On July 30, as Zimbabweans prepared to launch a nation-wide demonstration against government corruption, armed police raided the house of investigative journalist Mduduzi Mathuthu in Bulawayo. As he was not there, police arrested his sister. The warrant issued for Mathuthu’s arrest said that he was wanted in connection with “organising and advocating for illegal demonstrations […]

Read in English Während dem Lockdown infolge des Covid-19-Ausbruchs stellte die griechische Regierung 20 Millionen Euro für die Medien bereit, damit diese „Bleiben Sie zu Hause” Gesundheitsbotschaften verbreiten konnten. Sie vergab die Verteilung dieser Gelder an ein privates Medienunternehmen und überging damit ihre Verpflichtung, alle vom Staat durchgeführten Transaktionen sowie das Online-Medienregister (in dem Online-Medien […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the ban imposed by the Jordanian government on media organizations on reporting about the teachers’ strike. On July 25, the attorney general issued a comprehensive publishing ban on reporting the situation, the impact of which […]

Zur deutschen Version During the lockdown that followed the Covid-19 outbreak, the Greek government allocated €20 million to media outlets for them to carry “Stay at Home” public health messages. It outsourced the distribution of these funds to a private media shop company, thereby bypassing its obligation to make public all transactions conducted by the […]