24 September 2024
Freedom of the press
In collaboration with 360 Magazine and Free Press Unlimited, RFG Media works on articles about press freedom worldwide.
Zayd Saba knows through and through the brutal conditions Yemeni journalists have to work in. He outlines how press freedom in Yemen is systematically suppressed by all warring parties.
The story of Syrian journalist Kamiran Sadoun exemplifies the immense risks journalists face in Syria. Sadoun ended up in jail twice and was forced to flee his country. According to Reporters Without Borders, Syria ranks 179th out of 180 countries on the World Press Freedom Index. This highlights [...]
In Ethiopia - a country of more than 100 million people - a crisis threatens the very core of democracy: the erosion of press freedom. Journalists like Fanuael Hailemariam have little choice; it is silence or exile.
In Colombia, one of the longest-standing democracies in Latin America, there is no wiggle room for a journalist to reveal the truth.
Esther Muwombi sent a message to family in Uganda, but got no reply. ‘Are they off Facebook sometimes?’ The truth was far more alarming.
Journalist Sergei Gorbunov left Russia three years ago because of his fear of political persecution. Now he sees how propaganda has overcome freedom of speech and all critical voices have been stifled.
For a country that takes a step backwards every day in terms of press freedom and freedom of expression, I think it is better to talk about ‘press suppression’ instead of ‘press freedom’, writes Mehmet Fırat Özgür
Chaining the press is usually the first thing a totalitarian regime does to retain power. In Afghanistan, one man now decides what can come out, writes Afghan journalist Ghulamullah Habibi, who fled to the Netherlands in August 2021.
