Headlines- At least five ballistic missile launches from Iran have been detected by the Israelis since midnight.
- Mehrabad Airport in Tehran is hit by strikes
- The Prince Sultan Air Base was the target of a ballistic missile that Saudi Arabia's military intercepted and destroyed, according to the country's defense ministry.
- Heavy gunfire on Friday injured three peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon inside their base in southwest Lebanon.
- To put an end to the bloodshed, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged serious diplomatic negotiations..
- In a social media post, President Trump said that "no deal" other than "unconditional surrender" will be with Iran.
- Iran reportedly receives intelligence from Russia on US targets.
Category: Freedom of Press
China ‘Gutted’ Press Freedom in Hong...
As ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping lauded his government for bringing “order from chaos” with a citywide crackdown on dissent in the wake of the 2019 protest movement, an international journalists’ group said press freedom has been “gutted” in the former British colony.
Hong Kong Radio Host Gets 32-Month...
A court in Hong Kong on Friday sentenced a prominent online radio host to two years and eight months in prison for sedition and money laundering, charges he confessed to in a plea deal
Cuban Journalist Places Truth Above Revolutionary...
Despite coming from a family of Cuban revolutionaries, Abraham Jiménez Enoa chose to report the truth rather than live that life.He is currently living in exile, just as many other independent voices from Cuba
Former BBC Journalist Sentenced to 3...
A former BBC television presenter and freelance journalist in Myanmar was sentenced to three years in prison with hard labor on Wednesday by a military regime court in Yangon for violating the country’s Unlawful Associations Act, bringing her total time in jail to six years, a source in the legal community said
Hong Kong Press Freedom Index Hits...
Press freedom in Hong Kong has declined for yet another year, with most local outlets now hesitant to criticize the Chinese government, according to a recent survey by the city’s journalists
Journalist for TOLOnews on Why She...
When the Taliban ordered female journalists to cover their faces on air, pictures of Khatera Ahmadi were shared throughout the world. Because she feared for the safety of her family, the former TOLOnews journalist has recently left to Pakistan
Crackdown on Independent Media Continues in...
Several media outlets in Nicaragua have been shut down recently by President Daniel Ortega’s government. An iconic newspaper and one of the nation’s oldest radio stations just closed down
Ailing Vietnam Journalist Pham Doan Trang...
Award-winning Vietnamese journalist Pham Doan Trang is in increasingly poor health as she heads back to court this week to appeal her nine-year jail sentence for “conducting anti-state propaganda,” her lawyer told RFA on Wednesday
Attacks on Rappler Distort Filipino View...
The Philippine government imposed a new closure order on Rappler, a digital media outlet based in Manila renowned for its investigative journalism, when Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s presidency took office in June
Expelled Journalists Say It’s Difficult For...
Beaten, harassed, and finally expelled. Tom Gardner, a correspondent for The Economist, discusses the difficulties in covering the war in Ethiopia with Salem Solomon of VOA