Press-freedom Articles

Governments and rights groups condemn conviction of Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai

UK, EU and Australia say guilty verdict against 78-year-old is further blow to democracy and press freedom in territoryGovernments, institutions and...

International journalists urge Israel to allow reporters into Gaza after ceasefire deal

Foreign Press Association joins long list of global media agencies demanding press freedom in devastated territoryInternational journalists in Israel...

UN and rights groups condemn reported jailing of Wuhan Covid citizen journalist

Zhang Zhan sentenced to four years for second time on charge often used by China to target government criticsThe UN, human rights groups and media...

O'Keefe pushes back on Pentagon press restrictions

Conservative influencer James O’Keefe pushed back Saturday on the Pentagon’s new press restrictions on reporters covering the Defense Department...

Funeral held for Anas al-Sharif and other journalists killed in Israeli strike

Last post from Al Jazeera’s Sharif, one of ‘Gaza’s bravest journalists’, laments world doing nothing to stop ‘massacre’ of Palestinians