China Is the Largest Prison for Journalists in the World
As the world commemorates the second anniversary of the death of Nobel Peace Prize and RSF Award laureate Liu Xiaobo, whose cancer was left untreated in detention, Reporters Without Borders…
IFJ Launches New Global Charter of Ethics for Journalists
Hundreds of delegates from journalists unions around the world adopted a new Global Charter of Ethics for Journalists at the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) congress. It was announced by…
How to Prevent Online Harassment of Women Journalists
With gender-based attacks globally on the rise in the field of journalism, UNESCO is organizing an event on 18 June 2019 at its headquarters in Paris, aimed at specifically addressing…
Myanmar President Releases Jailed Reuters Journalists
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay welcomed the release of two Myanmar journalists, Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone, the laureates of the 2019 UNESCO / Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.…
UN Chief Says Defend the Rights of Journalists
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has conveyed his message for World Press Freedom Day, observed on 3 May. “A free press is essential for peace, justice, sustainable development, and human rights.…
India Among the World’s Deadliest Countries for Journalists: Report
The annual worldwide round-up of deadly violence and abusive treatment of journalists released by the global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) shows an unprecedented level of hostility towards media…