World Press Freedom Day

Mourners, including colleagues, carry the bodies of Palestinian journalists Mohammed Soboh and Saeed al-Taweel, who were killed when an Israeli missile hit a building while they were outside reporting, at a hospital in Gaza City, October 10, 2023. File Photo: REUTERS/Arafat Barbakh
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World Press Freedom Day: Gaza conflict deadliest for journalists

More than 100 journalists and media workers, the vast majority Palestinian, have been killed in the first seven months of war in Gaza

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Bangladesh

Journalism is no crime, say foreign diplomats urging greater media freedom

Bangladesh's press freedom lowest in South Asia
Bangladesh

Bangladesh's press freedom lowest in South Asia

Finnish daily Helsingin Sanomat Editor-in-Chief Antero Mukka presents a secret room within Counter-Strike video game, where his paper has hidden news about Russia's war in Ukraine in Russian, in Helsinki, Finland 2 May, 2023. REUTERS/Anne Kauranen
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Finnish daily uses shooter video game to dodge Russia's press restrictions

Bangladesh scores 35.31 out of 100 in Press Freedom Index; ranks 163 out of 180 countries
Bangladesh

Bangladesh scores 35.31 out of 100 in Press Freedom Index; ranks 163 out of 180 countries

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3 imprisoned Iranian female journalists win top UN prize

Photo: AP/UNB
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Stop targeting truth, truth-tellers: UN Chief on World Press Freedom Day

Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

A model for govt, media and citizens to collaborate on ensuring press freedom

FILE PHOTO: US Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power speaks as she participates in a Peace, Security and Governance Forum during the US-Africa Leaders Summit 2022 in Washington, US, 13 December, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool
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US to help journalists globally defend against legal threats

Sampadak Parishad demands suspension of proposed laws impeding free journalism
Bangladesh

Sampadak Parishad demands suspension of proposed laws impeding free journalism

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Bangladesh

US Ambassador laments assault on journalists

There're no real democratic societies without press freedom: Guterres 
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There're no real democratic societies without press freedom: Guterres 

Picture: HRW
South Asia

Media freedom in India is under threat, say rights group