Journalist Crackdown Political

Family celebrates compensation to the widow of a journalist killed during Brazil's dictatorship

Yahoo News - 1d

Hunger-striking journalist challenges Georgia's government from jail

Mzia Amaglobeli is accused of slapping a police chief but her detention has made her a symbol of resistance.

BBC News - 1d

Noel Clarke lawyers’ claims against Guardian journalists unacceptable, judge says

Ruling says allegations by actor’s legal team ‘should not have been made’ in open court. A high court judge has criticised lawyers representing Noel Clarke for making “unacceptable” allegations ...

The Guardian - 1d

Fear for life of journalist jailed amid Georgian government crackdown

The mother of one of Georgia's dozens of imprisoned protesters says the nation "chose Europe," but is being "taken to Russia" by force.

CBS News - 2d

British investigative journalist banned from Cambodia

Treatment of Gerald Flynn, who writes for the outlet Mongabay, condemned as attack on independent media . A British environmental and investigative journalist has been banned from entering ...

The Guardian - 2d

Trump administration taps controversial conservative journalist for top job

The Trump administration is filling one of the State Department’s top positions with a conservative journalist who has promoted conspiracy theories related to Jan. 6.

ABC News - 4d

Italian investigative journalist targeted on WhatsApp by Israeli spyware

Francesco Cancellato, whose reporting exposes fascists within PM Meloni’s far-right party, condemns ‘violation’. An Italian investigative journalist who is known for exposing young fascists ...

The Guardian - 6d

WhatsApp says a spyware company targeted journalists and civilians in a global campaign

Around 90 users of Meta’s chat service WhatsApp are suspected to have been targets of a spyware campaign conducted by Paragon Solutions.

NBC News - 6d

WhatsApp says journalists and civil society members were targets of Israeli spyware

Messaging app said it had ‘high confidence’ some users were targeted and ‘possibly compromised’ by Paragon Solutions spyware. Nearly 100 journalists and other members of civil society using ...

The Guardian - 6d

Journalist recounts 711 days of captivity as a hostage of Islamic extremists in Mali

Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa's Sahel region, while on his way to interview one of the group's leaders in northern Mali

ABC News - 6d

Trump’s crackdown traps migrants in Mexico

US border measures prompt rise in asylum applications in neighbouring country

Financial Times - 6d

The political cult of the entrepreneur

Is what’s good for America’s richest men also good for America?

Financial Times - Jan. 30

Turkey detains journalists and replaces elected mayor amid crackdown on opposition

Turkish authorities have detained a prominent investigative journalist and four of his colleagues and replaced an elected pro-Kurdish mayor with a state appointee

ABC News - Jan. 29

What's next for Trump's immigration crackdown?

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said they have arrested nearly 1,000 people daily as part of President Trump's immigration crackdown. The daily arrest numbers are more than doubling ...

CBS News - Jan. 28

'Don't overdo it, Steve': BBC journalist in testy exchange with Belarus president

After an election win which has been widely criticised as illegitimate, Alexander Lukashenko faced questions from the BBC's Russia editor Steve Rosenberg.

BBC News - Jan. 28

Trump immigration crackdown takes shape

A flight carrying migrants deported from the U.S. arrived in Guatemala on Monday amid the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration. Thousands of U.S. troops have arrived at the ...

CBS News - Jan. 28

What are the costs of Trump's immigration crackdown?

President Trump's administration is carrying out nationwide immigration raids conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Jeremy Robbins, executive director of the American Immigration ...

CBS News - Jan. 27

Trump administration's immigration crackdown escalates

As the Trump administration ramped up its immigration crackdown, officials said 538 undocumented immigrants were arrested on Thursday. And two U.S. military planes flew deported migrants to ...

NBC News - Jan. 24

Man charged with murder of Maltese journalist released on bail

A Maltese court on Friday granted bail to a prominent businessman who is charged with complicity in the murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017.

NBC News - Jan. 24

Ros Atkins on... the politics of pardons

The BBC's Analysis Editor explains how controversial pardons made by Biden and Trump stretched the limits of the power.

BBC News - Jan. 23

Thursday Briefing: Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Plus, predictions for today’s Oscar nominations.

The New York Times - Jan. 22

German journalist on Elon Musk: 'A Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute'

A political editor for a German newspaper is blasting billionaire Elon Musk over a hand gesture Musk made that has sparked widespread outrage. "A Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute is a Hitler ...

The Hill - Jan. 22

Journalist shot dead, prosecutor's office bombed in Peru

Gaston Medina previously told the Committee to Protect Journalists he received death threats related to his reporting.

CBS News - Jan. 21

Mother of Missing U.S. Journalist Asks Syria’s New Leaders for Help

Debra Tice, whose son Austin was abducted near Damascus in 2012, said the rebel group that toppled the Assad regime promised support in helping to find him.

The New York Times - Jan. 20

Missing US journalist's mother visits Syria to renew search

Debra Tice says she has "no idea" where her son is following the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime.

BBC News - Jan. 20

Mourners bury journalist killed in one of Haiti's worst attacks on reporters

The first of two journalists recently killed by gangs while covering the failed reopening of Haiti’s largest public hospital has been buried

ABC News - Jan. 16

Record number of journalists dead in Gaza war

The conflict between Israel and Hamas has been especially deadly for the people documenting it.

CBS News - Jan. 13

Musk and the new political playbook

Lucy and the team on the FT scoop that Musk is seeking to oust Starmer

Financial Times - Jan. 10

Trump 2.0 and the Return of ‘Court Politics’

The political scientist Erica Frantz describes the regime change the second Trump administration represents.

The New York Times - Jan. 10

Iran Frees Italian Journalist Cecilia Sala

Sala’s arrest in Tehran last month had sparked fears of a lengthy hostage crisis. Italy is expected to free Iranian businessman, wanted by the U.S., as part of a deal.

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 8

Iran frees Italian journalist after diplomatic push by Meloni

Cecilia Sala was detained days after arrest in Milan of Iranian engineer wanted in US

Financial Times - Jan. 8

Italy Says Cecilia Sala, Journalist Detained by Iran, Has Been Released

Cecilia Sala, 29, was detained last month while on a reporting trip. She had been held for 20 days and told her family that she was kept in isolation.

The New York Times - Jan. 8

Iran frees Italian journalist held for three weeks with no explanation

It's believed that Iran detained Italian journalist Cecilia Sala to use as a bargaining chip for the release of two Iranians held by Italy and the U.S.

CBS News - Jan. 8

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala freed by Iran

Reports said Sala had been held in solitary confinement in Tehran's notorious Evin prison.

BBC News - Jan. 8

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala released from Iran and returning home

An Italian journalist detained in Iran since Dec. 19 has been freed

ABC News - Jan. 8

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala freed from Iran prison, Italy says

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has been freed from detention in Iran and is flying home, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s office said in a statement.

NBC News - Jan. 8