Freedom of the press

Freedom of the press

• Ivory Coast lashes out at US State Dep't report

  Ivory Coast's communications minister has lashed out at the United States Embassy in Abidjan over a report citing restrictions on press freedom, ... 

• WikiLeaks case file fight moves to federal court

  The WikiLeaks organization and a handful of journalists asked a federal judge Wednesday to order greater transparency in the court-martial of an Army ... 

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  Jordan: Arab Spring clears way for press freedoms

  The Arab Spring uprisings that toppled four Arab leaders have forced Mideast governments to allow more freedom of expression and of the press, ... 

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  AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional

  The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone ... 

• Journalist found dead in eastern Congo

  The body of a Congolese journalist was found on the bank of the Ngezi River near the provincial capital of Bunia in eastern Congo, the city's mayor ... 

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  Holder says he played no role in AP phone subpoena

  Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday defended the Justice Department's secret examination of Associated Press phone records though he declared he ... 

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  Gov't obtains wide AP phone records in probe

  The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news ... 

• Liberia journalists protest with black front pages

  Newspapers in Liberia have printed black front pages after a government official was accused of threatening journalists. The director of the ... 

• World Press Freedom Day: Authors say protests help

  Exiled Chinese author Yu Jie joined other writers including Salman Rushdie on the 20th observance of World Press Freedom Day in appealing to China to ... 

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  Privately owned daily newspapers return to Myanmar

  The newspaper industry might be shrinking in the rest of the world but it expanded Monday in Myanmar when privately run daily newspapers hit ... 

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  A guide to Britain's new media regulation regime

  The British government is setting up a new media watchdog to tame the country's scandal-tainted press. The move comes after a phone hacking scandal ... 

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  Newspapers worried about new UK media regulation

  Britain's politicians have finally struck a deal to regulate their country's press. Whether the press will allow itself to be regulated is another ... 

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  Rowling to UK govt: Don't let down hacking victims

  Celebrities including J.K. Rowling and Hugh Grant accused the British government on Sunday of letting down the victims of media intrusion and urged ... 

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  Cameron confronts opposition over media regulation

  British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday he would champion self-regulation for Britain's scandal-tainted press, bucking a key recommendation ... 

• US raises concerns over Mali's arrest of editor

  The United States ambassador to Mali says she has concerns about press freedom in the West African nation after authorities arrested a newspaper ... 

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  Israeli spy saga raises press freedom questions

  Foreign reports about the mysterious death of an Australian-Israeli Mossad agent in an Israeli prison two years ago have sparked a rare backlash ... 

• Somalia : Journalist freed but may face charges

  A Somali journalist was freed after being detained without charges for more than a week for speaking out against the imprisonment of a fellow reporter 

• Group: Somali journalist detained without trial

  A Somali journalist is being detained without charge in Somalia for speaking out against the imprisonment of a fellow reporter, said an international ... 

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  Censorship row shows China's tight grip on media

  China's new Communist Party leaders want to appear more open, but they're not about to give up control of the media. That's the lesson of a dustup ... 

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  Tunisian FM accused in 'Sheraton-gate' scandal

  Tunisia's foreign minister has been accused by a blogger of misusing public funds in a growing national scandal involving issues of government ... 

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  Egypt prosecutors investigate popular TV comedian

  Egyptian prosecutors launched an investigation on Tuesday against a popular television satirist for allegedly insulting the president in the latest ... 

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  Myanmar to allow daily private newspapers

  Myanmar said Friday it will allow private daily newspapers starting in April for the first time since 1964, in the latest step toward allowing freedom ... 

• Vietnam police arrest well-known dissident lawyer

  Vietnamese police have detained a well-known dissident lawyer, escalating a crackdown on those who speak out against the country's one-party, ...