Five journalists with Turkey’s Zaman newspaper today were given jail sentences of up to 10 years on terror-related charges following a ten-month trial. An additional six defendants in the case were acquitted.

A kiss on the cheek, a hand around the shoulders. The 2018 World Cup in Russia has exposed the sexual harassment that journalists – especially female journalists – face in the line of duty, with several acts having been caught on camera. These incidents have received wide attention, as journalists have shared their experiences on […]

Respected liberal periodicals failed to secure funding in this year’s grant awarded by Poland’s Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, an important source of income for them in previous years. The allocation has prompted allegations of politicization by depriving publications that do not share the government’s worldview of public funds. The grant is one of […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for media freedom, today called on Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and the country’s president-elect, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to put an end to violence against journalists. López Obrador, leader of the left-wing MORENA party, won Mexico’s July 1 presidential […]