Catch up on the latest international news on freedom of press.
Last Saturday, May 3rd, marked World Press Freedom Day. At Free Press Alliance, we couldn’t let this day pass without paying tribute to the journalists around the world who have
On April 17, the office of Addis Standard, a news outlet based in Ethiopia, was raided by six plainclothes officers claiming to be police. Although they stated they had warrants,
Since February, troll farms commonly known in Guatemala as net centers have intensified their campaigns of disinformation and online harassment against journalists using anonymous or pseudonymous accounts. One of the
Maria Ponomarenko, imprisoned since April 23, 2022, in Shipunovo Penal Colony in Barnaul, Russia, has been sentenced to 22 additional months in prison. She was originally convicted under Article 207.3.2.e
On March 23, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was jailed on corruption charges and is pending trial. This sparked one of the largest protests in Turkey in over a decade. The
A pig head was delivered to the offices of Indonesian media outlet Tempo, an act seen as an intimidation attempt against the independent publication. The incident follows criticism from President
The persecution against journalist José Rubén Zamora continues. First arrested in July 2022 after exposing irregularities in the government of former Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei (2020-2024), Zamora has faced charges
Patricio Aguilar, creator and editor of the Colombian newspaper El Libertador, was shot and killed while covering the rescue of a person allegedly kidnapped by a criminal group in Ecuador.
On December 11, 2024, Sudanese journalist Yahya Hamad Fadlallah was arrested and taken from his home under accusations of supporting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a Sudanese paramilitary group formerly
On January 9, Meta announced a significant change to its social media platforms: the removal of its fact-checking program. This change, revealed by Mark Zuckerberg in a video posted on