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December 9, 2020

Amnesty warns of 'giant leap backwards' as Human Rights Act threatened

Tearing up the Human Rights Act would be the single biggest reduction in rights in the history of the UK, says Amnesty.
October 6, 2020

G20 urged to secure press freedom improvements in Saudi Arabia ahead of Riyadh summit

Saudi Arabia is one of the world’s most prolific jailers of journalists, with 34 journalists currently detained in connection with their work.
May 11, 2020

Threat against two Northern Ireland journalists condemned

The Police Service of Northern Ireland is taking seriously a threat against journalists at the Belfast-based Sunday Life and Sunday World newspapers.
October 22, 2019

Attacks on civil society and journalists increasing in Europe

Space for organisations and journalists that are critical of governments is shrinking, say German civil society and rights organisations.
October 21, 2019

New report on Malta’s deteriorating press freedom

Journalists continuing to pursue public interest investigative reporting in Malta remain at great risk, and citizen journalists and activists who campaign for justice are subjected to pressure and abuse.
August 28, 2019

New wave of arrests of women journalists in Iran

Iran is now holding more women in connection with their journalistic activities than any other country in the world, say Reporters Without Borders, the NGO specialising in media freedom.
July 18, 2019

Three men to be tried in Malta for Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder

The announcement came 21 months fter Caruana Galizia, a journalist who investigated corruption, was killed by a bomb placed under her car outside her home.
April 28, 2019

NGOs urge Russia not to cut its internet off from rest of the world

Internet service providers would be required to direct traffic through a centralised system of devices controlled by the state.
April 20, 2019

Supreme Court decision in Brazil 'violates freedom of the press'

The suppression of a media report concerning a sitting judge violates the freedom of the press, warns Transparency International Brazil.
March 1, 2019

Northern Ireland's press freedom at risk, says Amnesty

Two investigative journalists face further police questioning today, related to their award-winning film about state collusion in the killing of civilians.