Kenya’s journalists have had a tumultuous relationship with Uhuru Kenyatta’s government.
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The relationship between the state and media soured just months into the Kenyatta regime.
Must do better: the treatment of media workers in Hong Kong has drawn criticism from the Media Freedom Coalition.
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A group of 50 governments is meeting in Estonia to discuss ways to protect journalists. But are their voices being heard?
A protester calls for the release of journalist, who covered the initial outbreak of COVID in Wuhan in 2019 and 2020 and was sentenced to four years in prison.
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Journalists and media workers around the world are increasingly being targeted, especially in countries where authoritarian regimes hold power.
Iqbal Survé, executive chairman of the Independent newspaper group.
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Using state resources to sue media for spreading fake news is not the answer, and sets a bad precedent.
When the reporter becomes the story.
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The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to two courageous journalists who have faced repression and death by doing their work.
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Muratov’s Nobel will be a boon to Russian investigative journalism.
Press freedom fighter: Maria Ressa.
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How Maria Ressa grew a Facebook page into the Philippines’ most credible independent news services in the face of government intimidation.
Home Secretary Priti Patel.
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Proposals to toughen the Official Secrets Act are the latest in a long history of efforts designed to prevent government embarrassment.
Chilling effect: journalists are concerned about plans by the UK home secretary Priti Patel plans to reform the Official Secrets Act.
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Public interest disclosures are necessary in a functioning democracy. These reforms would make it harder to hold power to account.
South Africa’s Pretoria News didn’t dress itself in glory with its false decuplets story. This picture was taken following Nelson Mandela’s death in 2013.
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Tighter controls are not the answer; the opportunity should be used to think differently about trust and journalism. It is critical to enable audiences to distinguish reliable, verified information.
End of an era: Hongkongers queue to buy a copy of the last -ever edition of Apple Daily.
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Mainland China is tightening the screws on press freedom in Hong Kong.
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The government now has a comprehensive blueprint on how to become more open and transparent on all levels, including national security. It’s time to walk the talk — but I’m not holding my breath.
Kenyan journalists and members of civil society marching on the World Press Freedom Day in 2018.
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No matter what tactics are used to muzzle, restrict, limit, or censor information, trustworthy information that serves the public good can still find its way to those who matter most: the citizens.
Protesters descended on the seat of government in 2017 to demand former South African president Jacob Zuma resign.
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To build a political culture that supports democracy in South Africa, civic education needs to move beyond voter education.
Daniel Ellsberg appears before the press on June 28, 1971.
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The episode might have slipped quietly from the news had Nixon decided to not attack the messenger.
Darnella Frazier is third from right, recording the murder of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin on May 25, 2020.
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The history and weight of US press freedom played a powerful, but unacknowledged, role in the conviction of Derek Chauvin for murdering George Floyd.
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Under cover of the coronavirus many countries are passing more draconian media laws.
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A new interdisciplinary study provides a grim warning to dictators and despots, and even leaders in democracies. Curbing press freedoms may irreversibly damage the economy.
New Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan during her swearing-in.
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Hassan, like Magufuli before her, has taken office without her own political base and will also have to contend with revived factional manoeuvring.
Will lawsuits against misinformation hurt freedom of speech?
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It’s gospel for First Amendment advocates that lawsuits against news organizations chill freedom of the press. But in an era of rampant misinformation, such legal actions may be more accepted.