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Press freedom threats are increasing globally. The U.S. must push back.
Journalists and press freedom are under threat around the world. Governments and others abduct or kill journalists, censor reporting, and stifle newsgathering.
The U.S. must use its power and influence to protect reporters and press freedom globally. It must hold both allies and enemies to account for anti-press actions, and work to promote press protections and journalism internationally.
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Press, rights groups demand protections for journalists in Israel-Gaza war
Letter to Biden from leading press freedom and human rights orgs urges administration to protect journalists’ lives and right to report
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Biden administration is all talk when it comes to dead journalists
Officials choose to look the other way rather than find out whether Israeli forces are targeting the press
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The GOP’s press freedom problem is bigger than Trump
Republican politicians have flipped from rallying against censorship to threatening baseless prosecutions of journalists
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Ten questions to ask US officials about attacks on journalists in Gaza
The Biden administration has yet to meaningfully comment, let alone act, on the unprecedented journalist casualties in Gaza. That needs to change.
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U.S. must designate Alsu Kurmasheva as wrongfully detained in Russia
The journalist is the second American reporter held in Russia this year on bogus charges. The U.S. must vigorously push for her release
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Disinformation campaign puts journalists’ lives at risk in Gaza
U.S. senator calls to investigate journalists for aiding terrorism based on spurious report
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It’s time to rein in Pegasus and halt spying on journalists
The United States could do more to combat spyware used by governments to surveil the press
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Global imprisonment of journalists spikes amid U.S. inaction
Credible American leadership needed to curb disturbing trend.
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How independent and international news orgs are circumventing censorship in Russia
Russia has cracked down extensively on independent reporting within its borders since it invaded Ukraine last month, leading many outlets to cease publishing or pull editorial staff from the country entirely. Still, international and independent news outlets that would face official censorship within Russia are finding ways to distribute uncensored news to avid readers.
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In its quest to censor war reporting, the Russian government has dismantled all semblance of press freedom
Journalists at independent news outlets in Russia have been arrested, raided, censored, and forced to flee in the past week.
