Lea este artículo en español In a move without parallel in the history of Spanish democracy, the News Council (Consejo de informativos) of Spain’s public broadcaster recently delivered a report to the European Parliament alleging that the broadcaster’s news services “are suffering from pro-government manipulation”. Speaking recently to the International Press Institute (IPI), the News […]

Read this article in English En un acto sin precedentes en la reciente historia democrática de España, el Consejo de Informativos de la radiotelevisión pública del país ha elevado al Parlamento Europeo y al Comité de Libertades un informe que denuncia la “manipulación progubernamental que están sufriendo sus servicios de informativos”. En declaraciones al Instituto […]

Turkish journalists marked World Press Freedom Day on Sunday with a march calling for people to “stand up for journalism”, saying that the fight for press freedom is “the struggle of every citizen that misses a free and democratic Turkey”. “[F]reedom is the oxygen of journalism, and free journalism is the assurance of democracy”, prominent […]

Myanmar journalist Soe Yarzar Tun stood up from the crowd wearing a mask and holding a placard reading “Stop beating, arresting, imprisoning journalists”, interrupting Myanmar Information Minister Ye Htut as he spoke. It was March 27 – just one month ago – and the information minister was speaking at the first day of the International […]