NEW YORK: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s actions to suppress press freedom are undermining India’s status as “the world’s largest democracy,” resulting in “a shrill Hindu nationalism in news reports that echoes the government line,” according to an influential American newspaper. “When populist leaders invoke emergency laws to block dissent, democracy is in peril,” The New … Read more
Switzerland continues to protect banking secrecy laws; refuses to loosen it for the press Swiss government officials have cast a ballot against slackening the nation’s financial mystery regulations, drawing analysis from the UN and mission bunches who said the regulations will keep on hurting press opportunity. An infamous regulation known as article 47 makes it … Read more
In the interests of journalistic freedom, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged a UK minister not to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States on Friday. RSF and other media rights groups released an open letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel, whose formal approval is needed for Assange’s extradition, urging her to “reject the … Read more
Known Algerian newspaper Liberte printed its last issue on Thursday, thirty years after it was established and a week after its owner, the country’s richest man, marked to wind it up. The French-language newspaper’s front page resembled an obituary, with a black band on the top and the title in red written : “Thank you … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Political Communication Dr Shahbaz Gill on Monday rebutted Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif’s statement alleging the government of curtailing the media freedom. “How would the ones controlling media through money know about media’s freedom?” Dr Shahbaz Gill asked in response to Shehbaz’s statement. Read more: Shahbaz … Read more
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has expressed concern about press freedom worldwide, despite drop in media casualties in 2019. According to the Associated Press of Pakistan,The UNESCO Observatory of Killed Journalists recorded 56 journalist killings in 2019, compared to 99 in 2018 – the lowest annual toll in more than a decade. … Read more
