Turkey Snubs Press Freedom Mission, Female Journalists in Peril
Having declared that journalists in Turkey - who are being harassed, detained, and jailed - are “incomparably free” - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and ruling AKP party officials refused to meet a contingent of media freedom groups.
Murdered Journalist’s Probe Lags, Greece Puts Clamps on Media Freedom
Six months after investigative journalist Giorgos Karaivaz was gunned down near his home in Athens - and as Reporters Without Borders (RSF) pressed police for answers - Greece’s conservative government is being ripped by media freedom groups for proposals that would bring fines and jail time for reporting “false news.”
Despite TVN24 TV License OK, Poland Media Freedom Pressured
After a warning from Reporters Without Borders (RSF) about a “press freedom state of emergency” in Poland, the hardline government that’s challenging the European Union over rule of law extended a broadcasting license for news channel TVN24, but is still squeezing media outlets.
Journalists under threat win 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov, for fighting for media freedom in the Philippines and Russia respectively - the first time the Peace Prize has been given to reporters since 1935
Australian Court Lifts Veil of Secrecy in Witness K Lawyer's Trial
Overturning a previous ruling, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Court of Appeal sided with lawyer Bernard Collaery's bid for an open trial as he faces charges of revealing national security information about the alleged bugging of East Timor's government.
Hush-Hush Money, Pandora Papers Unbox How World's Rich Hide Trillions
Named for a Greek myth about a sealed box containing the world's evils, The Pandora Papers – the work of 600 journalists in 117 countries who pored through 11.9 million leaked confidential records – showed how the world's elite and powerful, from business leaders to kings and politicians – hide their wealth.
Australian Court Lifts Veil of Secrecy in Witness K Lawyer's Trial
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Court of Appeal has sided with Blueprint International Whistleblowing Prize winner Bernard Collaery in his bid for an open trial
The trial against the alleged harassment at work of the Galician Television, denounced by the cameraman and LGTBI activist Fito Ferreiro, is ready for sentencing
On Friday 24 September, the trial for harassment at work of TV cameraman Fito Ferreiro Seoane (A Coruña, 1962), a well-known LGTBI activist in Galicia, was held in the Social Court No. 3 of Santiago de Compostela. The plaintiff denounced Televisión de Galicia, where he has worked for 36 years, for the situation of "harassment at work".
Wrong as Rain: Russia Declares More Media, Journalists, Foreign Agents
With independent media in Russia being declared “Foreign Agents”, TV Rain (Dozhd) Chief Editor Tikhon Dzyadko is taking drastic measures against his station’s broadcasters being targeted.
Televisión de Galicia worker harassment case comes to court
Earlier this year, we drew attention to the case of Fito Ferreiro Seoane, a cameraman from A Coruña in Spain who has worked at public broadcaster Televisión de Galicia (TVG) since 1985.
Digging for Dirt: SLAPPed South African Activists and Whistleblowers Stymie Mining Project
As pressure within the European Union mounts for community-wide measures to combat SLAPP suits, an Australian mining company is trying to deter a group of activists and environmental lawyers from opposing its plan to set up a titanium mine in South Africa