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Countries that reported less press freedom include Greece; South Korea; Turkey; and several Latin American countries including Mexico, Peru and Chile. Most of Pew’s survey data is from spring 2024.
In all 35 countries, those who say internet use is completely free are more likely to say the same about press freedom and freedom of speech. We asked Americans about freedom on the internet in both ...
The NNPP chieftain urged the NUJ, Guild of Editors and other media stakeholders to fashion out an insurance scheme for Nigerian Journalists. “As we observe the World Press Freedom Day, I want to ...
The year 2025 continues to witness an alarming escalation of threats to press freedom across the globe, with several African countries experiencing some of the worst crackdowns on independent ...
Global press freedom across the world is at a “critical moment,” campaigners have warned, as a major index mapping the state of global press freedom hits an unprecedented low. In the latest edition of ...
The survey from Reporters Without Borders suggests that governments across the world are failing to protect journalism, with a marked trend of declining press freedom. In 2014, 13% of countries ...
World Press Freedom Day, observed on May 3, honors this UN universal human right. Printed in this newspaper's Opinion pages is “The First Amendment” spelling out the basic freedoms enshrined ...
In it's latest World Press Freedom Index, released on May 2, Georgia ranked 114 out of 180 countries. Last year it was ranked 103, down from 77 in 2023.
Barbas likened the current period of distrust in the media to the attacks made on the press during World War I or the period of anti-Communist suspicion in the late-1940s and 1950s known as ...
On World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, Reporters without Borders issued a map of the world with the status of press freedom in each country. Most Asian countries had restrictions on the media, and Nepal ...