Press Freedom
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Press freedom in Pakistan is in further peril after the re-Talibanisation of the region
Syed Irfan Ashraf, Dawn.com
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J&K: Four journalists will be arrested after ‘solid evidence’ is collected, say police
Scroll Staff
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Afghanistan: TOLO News journalist beaten by Taliban while reporting in Kabul
Scroll Staff
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‘No fetters on press freedom’: J&K High Court quashes FIR against journalist
Scroll Staff
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‘Access denied’: How the Delhi government has stonewalled reporters in the capital
Vijayta Lalwani
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PM Modi on ‘press freedom predators’ list of media watchdog RSF with 36 other world leaders
Scroll Staff
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Key evidence against Kashmiri journalist in jail for 1,000 days comes under cloud, records show
Safwat Zargar
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Belarus’s dictator will go to any lengths (even hijacking a plane) to stamp out dissent
Jennifer Mathers, The Conversation
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How governments worldwide are using Covid-19 as an excuse to crack down on press freedom
Sara Torsner, The Conversation Jackie Harrison, The Conversation
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India retains 142nd rank on World Press Freedom Index, among most dangerous nations for journalists
Scroll Staff
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Curbs on press freedom can actually cause a drop in GDP, new research reveals
Alexandra Wake, The Conversation Abbas Valadkhani, The Conversation Alan Nguyen, The Conversation Jeremy Nguyen, The Conversation
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India complains about low press freedom rank – even as ministers talk of ‘neutralising’ journalists
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
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In Bastar, journalists force Maoists to roll back death threats
Malini Subramaniam
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View from Dhaka Tribune: Why we in the Bangladeshi media have been silent on a story of corruption
Dhaka Tribune
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Patricia Mukhim interview: ‘One cannot be too guarded when one is in the pursuit of truth’
Arunabh Saikia
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Modi government committed to press freedom, strongly opposes those who try to throttle it: Amit Shah
Scroll Staff
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Arnab Goswami arrest does not set India down a slippery slope – it’s been sliding down one for years
Shoaib Daniyal
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Stop harassment of journalists, drop sedition cases against them, global press bodies tell Modi
Scroll Staff
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Jammu and Kashmir HC quashes FIR against journalist, says fair and frank reporting cannot be curbed
Scroll Staff
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Hong Kong’s new security law is an existential threat to its press freedom
Yuen Chan, The Conversation