Press Freedom

Government licensed extortion? ‘Secret’ model that funds the BBC

The BBC has something called a royal charter which is just a fancy way of saying that the BBC has the legal power to collect a license fee from every household in the UK and it is not cheap

South Sudan: 6 journalists detained over video of president wetting himself

A video posted on YouTube shows Kiir, dressed in his trademark black hat and a grey outfit at what is described as a road commissioning ceremony, with a wet substance staining his left trouser leg

Around 1700 journalists killed in last two decades

Iraq and Syria were the most dangerous countries to work as a journalist, accounting for a combined total of 578 journalists killed in the past 20 years, or more than a third of the worldwide total

China tops the list of countries with highest number of jailed journalists: Report

Iran which also features on the list has locked up an "unprecedented" 34 media professionals since protests broke out in September over the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was arrested for breaching the country's strict dress code

Pakistan: Journalists' union announces sit-in outside Parliament, demands restoration of ARY News

Earlier, the country's regulatory watchdog issued a show-cause notice to ARY News for airing what it called “false, hateful and seditious content.” On Monday, the transmission of Pakistan’s ARY News was suspended in different parts of Pakistan

NCRB does not maintain data on attacks on journalists, say Anurag Thakur in Rajya Sabha

The information and broadcasting minister said that the government did not agree with the conclusions drawn by Reporters Without Borders, which has ranked India 150th among 180 nations in World Press Freedom Index

Centre to introduce 'Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2022' in monsoon session of Parliament

The Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill seeks to replace the Press and Registration of Books (PRB) Act, 1867 by decriminalization of the existing Act, keeping the procedures of the extant Act simple from the view point of medium/small publishers and uphold the values of Press Freedom

RSF 2022 World Press Freedom Index: India falls eight positions to 150th from last year's 142nd rank

This year, Norway (1st) Denmark (2nd), Sweden (3rd) Estonia (4th) and Finland (5th) grabbed the top positions, while North Korea remained at the bottom of the list of the 180 countries and territories ranked by the Reporters Without Borders

Press Association condemns 'beating' of journalist at AAP event; seeks probe

A correspondent with Hindustan Post has lodged a complaint saying that authorities had denied him entry to the press conference addressed by Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann

'Just static': Why Russia’s liberal radio station Ekho Moskvy goes off the air

Ekho Moskvy {Echo of Moscow}, one of Russia’s last liberal radio stations, refused to follow the Kremlin’s narrative on the invasion of Ukraine. Now it has shut down amid a crackdown on dissenting voices