‘Alarming’ global death toll for media workers reaches 51 so far this year as killings extend from war zones to democracies
The deaths of four journalists in the US yesterday drove the total number of journalists and media workers killed so…
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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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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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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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Six Vietnamese bloggers jailed for total of 66 years in ‘intolerable crackdown’ on citizen journalists
A group of six Vietnamese bloggers have been sentenced to a total of 66 years in prison and 17 years…
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Independent Russian weekly newspaper closes after ‘unacceptable persecution’ from Putin government
An independent weekly newspaper in Russia has announced that its latest edition, out this week, is also to be its…
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Police suspect Slovakian journalist and fiancée were killed because of his investigative reporting
Police suspect a Slovakian investigative reporter shot dead alongside his partner was murdered because of his work, local media have…
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Reporters Without Borders criticises ‘appalling level of impunity’ in Mexico over journalist disappearances
Press freedom group Reporters Without Borders has condemned the “appalling level of impunity” in Mexico, where it claims there has…
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