RT and Sputnik denied press passes for inaugural UK global media freedom conference
Russian state-funded news outlets RT and Sputnik have been denied press passes for the inaugural global media freedom conference to…
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News diary 8-14 July: UK hosts first global media freedom conference and Tory leadership rivals face ITV and Telegraph scrutiny
Foresight News provides a look-ahead to the key events that need to be in your news diary for next week… …
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Council of Europe calls on Malta to open independent public inquiry into Daphne Caruana Galizia killing
The Council of Europe has demanded the opening of an independent public inquiry into the killing of Maltese journalist Daphne…
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Snoopers’ Charter has ‘inadequate safeguards’ for journalists, High Court told
The Government’s mass surveillance powers are unlawfully wide and have “inadequate safeguards” to protect journalistic communications, the High Court has…
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UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid signs Julian Assange extradition order
Home Secretary Sajid Javid has signed a request for Julian Assange to be extradited to the United States over computer hacking accusations.…
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Media groups condemn police raid on ABC News in Australia
Media groups have joined voices to condemn a police raid on the offices of broadcaster ABC News in Australia. The…
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The BBC has condemned a police raid on the offices of an Australian national broadcaster, calling it a “deeply troubling”…
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Police drop investigation into Belfast investigative journalists
Police have dropped their investigation into two Belfast investigative journalists behind a documentary on the 1994 Loughinisland Massacre after keeping…
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