Press Freedom

Prosecutor Defends Going After Northwestern Students' Notes, Class Material

Chicago Tribune | Daarel Burnette II | Posted 10.20.2009 | Chicago


Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez defended subpoenaing Northwestern University journalism students' notes and recordings of witness interview...

Prosecutors Subpoena Notes, Grade Information Of Northwestern Journalism Students

Chicago Tribune | Jeff Long | Posted 10.19.2009 | Chicago


After spending three years investigating the conviction of a Harvey man accused of killing a security guard with a shotgun blast in 1978, journalism s...

Iran Closes Leading Newspapers Critical Of Ahmadinejad

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 10.06.2009 | Home


Iran has shut down three daily newspapers critical of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president, according to reports by state-run news agencies. While no r...

Thousands Rally In Rome To Defend Press Freedom; Berlusconi Dismisses As A "Joke"

AP | ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 10.03.2009 | World


ROME — Tens of thousands of people, including journalists and media rights activists, gathered in a Rome square Saturday to defend press freedom, ac...

Without Freedom of Expression

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 09.28.2009 | World


Craig and Marc Kielburger

10 years. That's the length of the sentence that Thai man, Suwicha Thakor, received in April for posting two comments on a website deemed insulting to Thailand's monarchy.

Freed Academic Haleh Esfandiari: 'Iranians Want Evolution, Not Revolution'

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.01.2009 | World


Diane Tucker

Every two or three years, there has been a wave of protests like this in Iran. But this time I think there has been a fundamental change.

The Censor Knows That My Tender Cuban Eyes Can't be Trusted With Unfiltered Television News

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 09.10.2009 | World


Yoani Sanchez

Over the years I have learned to distrust what comes over the TV screen in Cuba, and even more so when it comes to the news.

Anti-Venezuela Spokespeople Misrepresent Reality of Press Freedom in Venezuela

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 09.05.2009 | World


Mark Weisbrot

The Venezuelan media is not so restricted as in the U.S. Venezuela is not Colombia, where journalists have to flee the country in fear of their lives when the President denounces them.

Cambodia Crackdown Reveals Legal System Flaws

Washington Post | Posted 08.29.2009 | World


A heightened crackdown on journalists and opposition activists in recent weeks by Cambodia's leaders has provoked new concern that the government is e...

Heorhiy Gongadze: Murdered Ukrainian Journalist Skull Pieces Likely Found

AP | Posted 08.28.2009 | World


KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainian investigators on Tuesday found what they believe are the remains of the skull of a journalist who was kidnapped and de...

Al-Jazeera Suspended In West Bank For Guest's Criticism Of Pres. Abbas

AP | BEN HUBBARD | Posted 08.15.2009 | World


RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian government shut down the West Bank operations of the Arabic satellite channel Al-Jazeera on Wednesday, a d...

Today is the Anniversary of the 1999 Iran Protest

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 08.09.2009 | World


Shirin Sadeghi

Without the July 1999 protests, there could never have been June 2009. What the students courageously started then has led to a massive movement encompassing all Iranians.

Ex-AP Hostage Terry Anderson Back in Beirut to Teach U.S. J-Students How to Report Accurately on Middle East

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 08.05.2009 | Media


Magda Abu-Fadil

"Unfortunately, I wasn't scared enough, and I wasn't cautious," Anderson admitted. "I got caught because I refused to take the precautions that I probably should have."

Iran Jailing Most Journalists: More Than China, Cuba

Guardian | Oliver Luft | Posted 07.30.2009 | Media


Iran's media crackdown since protests over the disputed election earlier this month means more journalists are in jail there than in any other country...

Chernovik, Independent Russian Newspaper, Faces Closure

AP | ARSEN MOLLAYEV | Posted 07.20.2009 | World


MAKHACHKALA, Russia — An independent newspaper in a Russian province near Chechnya is facing closure on charges of carrying extremist statements...

Gadhafi Sues 3 Moroccan Newspapers

AFP | Posted 07.16.2009 | World


Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on Monday sued three Moroccan newspapers for defamation, seeking eight million euros in damages for "attacks on the digni...

US Journalists Arrested, Kidnapped Abroad (ROUNDUP)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.09.2009 | World


The trial and sentencing of American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee to 12 years in a North Korean work camp prompts the question: what other Amer...

Poddala Jayantha: Sri Lanka Free Press Advocate Abducted, Beaten As Part Of Ongoing Trend

AP | Posted 07.02.2009 | World


COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A Sri Lankan press freedom campaigner and government critic was abducted and assaulted while returning from work Monday. Po...

Anti-Chavez, Free Press Protesters Take To Streets In Venezuela

AP | RACHEL JONES | Posted 06.28.2009 | World


CARACAS, Venezuela — Hundreds of opponents of President Hugo Chavez marched in support of press freedom in Venezuela on Wednesday, two years aft...

Roxana Saberi Spends 32nd Birthday In Iranian Prison

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 05.28.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — An American journalist jailed in Iran for allegedly spying for the U.S. is vowing to remain on a hunger strike until she is freed...

Roxana Saberi Begins Hunger Strike: ABC News

Posted 05.24.2009 | World


ABC News reports that US journalist Roxana Saberi begins a hunger strike today to protest her prison sentence in Iran. ABC News' George Stephonopoulos...

Roxana Saberi's Parents Visit Her In Jail After Iran's Judiciary Chief Orders Full Investigation Into Case

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI and NASSER KARIMI | Posted 05.21.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's judiciary ordered a full investigation Monday into the case of an American journalist imprisoned for allegedly spying for ...

Roxana Saberi: Iran President Urges Full Defense For US Reporter

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 05.20.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's president said Sunday that an American journalist convicted of spying for the U.S. should be allowed to offer a full defen...

Roxana Saberi Profile

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.19.2009 | World


When the journalist Roxana Saberi was first arrested in Iran, her family was told it was for buying a bottle of wine - an act banned under the country...

Fiji Kicks Out Foreign Journalists

Inter Press Service | Shailendra Singh | Posted 05.15.2009 | World


SUVA, Apr 14 (IPS) - Fiji is maintaining an uneasy calm days after its president abrogated the constitution, promulgated emergency regulations, and...