# press-freedom - Saturday 8 January, 2022
# India
# India
The watchdog said it was “deeply disturbed” by the arrest of Sajad Gul, an independent journalist and media student.
# press-freedom - Monday 3 January, 2022
# CitizenNews
# CitizenNews
Reporters made clear their decision was fuelled by fears caused by a national security police raid last week on Stand News.
# press-freedom - Tuesday 25 May, 2021
# 2020 Report
# 2020 Report
Just over 15% of the complaints related to one article – a court report of a case involving a 15-year-old girl.
# press-freedom - Friday 2 April, 2021
# China
# China
The European Union has condemned the “harassment” of foreign journalists in China.
# press-freedom - Wednesday 31 March, 2021
# Yvonne Murray
# Yvonne Murray
Murray is married to senior BBC correspondent John Sudworth who faced backlash for his reporting on Xinjiang rights abuses.
# press-freedom - Thursday 27 August, 2020
# AARON MCNICHOLAS
# AARON MCNICHOLAS
The semi-autonomous financial hub has long been a major global media centre but its reputation as a press haven is slipping.
# press-freedom - Monday 21 October, 2019
# Press Freedom
# Press Freedom
The front page spreads were published in Monday’s newspapers.
# press-freedom - Saturday 13 July, 2019
# Kim Darroch
# Kim Darroch
“Do you have any comprehension of a free society? This isn’t Russia,” the Sunday Times editor said in response.
# press-freedom - Sunday 16 June, 2019
# Press Freedom
# Press Freedom
“Police officers were going through our computers, and taking documents that were completely unrelated to the film.”
# press-freedom - Tuesday 7 May, 2019
# Press Freedom
# Press Freedom
Last month the pair was handed the prestigious Pulitzer prize for their work.
# press-freedom - Thursday 18 April, 2019
# Reporters Without Borders
# Reporters Without Borders
Ireland ranked 15th in the 2019 Press Freedom Index.
# press-freedom - Tuesday 29 January, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
The report recommends that Ireland should aim to restore public trust in the Gardai, work towards improving press freedom and tackle foreign bribery, write Robert Gillanders and Michael Breen.
# press-freedom - Tuesday 13 November, 2018
# Press Freedom
# Press Freedom
The White House has said it will vigorously defend itself against the lawsuit.
# press-freedom - Thursday 8 November, 2018
# Loughinisland Documentary
# Loughinisland Documentary
The journalists were arrested over the suspected theft of documents used in a documentary re-examining the 1994 murders.
# press-freedom - Saturday 1 September, 2018
# Press Freedom
# Press Freedom
The investigation centres on the suspected theft of documents used in the No Stone Unturned documentary re-examining the 1994 murders.
# press-freedom - Friday 3 August, 2018
# Press Freedom
# Press Freedom
The US president has made frequent attacks on the media, and consistently accused them of being biased.
# press-freedom - Wednesday 25 April, 2018
# Press Freedom
# Press Freedom
Ireland was ninth in 2016, but is down to 16th.
# press-freedom - Saturday 14 October, 2017
# I Read The News Today
# I Read The News Today
The study sees the country drop from ninth last year to 14th this year.
# press-freedom - Monday 31 October, 2016
# Press Freedom
# Press Freedom
Murat Sabuncu has been accused of “legitimising” the attempted putsch earlier this year.
# press-freedom - Saturday 5 March, 2016
# Press Freedom
# Press Freedom
Police have used teargas on protesters.
# press-freedom - Wednesday 6 August, 2014
# Censorship
# Censorship
A censorship order sought and secured by the Australian government sets a precedent for all common law countries – including Ireland.
# press-freedom - Wednesday 23 July, 2014
# Right To Be Forgotten
# Right To Be Forgotten
The ECJ ruling is a godsend for criminals who want to scrub their record clean – and sets a worrying precedent for empowering governments to act beyond their borders.
# press-freedom - Tuesday 18 February, 2014
# Free Speech
# Free Speech
Hint: We’re doing better than countries like China and North Korea.
# press-freedom - Friday 24 January, 2014
# Mayo
# Mayo
The Irish media has failed to properly report on the local community’s resistance to Shell in Mayo. The reason? Journalism has fewer and fewer resources to filter the truth from the propaganda, Harry Browne writes.
# press-freedom - Wednesday 8 January, 2014
# Censorship
# Censorship
It is not clear why the move was taken as there has been little written about the country in recent days.
# press-freedom - Monday 25 November, 2013
# Press Freedom
# Press Freedom
David Leigh retired last April and his illustrious career included a 1995 TV documentary which led to the jailing of a former defence minister.
# press-freedom - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
# Press Freedom
# Press Freedom
There has been condemnation of the threats against the two unidentified journalists who are based in Northern Ireland.
# press-freedom - Friday 3 May, 2013
# Press Freedom
# Press Freedom
It’s believed that 36 journalists have been killed there since 2011.
# press-freedom - Wednesday 30 January, 2013
# Press Freedom
# Press Freedom
Reporters Without Borders says Finland has the greatest press freedom, while Eritrea remains at the bottom.
# press-freedom - Friday 28 December, 2012
# Burma
# Burma
It will be the first time since 1964 that non-state media will be allowed to publish news in the country.
# press-freedom - Saturday 5 May, 2012
# Prime Numbers
# Prime Numbers
Plus: Where does Ireland rank in the world press freedom index – and how many people are visiting Ireland this year?
# press-freedom - Thursday 3 May, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
We might moan about the press – but Irish media consumers are among the world’s luckiest, writes Ross McCarthy.
# press-freedom - Wednesday 2 May, 2012
# Press Freedom
# Press Freedom
The National Union of Journalists and Amnesty International Ireland joined together today to remember journalists who have been killed during the course of their work.
# press-freedom - Wednesday 28 March, 2012
# Press Freedom
# Press Freedom
The minister for justice tells a Seanad debate that some journalists omit important facts in order to scandalise the public.
# press-freedom - Tuesday 13 December, 2011
# Occupy Wall Street
# Occupy Wall Street
New York Times photojournalist Robert Stolarik was pushed by police and repeatedly blocked from covering a protest at the World Financial Centre Plaza.
# press-freedom - Friday 22 July, 2011
# Ecuador
# Ecuador
A journalist at El Universo wrote a column about Ecuador president Rafael Correa which has proved very costly.
# press-freedom - Thursday 2 June, 2011
# Turkey
# Turkey
The soldiers have been found guilty of ignoring information that may have helped to prevent the murder of a prominent ethnic Armenian journalist in 2007.
# press-freedom - Tuesday 3 May, 2011
# Online Media
# Online Media
An NGO to protect journalists has said that 69 online journalists have been jailed since December – representing almost half of all reporters imprisoned worldwide.
# press-freedom - Thursday 3 March, 2011
# Turkey
# Turkey
Ten people, mostly journalists, have been arrested in Turkey in a crackdown on an alleged network accused of conspiring to topple the country’s government.
# press-freedom - Tuesday 5 October, 2010
# Turkey
# Turkey
Media groups have appealed to the Turkish prime minister to revise the laws threatening press freedom.
