Only one in 20 think press should be able to name suspects before arrest as in case of Sir Cliff Richard, Yougov poll finds
Just one in 20 people (5 per cent) believe the media should be able to name someone who is under…
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Newspapers back BBC over Sir Cliff privacy ruling creating ‘new right to anonymity’ for police suspects in ‘dark day for journalism’
News organisations from the Sun to the Guardian have shown an “unusual display of unity” in reaction to Sir Cliff…
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Sir Cliff Richard tells ITV News: ‘If heads roll at the BBC, maybe it’s because it’s deserved’
Sir Cliff Richard has said if “heads roll” at the BBC over coverage of a police raid on his home, for…
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Finnish daily puts up 300 billboard posters along Trump and Putin route to Helsinki summit to remind them of ‘importance of free press’
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin were greeted with almost 300 billboards and posters that bring attention to their “turbulent relations…
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Security barred accredited AP journalist from Prince William’s summit with Israeli PM and asked colleagues if he was ‘Muslim’
A senior correspondent for Associated Press was barred by security from covering yesterday’s historic meeting between Prince William and Israeli…
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Turkish media plurality ‘in agony’ under President Erdogan says Reporters Without Borders rep ahead of country’s snap elections
A Turkish press freedom campaigner, who was once jailed for expressing solidarity with a pro-Kurdish newspaper, has said only 20…
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Local paper journalist wins right to report child abuse allegations against ‘world’s number one’ Michael Jackson impersonator
Lawyers representing a performer who claims to be “the world’s number one Michael Jackson impersonator” tried to persuade two courts…
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Press freedom groups fear staged murder of Russian journalist could ‘damage media credibility’
Press freedom groups have said they fear the staged murder of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, as part of a secret…
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