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The Egyptian government’s systematic persecution of journalists has not let up since it launched its “national strategy for human rights” one year ago, says Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Though eight journalists have been freed in the past six months – the latest of whom was let go on 14 September –  22 others remain behind bars. Unless they toe […]

On 14 September 2022, a Belfast court convicted a man, Niall Sheerin, of possessing the gun used to kill journalist Lyra McKee and sentenced him to seven years in prison. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomes the development, but emphasises the urgent need for justice for the killing itself. Delayed justice for McKee will only worsen the

After the recent parliamentary election, the Swedish Democrats blocked access of several journalists to their election night and threatened the media in general. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warns of the link between political and physical attacks. His words sounded chilling. When a journalist of the Swedish public broadcaster, SVT, asked on September 12th the chief of

An EU court has largely upheld a record fine against Google for using the Android platform to cement its search engine’s dominance. The €4.125bn (£3.5bn) penalty is the largest anti-trust fine ever handed down by the European Commission. It said Google had breached its laws by forcing Android phone-makers to carry its search and web

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) deplores the time being taken by Hungary’s Media Council to issue a new licence to Tilos Rádió, a Budapest-based independent community radio station whose broadcasting permit expired on 3 September. The Media Council – Hungary’s media regulator – must reach a duly justified decision as soon as possible, RSF says. “Ever since

On 28 September newsrooms around the world will mark World News Day. It is a news industry campaign, driven by the World Editors Forum and Canadian Journalism Foundation, to highlight that #JournalismMatters. Here is how to get involved. by WAN-IFRA Staff executivenews@wan-ifra.org | September 14, 2022 World News Day  is a platform for newsrooms around the world

Image: Photo by Saw Wunna on Unsplash. Myanmar’s military, also known as the Tatmadaw, overthrew the country’s democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021 over baseless claims of fraud in the previous general election. Soon after taking power, the military began raiding independent media offices and arresting journalists. To this day, journalists in Myanmar brave daunting risks to carry out

Image: Chevron’s Texan offering has echoes of other dubious ‘local news’ sites that have emerged in recent years. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images As the closures of newspapers leave Americans struggling for information, Chevron has swooped in to serve up a mixture of local news and propaganda The dire state of local journalism in the

This is the sixth and final IJNotes episode in our series on environmental journalism. To listen to the previous episode — Reporting on environmental crime —  click here. In early June, environmental journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira went missing in the Amazon while reporting on Indigenous peoples in the state of Amazonas. The two were

The chaotic situation in Libya in recent years has made the country extremely dangerous for journalists and media outlets, says Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Press freedom, which was non-existent under Muammar Gaddafi, has improved little since his overthrow in 2011, which country plunged into civil war and domination by militias. “The situation in Libya is