The European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday ruled that Spain’s sentencing of a Spanish editor over an article in his newspaper linking Morocco’s now-deceased King Hassan II to drug-dealers was a violation of Article 10 of the European Convention, which protects the rights of freedom of expression and of the press. The case dates […]

A day after Israeli commandos intercepted a Gaza-bound flotilla, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens, over 30 journalists who were on board the boats reportedly remained in detention in Israel. A communications blackout was imposed on them, and on the hundreds of activists from the boats who also remained detained as they underwent […]

The Bermudan government has said it will withdraw a worrying draft bill that would have required the establishment of a statutory media council in the country, and included several provisions which were detrimental to press freedom, if the media fulfils its promise to set up a voluntary council, Premier Ewart Brown told members of parliament on […]

Press freedom conditions across Somalia took another blow last week, with a spate of reported attacks against journalists both in southern Somalia and in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, according to the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) and other local news sources. On Friday, 21 May, Islamist Al-Shabab militants raided the premises of Radio […]