Index on Censorship condemns the decision by the UK Foreign Office to deny accreditation to Russia’s RT and Sputnik news agencies to attend its media freedom conference.
Governments must not “cherry pick” media outlets
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CATEGORY: Media Freedom
Project Exile: Reporter escaped Russia after beating, burns
Fatima Tlisova didn’t make it easy for the Russian government to get rid of her. As a reporter covering Russia’s fight against Chechen separatists in what was known as the Second Chechen war in the early 2000s, she was kidnapped, beaten and had her fingertips burned with cigarettes by Russian security forces.
Governments must uphold existing global commitments to protect media
States must uphold existing global commitments to protect media but also be willing to speak out publicly when others fail to protect journalists and journalism, Index on Censorship said on Tuesday.
Project Exile: Criticising Kurdish referendum forces journalist to leave Iraq
Despite Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region’s close ties to the U.S. and billions of dollars in foreign investment, Iraqi Kurdistan is no easy place to be a journalist. Kamal Chomani’s experience is just one example.
Project Exile: Moroccan journalist Hicham Mansouri flees after being stripped and jailed
Efforts to prosecute or intimidate journalists are not unusual in Morocco, and as Hicham Mansouri’s story demonstrates, the government of King Mohammed VI can be both cruel and creative in its efforts to silence dissenting voices.
Project Exile: Tajikistan harasses reporter into exile
“I knew that they have just one goal: they want to see me out of journalism.”
Russia: Ivan Golunov’s case shows the power of publicly and resolutely denouncing despotism
Using trumped-up drug charges to silence critics is nothing new for Russian authorities
State security v freedom of the press: Protecting sources does not mean journalists are pro-terrorism
In discussing the scope of the recent Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019, international human rights lawyer Alex Bailin QC called the powers created by the new legislation “breathtakingly broad.”
Project Exile: Turkish journalist lost home and family
“One thing is broken: my heart.”
Global Journalist: Local news in global decline
Index magazine editor Rachael Jolley joins Global Journalist to discuss the decline of local news all around the world and what this means for democracy.
Media freedom is under threat worldwide. Journalists are threatened, jailed and even killed simply for doing their job.
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