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Elon Musk, owner of the social network X (formerly known as Twitter), has sparked a dispute with Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) following his decision to shut down the company’s
Evan Gershkovich, a Russian-American journalist for the Wall Street Journal, was arrested in Russia while investigating for an article in Yekaterinburg in March 2023. Convicted of espionage and sentenced to
The Venezuelan presidential elections on July 28 were highly anticipated. There had been promises of the presence of international officials and observers, such as former presidents, foreign ministers, and assembly
José Rubén Zamora, a 67-year-old journalist, has now spent two years in prison after being incarcerated on July 29, 2022. He is currently held at the Mariscal Zavala military prison,
Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s first leftist president, who took office in 2022, has constantly attacked the media, journalists, and the Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) through his social media accounts. During
On Tuesday, the Kremlin announced a ban on 81 European media outlets, including Agence France-Presse and Politico, in retaliation for the European Union’s recent ban on several Russian media outlets.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been released from the UK’s Belmarsh prison and is set to return to Australia after agreeing to a US plea deal. Assange, 52, will plead
Since President Javier Milei took office on December 10, 2023, there has been a significant deterioration in press freedom and cultural rights in Argentina, according to reports from the Committee
German authorities must swiftly and transparently investigate the recent police attack on video journalist Ignacio Rosaslanda, ensure the responsible police officers are held to account, and drop all criminal investigations
In a blow to press freedom, the Israeli government, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, unanimously decided to shut down Al Jazeera’s broadcast in Israel, relying on a law passed
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