press freedom

Imran Khan claims there’s nothing wrong. Abductions and terror say otherwise.

America’s founders missed an opportunity to abolish slavery, attacks on the press are increasing in democratic societies, and Trump’s maximum pressure campaign against Iran isn’t working.

As press freedom declines globally, the United States must reckon with its own diminishment.

The national security law is just the start of oppression.

Today’s emergency measures could become tomorrow’s trampling of free speech.

Amid a heavy-handed crackdown on protesters, the international community must help Iraqi journalists maintain the free flow of information.

The country’s government is rolling back wildlife protections and endangering media freedom and the rule of law.

If the extradition law is eventually forced through the Hong Kong legislature, censorship of books will become commonplace in what has long been a bastion of publishing freedom.

A raid on the national broadcaster is a sign of how the recently reelected conservative government intends to rule.

The doctored Nancy Pelosi video hardly marks the first time the social media giant has faced backlash. Consider Germany in 2015.

Adam Michnik was a hero of the anti-communist struggle. Now his renowned newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza, is under attack from a ruling party that refuses to tolerate dissent.

Turkmenistan is so repressive it is even worse than in Soviet times, says editor Ruslan Myatiev.

The latest World Press Freedom Index indicates the United States and other large democracies are reaching a tipping point.

The United States is committed to protecting freedom of expression abroad—but in far too narrow terms.

A political newcomer is poised to become president by standing up for liberal democratic values—and seeking to halt the spread of right-wing populism across Central and Eastern Europe.

Bosnia has a thriving media sector, but those who refuse to become mouthpieces for the government increasingly find themselves in exile or under police protection.

Minsk’s muddled media clampdown could jeopardize warming of relations with the West.

On the podcast: What it’s like to be a journalist in Orban’s Hungary.

Seeing Baku as a strategic partner, the United States and Europe overlook rights violations.