Press Freedom

Khashoggi, Journalists To Be Celebrated At Times Square New Year's Party

World News | Reuters | Saturday December 29, 2018

Reporters will be the guests of honor at the New Year's Eve party in New York's Times Square on Monday, in what organizers said was a celebration of press freedom after an unusually deadly year for journalists at US news outlets.

Impossible To Impose Emergency-Like Press Censorship Today: Arun Jaitley

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday November 16, 2018

Rejecting the criticism that the government was curtailing free speech, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said that it was not possible to impose Emergency-like restrictions on press freedom thanks to modern technology that provides multiple platforms to citizens to express their views.

"Attack On Press Freedom": Journalism Watchdog On Reliance Suing NDTV

India News | NDTV News Desk | Saturday October 20, 2018

The Committee to Protect Journalists, a global journalism watchdog, has called Anil Ambani's Reliance Group suing NDTV for its reportage on the Rafale fighter jet deal a severe attack on press freedom and called for the conglomerate to "end its use of excessive civil defamation cases filed against critical news outlets".

Bangladesh Enacts Digital Security Act Amid Media Protests

World News | Reuters | Monday October 8, 2018

Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid on Monday gave his assent to a controversial new law that media groups fear could cripple press freedom and curb free speech in the South Asian nation.

Amal Clooney Urges Myanmar To Pardon Jailed Reuters Journalists

World News | Reuters | Saturday September 29, 2018

The families of two Reuters reporters imprisoned in Myanmar have asked for a pardon from the country's president, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney told a press freedom event at the United Nations on Friday as she pressed Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to agree to the request.

More Than 300 Newspapers Hit Back At Donald Trump, Defend Free Press

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday August 17, 2018

US newspapers big and small hit back Thursday at Donald Trump's attacks on the news media with a coordinated campaign of editorials, triggering a fresh tirade from the president on Twitter.

On ABP Journalists' Exit, Opposition vs Government In Parliament

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday August 3, 2018

The exit of two prominent journalists from a Hindi news channel was raised today in parliament, where opposition leaders alleged that the channel, ABP News, has been targeted over a report critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.

Notice To Jammu And Kashmir Government In Shujaat Bukhari Killing Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday June 25, 2018

The NHRC today sent a notice to Jammu and Kashmir chief secretary and the state's police chief in connection with the killing of Rising Kashmir editor Shujaat Bukhari, and said the incident was causing "serious threat" to free speech and freedom of press in the state.

Press Council Of India Rejects World Press Freedom Index Over "Lack Of Clarity"

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday May 6, 2018

The Press Council of India has rubbished the recently released Press Freedom Index, in which India slipped two places to rank 138th among 180 countries, saying there was a "lack of clarity" on the inputs that weighed in the rankings which were based on "opinion or perception".

Free Press Makes For A Stronger Democracy: PM Modi On World Press Freedom Day

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday May 3, 2018

Multiplicity of ideas and human expression make us more vibrant as a society and a free press makes for a stronger democracy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on World Press Freedom Day today.

Aggressive Variant Of McCarthyism vs Media, Says Prannoy Roy

India News | Reuters | Thursday April 26, 2018

In its annual World Press Freedom Index released on Wednesday, the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said that India was now 138th-ranked in the world out of 180 countries measured, down two positions since 2017 and lower than countries like Zimbabwe, Afghanistan and Myanmar. When the index was started in 2002, India was ranked 80th out of 139 ...

Outrage Over Centre's Rules For Journalists To Check Fake News: 10 Points

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday April 3, 2018

Journalists' accreditation can be suspended just on the accusation of fake news and they can lose their credentials permanently for a repeat offence, say new, unprecedented government rules announced by the government in an election year. The controversial guidelines, seen to leave journalists open to harassment, have sparked massive outrage and ra...

Singapore's Planned Terror Response Stokes Concerns Over Press Freedom

World News | Reuters | Thursday March 1, 2018

A proposed law in Singapore that would allow authorities to ban the transmission of images from terror attacks and reports about security operations has drawn criticism from non-government bodies and security experts as a curb on press freedom.

Corruption In India Growing, Country Slides Further Down In Index

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday February 22, 2018

India has been ranked 81st in the global corruption perception index for 2017, released by Transparency International, which named the country among the "worst offenders" in terms of graft and press freedom in the Asia Pacific region.

Foreign Media On Aadhaar FIR Against Journalist: "Caused An Outcry"

India News | Vidhi Doshi, The Washington Post | Monday January 8, 2018

The UIDAI has filed a police complaint against journalist Rachna Khaira of The Tribune who exposed a possible security breach in the country's vast biometric Aadhaar database that contains the personal details of over a billion citizens, raising fresh concerns about shrinking press freedom in India