Northern Ireland’s Lord Chief Justice has said that Belfast High Court is “minded to quash” the warrant which authorised police raids on the homes and offices of investigative journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey.
As almost no advertising revenue is available from a fledgling private sector independent of the government, this advertising ban poses a grave threat to the media group’s economic viability.
Ahead of the Europa League Final between Arsenal and Chelsea in Azerbaijan, Amnesty International has warned of an ongoing crackdown on human rights in the country.
The scandal in Austria surrounding former Vice Chancellor Heinz Christian Strache highlights the ease with which the abuse of power and manipulation of political landscapes can happen, even in countries considered to have low levels of corruption, says Transparency International.
The Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned the detention and expulsion of two Tunisian journalists from Algeria and called on the Algerian authorities to allow the foreign press to freely cover demonstrations in the country.
The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) cancelled a meeting with a coalition of press freedom groups following a report that it maintained a list of journalists and activists with knowledge of the 2018 migrant caravan and singled them out for additional screening.