Press Freedom & Safety

Journalists around the world face a wide range of challenges and outright threats to their work, from limits on what they can publish to intimidation and even murder. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 54 journalists were killed for their work last year. Only 9 percent of humankind lives in a country where Reporters Without Borders regards press freedom to be “good or satisfactory.” In this series of articles and interviews, WPR explores issues related to press freedom and safety around the globe.

Newsletter China

As China-Australia Relations Thaw, Hope Grows for Cheng Lei

Yena LeeMay 10, 2023

More than 1,000 days after being imprisoned, Australian journalist Cheng Lei is still behind bars in China awaiting a verdict on spying charges. But her case does not appear to be directly work-related. It is more likely that Cheng was collateral damage of bilateral tensions between Australia and China at the time of her detention.

Newsletter North Africa

In Tunisia, Criticizing Saied Is Now a Crime

Lina KhatibFeb 28, 2023

The pace of Tunisia’s democratic backsliding under President Kais Saied has accelerated in recent weeks. As part of Saied’s increasing curbs on freedom of expression, three more people who have publicly criticized Saied were arrested in the past week, bringing the total number of critics who have been jailed to 12.

Briefing India

In Modi’s India, Reporting on Religious Violence Puts Journalists at Risk

Sabah GurmatJan 9, 2023

Despite denials of a clampdown on press freedoms from the Hindu nationalist government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a growing number of journalists face harassment and threats of violence. Nowhere is this more evident than among the reporters who cover religion and communal violence, which is on the rise in India today.

Press Freedom & Safety

As China-Australia Relations Thaw, Hope Grows for Cheng Lei

In Tunisia, Criticizing Saied Is Now a Crime

In Modi’s India, Reporting on Religious Violence Puts Journalists at Risk

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Israel’s Targeting of Palestinian Journalists Is Only Getting Worse

MBS Is Increasingly Untouchable in Saudi Arabia—and the U.S.

Jose Ruben Zamora’s Arrest Puts Guatemala’s Democracy Deeper in Peril

Greece’s Press Is the Latest Casualty of Mitsotakis’ War on Migrants

Repression in Museveni’s Uganda Has Entered a Deadly New Phase

Putin’s Crackdown on Russian Media Has Been Years in the Making

Hong Kong’s Independent Journalists Are Now on Their Own

Hopes Fade in Tanzania for Greater Press Freedom Under Hassan

Poland’s Attack on Press Freedoms Is Facing a Major Backlash

Guinea-Bissau’s Journalists Are Under Attack

In a Bad Year for Foreign Media in China, Local Reporters Risk Being Overlooked

Two Years After Khashoggi’s Murder, the Fight for Justice Isn’t Over

More Journalists Are Being Assaulted in the U.S., Tarnishing America’s Image

Will Trump’s Voice of America Shakeup Harm U.S. Public Diplomacy?