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Hong Kong Launches a National Security Legal Battle Against Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai

Jimmy Lai’s case could be complicated as six former staff members of Apple Daily and Next Digital pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit collusion last year.

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Iran Detains 47 Male, Female Journalists

Iran has imprisoned an “unprecedented” large number of male and female journalists since protests broke out in September over the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was arrested for breaching the country's strict dress code. At least 34 new journalists joined 13 others who were previously detained. Iran’s…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mexico, the deadliest country for journalists in 2022: watchdog

Mexico is the country where most journalists were killed in 2022, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Wednesday in a report that documented alarming evidence of kidnappings, assaults and arrests of media workers.

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Number of journalists in prison globally reaches record high: RSF

Reporters Without Borders has cited Iran's crackdown on protests for pushing the number of journalists in prison to a record high of 533.

Radio France Internationale

Iran drives number of imprisoned journalists worldwide to record high

Iran's protest crackdown has helped push the number of journalists imprisoned worldwide to a record high of 533 in 2022, according to a report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published Wednesday.

France 24

Iran Pushes Global List of Imprisoned Journalists to Record High

Iran's protest crackdown has helped push the number of journalists imprisoned worldwide to a record high of 533 in 2022, according to a report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published Wednesday. The figure is up from 488 in 2021, already a record, according to the France-based NGO.

Asharq Al-Awsat

French court strikes down watchdog's decision over Russian TV channels

France's top administrative court ordered the country's broadcasting authority on Friday to review its decision over the distribution of three Russian TV channels by satellite operator Eutelsat, in a win for Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Reuters

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Khabar Lahariya co-founder among 15 journalists, media outlets nominated for RSF awards

Khabar Lahariya co-founder Kavita Devi is among 15 journalists and media outlets that have been shortlisted for the 30th annual Press Freedom Prize, which Reporters Without Borders, or RSF, awards in three categories – journalistic courage, impact and independence.

Newslaundry

Analysis: Year post-coup, cracks in Sudan's military junta

It's been nearly a year since a military takeover upended Sudan's transition to democracy

The Independent UK

Sudan coup leader bids to co-opt pro-democracy movement

Mohamad Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemeti, has tried to reach out to Sudan’s pro-democracy movement.

Al Jazeera

US ‘concerned’ over Pakistan media curbs, attacks on journalists

US State Department spokesman says press freedom undermined after TV channel sympathetic to Imran Khan was blocked.

Al Jazeera

Sudan accused of trying to ‘bury the truth’ with mass graves for protesters

Families demand DNA tests to identify if their relatives are among thousands of unclaimed bodies in hospital morgues

The Guardian - UK

Salman Rushdie attack was unjustifiable, says Pakistan’s Imran Khan

In a wide-ranging Guardian interview, the former prime minister says he understands anger The Satanic Verses created ‘but you can’t justify what happened’

The Guardian - US

Taliban disperses Afghan women’s march for ‘work and freedom’

Demonstrators carrying a banner that read ‘August 15 is a black day’ demanded rights to work, political participation.

Al Jazeera

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France 24

Algeria: Last days for the El Watan newspaper?

A number of independent Algerian newspapers, prestigious francophone daily El Watan chief among them, are undergoing a period of crisis aggravated by political and economic pressures that may threaten their existence. This situation raises questions about the future of Algerian media, and more broadly about freedom of the press.

Al Jazeera

Greek media outlet set on fire in suspected arson attack

The offices of Greek radio station Real FM and newspaper Real News are set on fire in a suspected arson attack.

Radio France Internationale

Sudan's military coup leader promises rapid return to civilian rule

Sudan's military strongman, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has said the army will make way for a civilian government. The pledge follows months of street protests and repeated calls from the international community for a return to a parliamentary administration.

Al Jazeera

Sudan’s economy dominated by military interests: Report

C4ADS report says crackdown on patronage networks was a contributing factor to last October’s coup.

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Reuters

Russian troops 'executed' photographer in Ukraine, press group says

Ukrainian photographer Maksim Levin was "executed in cold blood" alongside his friend Oleksiy Chernyshov by Russian forces north of Kyiv on March 13, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said in a 16-page report on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Ukrainian journalist ‘executed and possibly tortured by Russian soldiers’, report says

Report says Maks Levin, 40 and soldier Oleksiy Chernyshov may have been tortured before being killed

Newslaundry

India’s media is under siege, but what will it take for the public to care?

Do ordinary people really care about press freedom? Or is this just an elitist concern, although the elite in this country would not exert themselves to defend this particular freedom?

The Guardian - UK

Media polarisation risks press freedom and peace in conflict-hit Mali and Ethiopia

When media rights are curtailed, fake news and posts on social platforms drive tension and violence, as the latest World Press Freedom Index starkly shows

Al Jazeera

‘They killed everything’: Darfur survivor recounts deadly attack

Despite a peace deal signed in 2020, a military coup in Sudan last year has brought back instability in the region.

The Hindu

India’s position on the World Press Freedom Index

On what indicators are countries ranked in the index? Which countries have improved their ranking?

ABC News

Australia lags behind New Zealand, Taiwan and Timor-Leste on World Press Freedom Index

Reporters Without Borders describes press freedom in Australia as "fragile", citing a high concentration of media ownership and growing political threats.

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