Iran has begun a widespread campaign of terror against independent media ahead of a 2 March parliamentary election. Amnesty International this week reported on the arrests of 12 journalists and social media activists, while the BBC’s Persian service confirmed that the Iranian government was continuing to pressure it by taking family members of its London-based […]

In a landmark ruling that could have global implications, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) has found that the conviction of a Philippines journalist on charges of criminal defamation violated the journalist’s right to free expression. The Committee said that the nearly five-year prison sentence imposed on Alexander Adonis of Bombo Radyo in Davao […]

The 2010 overhaul of Hungary’s media laws set a dangerous precedent in Europe. Instead of guaranteeing press freedom in a European Union member country, they seem to guarantee press freedom for the governing party at the expense of the right of the public to free information. The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of publishers, editors and leading journalists, condemned the killing of the director of the Shabelle Media Network in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, and called for an end to impunity for journalist killers in the war-torn country. Hassan Osman Abdi, 29, who was also known as […]