Already having some of the world's strictest privacy laws, the European Union wants mobile apps tracking COVID-19 cases to keep most data on devices instead of a central server as governments consider schemes to follow the path of the pandemic.

Australia’s highest court unanimously invalidated a search warrant police used to search the home of journalist Annika Smethurst.

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic criticises countries for using the COVID-19 Coronavirus crisis to curtail media freedom.

The Coalition to Make Whistleblowing Safe During COVID-19 and Beyond has written an open letter calling on all public authorities and institutions to protect those who report or expose harms, abuses and serious wrongdoing.

Recent measures taken by PM Viktor Orban severely damage Hungarian democracy.

A bail request for Julian Assange made based on fears he might get infected with Covid-19 was rejected.

Greek MP Kyriakos Velopoulos is being investigated for his promotion of Covid-19 protective balm.

Video footage shows journalists being attacked by Greek islanders amid refugee crisis.

Julian Assange supporters have rallied around the world, arguing he did the work of an investigative journalist.

Julian Assange's lawyers, fighting US attempts to extradite him from Britain to face espionage charges, said he was abused in prison and had case files confiscated by guards.

Julian Assange has been in detention in London while awaiting an extradition trial with the US wanting to get its hands on him to likely face espionage charges for publishing classified videos and documents about American war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.