Former Phnom Penh Post journalist describes state of press freedom in Cambodia as ‘dire’
The acquisition of the Phnom Penh Post by a Malaysian businessman made the newsroom “apprehensive” and “concerned” according to one…
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Editor and 13 staff quit Cambodia’s Phnom Penh Post after new owner calls for article about him to be removed
The sale of Cambodia’s longest-running independent newspaper to a Malaysian businessman has been denounced by former staff and trade unions…
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Police wrongly seized investigative journalist’s equipment over harassment charge and took nine weeks to return it
A police force has admitted seizing equipment belonging to an investigative journalist without first gaining judicial approval, in contravention of…
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Editors urge Theresa May to raise press freedom concerns with Turkish president during UK visit
A group representing hundreds of UK editors has sent a letter to the Prime Minister calling on her to raise…
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Hundreds protest spate of attacks on journalists in Montenegro after reporter shot in leg in latest incident
Hundreds of people have gathered outside the government building in the Montenegro capital to protest a spate of recent attacks…
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Leveson Two defeated in Parliament while Labour abandons vote on Data Protection Bill cost penalty amendments
MPs have narrowly voted against carrying out part two of the Leveson Inquiry while a decision by the Scottish National…
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UK holds at 40th in ‘alarming’ World Press Freedom rankings making it one of the worst for journalists in western Europe
The UK remains 40 out of 180 countries on the 2018 World Press Freedom Index amid a “climate of hostility…
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Vigils held in eight cities to mark six months since murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia
Vigils have been held across Europe and the US to mark six months since Maltese investigative journalist was killed when…
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