Press Freedom

Taliban shutter Afghan broadcaster over foreign content

Journalists at Arezo TV are detained as Kabul office is sealed over Taliban claim that station produced 'vulgar' content

From VOA Spanish: Media group warns of deterioration of press freedom in Americas

Austin Tice is alive, family of American journalist says

The former US Marine, who was taken in Syria more than 12 years ago, is the last American journalist held overseas

Journalists from Ukraine, Burkina Faso recognized for work

Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk was among the first people to investigate Russia’s abduction of children from Ukraine. At a ceremony in Washington, she was honored for her work, alongside journalists from Burkina Faso, Gaza, India and Belgium. From Washington, Liam Scott has the story.

Georgian opposition leader arrested, beaten unconscious as Tbilisi protests continue

High-profile arrest comes amid ongoing pro-EU protests in Georgia

Journalists in Bolivia face attacks, verbal assaults

Attacks on media covering protests come amid a declining environment for journalists in Bolivia, say analysts

US press club moves to defend, support threatened journalists globally

Work of the Washington-based press club will be guided in part by American journalists who suffered imprisonment in Russia and Iran

Canadian news publishers sue OpenAI over alleged copyright infringement

Outlets say OpenAI regularly breaches copyright by scraping large amounts of content from Canadian media to train its ChatGPT generative artificial intelligence system

Russia’s war in Ukraine inspires exiled journalist to found media startup

From a Siberian city to Prague, the founder of Verstka focuses on underreported stories for audiences back in Russia

China court jails journalist for 7 years on spy charges, family says

Media rights group urges reversal of verdict

Pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai tells court overthrowing CCP 'impossible'

Jailed publisher makes the statements during his sixth day of testimony in his high-profile national security trial