
Read more Kansas county agrees to pay $3 million over law enforcement raid on town newspapernew video loaded: Trump Escalates Attack on Free Speech By Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Christina Thornell and David Seekamp•September 20, 2025 Zolan Kanno-Youngs, a White House correspondent for The New…
Read more Video: Trump Escalates Attack on Free SpeechBUDAPEST, Hungary — Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has waged an aggressive campaign against the media unlike any in modern U.S. history, making moves similar…
Read more Trump’s moves against media mirror approaches by authoritarian leadersLONDON — The Netherlands added itself Friday to a number of countries pressuring organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest to drop Israel from the contest because of its…
Read more Netherlands is latest to threaten to boycott Eurovision if Israel participatesThe network decries ‘systematic targeting’ of journalists and calls for them to be protected in Gaza and the wider region. Al Jazeera has demanded protection for journalists reporting…
Read more ‘Time for action’: Al Jazeera demands protection for journalists in GazaHONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court on Thursday convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet in a sedition case widely seen as a barometer…
Read more A Hong Kong court convicts 2 journalists in a landmark sedition caseHONG KONG (AP) — A British judge who was part of a Hong Kong court panel that unanimously dismissed an appeal from imprisoned prominent publisher Jimmy Lai and…
Read more British judge on Hong Kong’s top court, facing criticism, quits media freedom group’s advisory panelHONG KONG — A landmark national security trial opened Monday in Hong Kong for prominent activist and publisher Jimmy Lai, who faces a possible life sentence if convicted…
Read more Landmark national security trial opens in Hong KongA propaganda battle between Israel and Hamas – different messages, different audiences. Plus, Francesca Albanese on media missteps in this war. Forty-eight days of bloodshed later, a truce…
Read more Israel vs Hamas: Battle for narrative supremacySRINAGAR, India — Indian authorities have released a prominent Kashmir journalist on bail nearly two years after he was arrested on accusations of publishing “anti-national content” and “glorifying…
Read more Indian authorities release Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah after 21 months in prisonMedia barred from reporting on election body’s actions at military bases or areas under martial law without clearance. Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved changes to a law…
Read more Putin approves new media restrictions ahead of presidential electionWe’ve seen the language of extermination, incessant bombardment and hellish scenes on TV. And as the war intensifies, the chaos of misinformation deepens. Two weeks into Israel’s war…
Read more Israel-Gaza: Genocidal rhetoric and the fog of warAfter Rupert Murdoch’s resignation, what is next for his media empire? Plus, TikTok and the Mafia: elements of the Italian underworld are surfacing online. The resignation of 92-year-old…
Read more Rupert Murdoch steps down, Lachlan Murdoch steps upSAMA TV reporter Firas al-Ahmed killed in Deraa, near the Jordanian border. A Syrian reporter and three Syrian government soldiers have been killed in the counry’s southern Deraa…
Read more Syrian reporter and three soldiers killed in roadside bombing: State mediaAn award-winning journalist in Guatemala has been convicted on criminal charges, in what human rights observers call yet another blow to press freedom and democracy in the Central…
Read more Guatemalan court convicts prominent journalist José Rubén ZamoraNearly two weeks ago, a short video emerged on social media showing Pakistani journalist and political commentator Imran Riaz Khan being escorted out of Sialkot International Airport by…
Read more Journalist Imran Riaz Khan still missing in Pakistan
