Democracy at Risk

2018/07/29

The publisher of the New York Times has warned Donald J. Trump in a White House meeting that the president's...

Democracy at Risk

Jimmy Carter: US has ‘Abandoned’ Role as Human Rights Champion

2018/07/25

Former President Jimmy Carter says the U.S. has abandoned "our position as a government to be the champion of human...

Democracy at Risk

Polish President Proposes Vote on New Constitution

2018/07/20

Polish President Andrzej Duda presented plans for a non-binding vote on a new constitution that can take place on November...

Media Freedom

WhatsApp Seeks to Stem Fake News Ahead of Pakistan Election

2018/07/18

The WhatsApp messaging service began a week-long publicity campaign in Pakistan offering tips to spot fake news ahead of a...

Media Freedom

Egypt’s Parliament Approves Bill to Monitor Social Media

2018/07/16

The Egyptian parliament approved in a final reading a bill that would allow authorities to monitor social media users with...

Media Freedom

Media Watchdog Issues Warning to India Alarmed by Journalist Killings

2018/07/04

Media watchdog Reporters without Borders expressed alarm on Wednesday about India, with seven journalists killed in the past 18 months.

Democracy at Risk

EU Starts Legal Action Against Poland Over Supreme Court Reform

2018/07/02

The EU on Monday launched legal action against Poland over its controversial Supreme Court reforms.

Media Freedom

Russia Accuses France 24 of Breaking Media Law in Tit-for-Tat Move

2018/06/29

Russia's state media regulator Roskomnadzor on Friday accused television channel France 24 of violating Russian media laws, after Paris issued...

Police cars at the scene of shooting in Maryland

Media Freedom

Five Dead in Newsroom Shooting in US State of Maryland

2018/06/28

Five people were killed on Thursday in a shooting at the building that houses the Capital Gazette, a daily newspaper...

Media Freedom

Veteran Journalist Shot Dead in Indian Kashmir

2018/06/14

Journalist Shujaat Bukhari, editor of an English language daily Rising Kashmir, and his police bodyguard were shot dead in Kashmir...

Democracy at Risk

EU Countries to Probe Poland Over Rule of Law

2018/06/13

The EU has agreed to launch hearings into fears Poland is breaching the independence of its courts, as Warsaw moved...

Media Freedom

NATO Chief: Ukraine Journalist’s Faked Death May Hurt Press

2018/06/08

Ukrainian authorities have come under fire for the faked death of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, who was announced shot dead...

Media Freedom

Ceremony Honors Journalists Killed in 2017 in Pursuit of News

2018/06/04

The Newseum, a Washington museum dedicated to the understanding of the importance of a free press, held a ceremony to...

Vijesti newspaper attack journalist Lakic

Media Freedom

Journalists at Risk as Media Freedom Declines in Former Yugoslavia

by Fieke Snijder

2018/06/04

The countries that have re-emerged from Yugoslavia are struggling to liberate themselves from repressive practices of the past. As time...

Media Freedom

Russian Court Gives Ukrainian Reporter 12 Years for Espionage

2018/06/04

Journalist Roman Sushchenko, who worked for Ukrainian state news agency Ukrinform for more than a decade, was detained in Moscow...

Media Freedom

Ukraine’s Security Service Fakes Death of Anti-Kremlin Journalist

2018/05/30

Reporters gasped and applauded as journalist Arkady Babchenko appeared alive and well at a press conference in Kiev, less than...

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Trump Can’t Block his Critics on Twitter, Judge Rules

2018/05/23

A US federal judge has ruled that President Trump violated the US constitution by blocking Twitter users who disagree with...

Democracy at Risk

Maduro Wins Disputed Vote as Venezuela Mulls Bleak Future

2018/05/21

Venezuela was facing the threat of fresh international sanctions and intensified domestic unrest Monday following President Nicolas Maduro's re-election in...

gothenburg synagogue attack another type of anti-semitism in Sweden

Democracy at Risk

As Memory of Holocaust Fades, Anti-Semitism is Rising in Europe

by Fieke Snijder

2018/05/11