Press Freedom

2024 Magnitsky Human Rights Awards honor rights defenders worldwide

This year’s Magnitsky awards went to Russia’s Yulia Navalnaya, US senator, among others

'History is going on right now,' says Ukrainian journalist honored for her coverage

Journalists from Ukraine, Kenya, Jordan are recognized with Knight awards for their accountability journalism

Documentary captures surveillance, harassment of Cuban journalist

Abraham Jimenez Enoa documents how Cuba's repression drove him into exile

Guatemala appeals court verdict could see publisher returned to prison

Less than a month after Zamora was released to house arrest, appeals court orders his return to prison

VOA’s Persian Service ‘heartbroken’ at former colleague’s suicide in Tehran

Kianoosh Sanjari jumped to his death from a Tehran building on Wednesday after posting on social media that he would end his life in protest of Iran’s authoritarian Islamist rulers

Wife of jailed Azerbaijani journalist calls for his release

Reporters Without Borders sues X

The press freedom group is accusing the social media platform of spreading disinformation

Satirical news site The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars with help from Sandy Hook families

Alex Jones owes more than $1 billion in defamation judgments for calling the Sand Hook massacre a hoax

Jailed Swedish Eritrean journalist wins rights prize

Independent newspaper founder arrested in 2001; there’s been no word of him since 2021

As Azerbaijan hosts UN climate conference, analysts point to poor rights record

Authorities have jailed more than a dozen journalists and harassed reporters covering environment protests

Mongolian appeals court upholds sentence against critical journalist   

Founder of news website Zarig denies charges as court upholds prison term