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After months of uncertainty, the Cameroon government has finally admitted that Cameroon journalist Samuel Wazizi died in prison shortly after

As demonstrations against the death of George Floyd continue in cities across the United States, Media Defence is concerned at

The ECtHR has held today that Hungary violated the Article 10 freedom of expression rights of six journalists who, in

“In the year under review I have been once again struck by the significance of the achievements of those that

Colombian journalist Jineth Bedoya was recently named laureate of the 2020 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. In the year

La periodista colombiana Jineth Bedoya fue laureada con el Premio Mundial de Libertad de Prensa UNESCO-Guillermo Cano 2020. Tras veinte

This year’s World Press Freedom Day comes at a particularly sombre time. Whilst the freedom of expression landscape was contracting

In many respects, Elena Popa is a typical Romanian domestic carer working in Austria. She’s a caregiver of an 87-year-old

A raíz del temor por el contagio de COVID-19 en las estrechas y antihigiénicas prisiones, ha habido llamados urgentes para

There have been urgent calls for the immediate release of journalists from detention, amid fears about the spread of COVID-19

Tackling Internet Censorship in Pakistan: A Tough but Necessary Battle   Fear and self-censorship dominate the media environment in Pakistan.

Governments around the world are taking extraordinary measures in the fight against COVID-19. Many of these are essential steps to