s and pushing back against President Donald Trump’s attacks on the media. India’s media outlets should learn from their dedication to defend freedomof press despite pressure from political fronts
A small newspaper in the Garmiyan region of Iraqi Kurdistan, seems to think so. The monthly newspaper Nawzhin, which focuses on women’s issues, success stories and the challenges women face, is Iraqi-Kurdistan’s first all-female-run newspaper
As Gambian journalists assembled for the launch of their new council, memories of past violence hung in the air. The council launched amid events marking the anniversary of the 2004 killing of Deyda Hydara, a veteran newspaper editor who was gunned down by what the Yahya Jammeh regime called “unknown assailants.”
Pakistan has a mixed record on press freedoms. Although the media is vibrant and there are many TV news channels, state and non-state actors often threaten or harass journalists
In the op-ed, titled “Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression,” Khashoggi recounted the imprisonment of a prominent writer who spoke against the Saudi establishment and cited an incident in which the Egyptian government seized control of a newspaper
The killing of five staff members at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, by a gunman in June brought the threat home to the United States
It was another contentious year between U.S. President Donald Trump and the reporters who cover his administration
Press freedom in Myanmar took a hard hit this week with the sentencing of two Reuters journalists who had been investigating a Rohingya massacre
In India also populist leaders and their cronies often blame journalists and media houses with ridicules charges for example in rallies they spread venom against specific Media houses who are opposing government policies-hey look we refused them this or that land so they are against us
Imprisonment, intimidation and allegations that journalists produce “fake news” surged in 2016, when U.S. President Donald Trump won the election, CPJ found