Epicenter.works and Amnesty Austria were present at the Regional Court in St. Pölten last week to monitor the trial of Julian Hessenthaler, which opened on Wednesday 8 September. Private detective and journalistic source Hessenthaler is a key figure in the production of the Ibizagate affair, which exposed high level corruption and brought down Austria's far right coalition government in 2019.

We‘re very proud to announce the release of our Model Draft law to protect whistleblowers in Germany.

The prosecution of private detective and journalistic source Julian Hessenthaler will silence those trying to report corruption in Austria, media and rights groups said at the opening of his trial in St. Pölten this week. Blueprint for Free Speech is one of 15 signatories to the open letter, which was reported widely in international media.

A recap of recent years’ murders of journalists in the European Union.

The shooting death of a South African health agency financial investigator who was a witness in an investigation of alleged corruption in the purchase of COVID-19 protective equipment was seen as a message not to report wrongdoing.

Undeterred by sanctions from the European Union and United States, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, called Europe's Last Dictator, has instead further consolidated power by trying to eliminate the press.

London’s High Court has reversed a decision not to allow the US government to appeal the psychiatric evidence in Julian Assange’s extradition case. A full appeal hearing will follow on 27 and 28 October

German authorities are investigating an alleged “hit list” targeting exiled Turkish journalists there, one already warned of a planned assassination, after another was attacked and warned to stop writing.

Hospitals don't have the right – even with stated policies – to bar health care workers and staff from complaining to the media about safety issues and other problems, a U.S. Federal Appellate Court has ruled.

Hale told the court that "I am here because I stole something that was never mine to take—precious human life”

It's a predictable pattern: journalists in the European Union have been intimidated, harassed, assaulted, beaten, shot, blown up, and killed – and then there's a cascade of denunciations in press releases and tweets.

Hungary is among governments around the world using Pegasus spyware developed by Israel-based NSO Group to keep tabs on journalists, activists and political dissidents