United Nations human rights experts have condemned the arrest, alleged enforced disappearance and detention of six Egyptian journalists who make up the entire newsroom of the independent investigative media platform Matsadaash, warning
Since its ‘comeback’ in August 2021 the Taliban have detained journalists, shut down and controlled media organisations, and imposed harsher restrictions on female reporters. The once vibrant and active independent and free
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The international peace organization, Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL), recently hosted an online event with approximately 160 media persons from 49 countries in attendance. This year, the HWPL International
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The prosecution for the U.S., which is seeking to deny Julian Assange’s appeal of an extradition order, begun by the Trump administration and embraced by the Biden administration, grounded its arguments on
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The modes of communication that a society uses can tell us a lot about its political structure. A research study we published in 2022 revealed distinct modes of communication and administrative recordkeeping in autocratic
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Editorial The unsurprising uproar over Tucker Carlson’s decision to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin has ignited a dangerous assault on fundamental democratic principles. Calls for sanctions and even arrest from EU politicians
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On January 19, Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) abducted Haitham Dafallah, the chief editor of the Al-Maydan newspaper, published by the Sudanese Communist Party (SCP). The notorious paramilitary force also abducted Dafallah’s
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John Pilger, who has died of pulmonary fibrosis aged 84, was a journalist who never shirked from saying the unsayable. Across half a century, in newspapers and in his documentary films –
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In a recent audit, the Ministry of Mass Media has come under intense scrutiny as the latest Audit General Report unveils a series of financial irregularities and operational failures within the ministry
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In a united front, several prominent journalist organizations have vehemently condemned the recent freezing of accounts belonging to the web news portal Newsclick by the Indian Income Tax (IT) department. The move,
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Adani Group, one of India’s largest business conglomerates involved in multiple fields, including mining, airport, and renewable energy, has acquired a 50.5% stake in the newswire services provider IANS India Pvt. Ltd.
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At the ongoing fifth World Media Summit, participants share their insights and perspectives on AI, which has become a global buzzword. Fu Hua, executive chairman of the World Media Summit and president
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The world is waiting in cautious anticipation amid the four-day pause in hostilities in Gaza, giving Palestinians a brief respite from incessant Israeli airstrikes. Israel did not cease its bombing of the
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Israel is intentionally assassinating journalists in Gaza. As it wages its genocidal onslaught on the enclave, having murdered at least 13,000 Palestinians so far, Israel is simultaneously killing media workers in order to
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The headline is provocative: “The Kremlin’s Efforts to Covertly Spread Disinformation in Latin America.” This was a statement on the U.S. State Department website, posted on November 7, 2023. The United States government accused
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Editorial He has departed to stroll among the angels. In the esteemed realms of Sri Lankan journalism, Gamini Weerakoon emerged as a commanding presence, imprinting an enduring legacy on the media terrain
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