Private members’ bills to crack down on use of Slapps are likely to attract cross-party supportA coordinated push to protect whistleblowers, journalists and victims of sexual assault from being sued by those who wish to silence...
Read MoreJosh Simons, who is at centre of scandal in which journalists were falsely linked to a ‘pro-Kremlin’ network, faces questions over candour of his statementsThe Cabinet Office minister at the centre of a growing scandal over an...
Read MoreScrapping of afternoon press conferences could limit scrutiny and transparency, say reportersSweeping changes to Downing Street’s press lobby system have been criticised by journalists.No 10 normally holds two briefings on most...
Read MoreKeir Starmer urged to ‘stand up for the BBC’ after US president files $10bn lawsuit against corporationBBC bosses are “right to stick by their guns” against Donald Trump, a minister has said, after the US president filed a $10bn...
Read MoreUK, EU and Australia say guilty verdict against 78-year-old is further blow to democracy and press freedom in territoryGovernments, institutions and rights groups across the world have condemned the conviction of the former...
Read MoreNews outfit claims being barred from talking to the council’s leader is breach of right to free expressionA local paper whose journalists have been ostracised by a Reform UK council is taking legal action, arguing the move is a...
Read MoreWith foreign media barred, Palestinians have reported alone, facing the ‘most deliberate effort to kill and silence’ them ever Continue...
Read MoreLetter from rights groups says RedBird Capital’s proposed takeover threatens media pluralism and transparencyA group of nine human rights and freedom of expression organisations have called on the culture secretary to halt...
Read MoreAt least 225 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza since 2023. One was the son of Wael al-Dahdouh, who also lost his wife, two other children and a grandchild. Here, he talks about regaining his sense of purpose amid...
Read MoreAuthorities ask X to block accounts as tens of thousands take to streets in largest anti-government protests in yearsTurkish authorities have arrested more than 1,100 people including journalists, while bombarding the social...
Read MoreGroup says reporters at independent outlets suffer ‘constant harassment, physical attacks and smear campaigns’Press freedom in Serbia is now facing a “dangerous turning point” after mounting pressure on independent outlets from...
Read MorePM says content creators must be paid and vows to ensure technology ‘does not begin to chip away’ at press freedomsKeir Starmer has said media outlets should have control over – and be paid for – their work as artificial...
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