Press Freedom

Crisis in Cameroon Spurs Govt Crackdown on Press

By Mbom Sixtus
“For too long we have been afraid to speak out against injustices and all sorts of atrocities happening in Cameroon, thinking it [the silence] will protect us. If I were to repeat what I have done on Canal 2 English [television], I will do it again. I now stand ready for any eventuality,” says Cameroonian journalist Elie Smith.

Indian Journalist’s Murder: The Ultimate Form of Press Censorship?

By Manipadma Jena
Dauntlessly crusading against curbs on freedom of speech, fifty-five-year-old Indian journalist Gauri Lankesh was gunned down at her very doorstep in Bengaluru city on the evening of Sep. 5, taking three bullets of the seven fired in her lungs and heart. She was shot from just three feet away.

UN Rights Chief: Trump’s Attack on Press is “Dangerous”

By Tharanga Yakupitiyage
Freedom of the press is under attack in the United States and could incite further violence against reporters, said a UN official.

Muzzling the Media: Cambodia

By Erik Larsson
You have to pay six million dollars in tax! That was the message given to the Cambodian Daily the same week that Prime Minister Hun Sen publicly attacked the newspaper.

Internet Shutdowns in Africa Stifling Press Freedom

By Jonathan Rozen
“The internet for journalism is now like the air you breathe,” said Befeqadu Hailu, an Ethiopian journalist and a member of the Zone 9 blogger collective who was arrested in April 2014 and charged with terrorism. “Without the internet, modern journalism means nothing.” Yet, the internet is something that journalists in multiple African countries are often forced to do without.

Will Governments Support Access to Information Driving Development?

By Gerald Leitner
In an Information Society, access, and the ability to apply and re-use information is at the heart of individual fulfilment and social participation. Long before the idea of an Information Society came into use, libraries connected people to this, connecting them with literature and learning, and allowing them to improve their lives, and those of their families and communities.

A Global Call for Journalists’ Safety

By Tharanga Yakupitiyage
The UN system and its member states must develop policies to protect journalists and end impunity for crimes against them, said key stakeholders during a meeting.

The Doha Centre interviews Farhana Haque Rahman, Director General of IPS

By The Doha Centre
The Doha Centre spoke to Farhana Haque Rahman, Director General of IPS about media development and defending press freedom, at the World Press Freedom Day Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Mob Killing Sparks Fresh Outrage Over Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws

By Zofeen Ebrahim
Aimal Khan, 27, an airman in Pakistan's Air Force, warns the country will end up in the throes of mayhem if the state does not do something about the abuse of the blasphemy laws. "People will use it to settle personal scores," he said.

Refugee Journalists, the Challenge of Reporting from Exile

By Elena L. Pasquini
Abdulwahab Tahhan is a journalist and a refugee. From his exile in London, he documents the war that is devastating his homeland of Syria, monitoring airstrikes and assessing civilian casualties for the non-profit Airwars.

Reflections on World Press Freedom Day

By Dr. Hanif Hassan Ali Al Qassim
This year’s theme for the 2017 World Press Freedom Day “Critical Minds for Critical Times: Media’s role in advancing peaceful, just and inclusive societies” is one of the most important days honouring press freedom.

Journalist Killings in Sri Lanka Predicated on a Deadly Irony

By Thalif Deen
The widespread belief in the politically-motivated killings of journalists in Sri Lanka is predicated on a deadly irony: the hidden hand has always been visible, but the fingerprints have gone missing.

A Free and Diverse Media is Essential to Protecting Democracy in the 21st Century

By Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah
Images of protestors flooding the streets – whether in Caracas, Bucharest, Istanbul or Washington DC – send a powerful message to those in power, especially when they are plastered across newspaper front pages.

Repression 2.0: An Updated Global Censorship

By Tharanga Yakupitiyage
Censorship tactics have become more complex, posing new challenges for journalists and non-journalists alike, a new report finds.

Trolling of Women Journalists Threatens Free Press

By Manipadma Jena
“It’s not what you say that prompts it—it’s the fact that you are saying it,” says Mary Beard, a Cambridge University classics professor about online trolling. “If you venture into traditional male territory, the abuse comes anyway. It is the many ways that men have silenced outspoken women since the days of the ancients.”

‘Fake News’ is not Journalism…

By Irina Bokova
Would you trust your news from any source? How are we able to ensure that ‘fake’(d) news does not overtake the flow of information?

Protection of Journalists Fails in Latin America

By Daniela Pastrana
Mexican journalist Cecilio Pineda Brito covered drug trafficking issues in a region of the southern state of Guerrero where criminal groups are extremely powerful.

Video message by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day 2017

By UNESCO
Video message by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day 2017

IPS Journalists Who Perished in the Line of Duty

By Thalif Deen
In the politically-risky world of professional journalism, news reporters are fast becoming an endangered species.

Double standards: Do all journalist lives matter?

By Shafik Mandhai
Taha avoids giving his last name to journalists, but not out fear of the Sudanese government, whose harassment he fled in 2015.

Worrying about Fake News Has Become All the Rage

By Farhana Haque Rahman
Rogue interests, perhaps even foreign, are said to be trying to interfere with the electoral process in the U.S. and European Union members. Senior government officials glibly endorse what they themselves call “alternative facts” and even openly describe the media as their enemy.
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