Free press

Foreign journalists push Israel's High Court to speed up ruling on Gaza access

A conditional order, if granted, would mean the court had found the petition serious enough to require the state to formally justify why the requested relief should not be granted.

Palestinian journalists report on the war and ongoing humanitarian crisis in the central Gaza Strip, July 26, 2025.
Israel's media in the eye of the storm.

Inside Israel's media war: Who shapes the narrative now?

Ilana Dayan addresses the Emergency Conference of Israeli Journalists in Tel Aviv on December 9, 2025.

Those who seek truth do not silence the press - opinion

Soldiers broadcasting from the studio of Galei Tzahal (Israel Army Radio).

Shutting down Army Radio is a blow to Israeli democracy - opinion


Prominent Russian journalist and lawyer attacked in Chechnya

The attackers shaved Milashina's head, broke several of her fingers and covered her head with green dye, according to human rights group Memorial.

 Russian investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta's plate is seen next to an entrance to the office in Moscow October 8, 2021.

Russian system to scan internet for undesired content and dissent

Fines will be imposed for those sharing "LGBT propaganda," or share anti-Russian speech

 PUTIN IS not Hitler and treating him like Hitler is a risk, says the writer.

Turkey’s authoritarianism increases targeting journalists, opposition - analysis

Amid the Ukraine war, Ankara has positioned itself as a friend to both sides, working with Russia on trade while also working with Ukraine.

 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a ceremony to mark an increase in capacity at a natural gas storage facility in Silivri near Istanbul, Turkey, December 16, 2022.

Musk says will restore recently suspended journalists' Twitter accounts

 An image of Elon Musk is seen on a smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2022.

Activists launch independent haredi news organization

Naftuli Moster is launching a news organization focused on tackling the news desert in the haredi world.

Man reading 'Yated Ne’eman’ in Mea She’arim

Israeli reporter resigns after 40 years: 'Freedom of press at risk'

Matzliach urged journalists to "to protect the freedom of the press and freedom of expression."

 Channel 12 news anchor and journalist, Rina Matzliach at a conference of the Israeli Television News Company in Jerusalem on March 7, 2021

Russia silences another publication: Novaya Gazeta's magazine

Novaya Gazeta suspended publication in Russia in March after being cautioned for violating new laws censoring coverage of the conflict in Ukraine.

 Russian investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta's plate is seen next to an entrance to the office in Moscow October 8, 2021.

Russia-Ukraine war: Russia claims 20 journalists murdered in Ukraine

The claim that Russian journalists are being killed in Ukraine echoes similar narratives pushed by the Kremlin back in April.

Journalists work near damaged buildings hit in a military strike, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Shevchenkivskyi district in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 23, 2022.

Hong Kong pro-democracy Stand News shuts down after police raid, arrests

Stand News, set up in 2014 as a non-profit organization, was the most prominent remaining pro-democracy publication in Hong Kong.

Police stand guard outside the Stand News office building, after six people were arrested "for conspiracy to publish seditious publication" according to Hong Kong's Police National Security Department, in Hong Kong, China, December 29, 2021.

BBC journalist leaves Russia due to 'unprecedented surveillance'

Russian authorities designated the BBC's Andrei Zakharov a 'foreign agent' in October, a decision the British broadcaster said at the time it strongly rejected and would try to overturn.

Pedestrians walk past a BBC logo at Broadcasting House in London, Britain, January 29, 2020.