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Press freedom fight never stops Editorial Board © Ted Shaffrey Members of the news media report from the memorial at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, as the jury deliberates in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. The moment that former police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of the murder of George Floyd, the moment he was first put in handcuffs, was livestreamed from a Minneapolis courtroom. It was a victory not just for justice but for transparency and for press freedom — the kind...

PRESS FREEDOM Press freedom has deteriorated in the face of a global pandemic, journalists share on World Press Freedom Day ICIJ members in every region told of rising attacks, intimidation, government pressure, restrictions, lawsuits and penalties in the past year, as well as concerns arising from changes in media ownership. May 3, 2021 A journalist wears a T-shirt with an image of Malaysian news site Malaysiakini’s editor-in-chief Steven Gan at the Federal Court in Putrajaya on July 13, 2020, as the site faces contempt of court proceedings. Journalism has not bee...

Press freedom fight never stops Here and around the globe, journalists remain under threat for doing their jobs. By The Editorial BoardUpdated May 3, 2021, 4:00 a.m. Email to a Friend Members of the news media report from the memorial at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, as the jury deliberates in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd.Ted Shaffrey/Associated Press The moment that former police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of the murder of George Floyd, the moment he was first put in handcuffs, was lives...

news Press Freedom Day 2021: Autocratic leaders are muzzling the media citing ‘fake news’, Covid and national security © Hong Kong Free Press Today is World Press Freedom Day. It is a day to mark the importance of freedom of the press and governments’ duty to uphold and respect the right of freedom of expression enshrined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights from 1948. This year also marks the 30th Anniversary of the Windhoek Declaration for the Development of a Free, Independent and Pluralistic Press that came at the end of a UNESCO conference in 1991. This decl...

Authoritarian and illiberal-minded regimes are becoming increasingly emboldened in their efforts to stifle independent media, the International Press Institute (IPI) has warned. — AP/File Vienna: Authoritarian and illiberal-minded regimes are becoming increasingly emboldened in their efforts to stifle independent media, the International Press Institute (IPI) warned ahead of World Press Freedom Day 2021 to be observed on May 3. IPI’s Covid-19 Press Freedom Tracker has recorded 635 press freedom violations around the world. India, which is battling a major wave of infections, has seen 84 v...