Press Freedom and Attacks on Journalists

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (247+ words) MANILA, Philippines – For nearly four decades, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) stood as a watchdog over the watchdogs of Philippine democracy. It will close on September 30, its executive director Melinda Quintos de Jesus said. The decision was…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (327+ words) The paper also rejected allegations of bias in its coverage of Israel, claiming that a peer-reviewed study of the topic had ‘cherry picked’ data The New York Times has removed a line in an article that had previously claimed that…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (356+ words) Wednesday September 16, 2026 Information and Broadcasting Minister Andaleeve Rahman today (16 September) said the government is committed to upholding freedom of expression and an environment conducive to a free media. He made the remarks when US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T Christensen…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (219+ words) PressTV WORLD WEST ASIA ASIA-PACIFIC AFRICA US EUROPE UK AMERICAS SOCIETY ARTS SPORTS CONVERSATIONS IRAN POLITICS ECONOMY ENERGY NUCLEAR ENERGY CULTURE DEFENSE SPORTS DEFINITIVE REVENGE PEOPLE'S PRESIDENT SHOWS 10 MINUTES AFRICA TODAY ECONOMIC DIVIDE FACE TO FACE IN A NUTSHELL IRAN…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (200+ words) Ostensible journalists Shadi Al-Salfti and Bahaa Okasha were spotted in two Hamas videos commemorating other terrorists. Two ostensible Gazan journalists were identified in Hamas martyr videos in September and were described by the terrorist organization as combatants. In a Thursday…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (928+ words) townhall.com How Liberal Reporting Threatens to Undermine a Peace Process Have we reached the point where the “your enemy’s enemy is your friend” philosophy of the progressive media is at breaking point? In the last month, multiple mainstream press…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (319+ words) over assumptions about motives UA.NEWS Jerusalem Post columnist criticizes AP, Reuters and AFP over assumptions about motives AP’s wording on Gaza Sternthal drew attention to an Associated Press headline from September 7 about Muslim countries condemning an Israeli proposal to…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (334+ words) Journalist and author Tuğba Tekerek has been detained as part of a sweeping investigation targeting LGBTI+ organizations and activists, with authorities citing a 2024 article she wrote about LGBTI+ rights in Georgia. Tekerek was detained overnight in İstanbul and taken to…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (276+ words) In Israel, a Jerusalem Post columnist proposed that the authorities change their approach to distributing video evidence of the October 7 attacks. In his view, instead of closed screenings for invited audiences, foreign newsrooms could be given access to previously unpublished…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (120+ words) TVMnews.mt Momentum Party opposes PN proposal for journalists’ warrants The Momentum Party has expressed its opposition to Nationalist Party leader Alex Borg’s proposal to introduce a warrant system for journalists, arguing that this could threaten press freedom. In a…...