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Filipina and Russian attend Oslo ceremony despite legal cases filed against Ressa and are first journalists to win since 1935The journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov received the Nobel peace prize on Friday at a ceremony that Ressa was almost blo…
Next week, Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov receive their Nobel peace prizes. In a rare interview, Muratov says he fears the world is sliding towards fascismThe last time a journalist won a Nobel prize was 1935. The journalist who won it – Carl von Ossie…
Journalist permitted to receive peace prize in person after judge eases travel restrictionsThe Philippine journalist Maria Ressa will be allowed to travel overseas so she can accept her Nobel peace prize in person after a court gave her permission to l…
Journalists asked to wear a hijab and broadcasters told to stop showing dramas featuring female actorsAfghan journalists and rights activists have condemned “religious guidelines” issued by the Taliban that restrict the role of women in television, as …
Maria Ressa, the journalist and founder of the Philippine news organisation Rappler, said she was ‘speechless’ after learning of her Nobel peace prize win while participating in a panel discussion on journalism in south-east Asia.Ressa could be seen an…
The career of the Observer’s former China correspondent who died last week, was marked by a willingness to review his convictionsJonathan Mirsky, the Observer’s former China correspondent who has died aged 88, was acutely aware of the mounting danger f…
Head of International Federation of Journalists says ‘future is black’ for 1,300 journalists still in countryJournalism in Afghanistan is in danger of disappearing, according to the head of the International Federation of Journalists, who said that rep…
Apple Daily publisher Next Digital hopes move will allow payments to be made to creditors and former staffNext Digital, a Hong Kong media group known for its criticism of Beijing, has filed for liquidation, with its board of directors resigning to help…
Images of the injured fill the front pages as story of the deadly attack in Afghanistan claimed by Islamic State dominates the newsKabul airport attack: latest newsThe atrocity in Afghanistan dominates the front pages of newspapers in the UK and all ov…
Front pages focus on the extraordinary exodus at the airport and Joe Biden’s unwavering defence of troop withdrawalThe fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban has dominated news coverage around the world, with some striking front pages conveying the shockin…
U-turn over those who worked for British media follows outcry from newspapers and broadcastersThe foreign secretary has agreed to consider allowing Afghan journalists who worked for the British to flee to the UK if their lives are endangered by the res…
India’s only all-women news organisation is the subject of an award-winning documentary. The film-makers explain their inspiring courage and energyA woman explains how a group of four men repeatedly broke into her house and raped her; six times so far….
Dainik Bhaskar accuses government of pursuing it on trumped-up charges in response to its reportingCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTax raids have been carried out on the offices of one of India’s most popular newspapers, aft…
Newspaper’s closure shows how pro-democracy movement and press freedom are being crushedOn Wednesday morning, the Apple Daily reporter Angel Kwan was at a government press conference for the Hong Kong census when her phone started buzzing with notifica…
Million copies printed of last issue as journalists at newspaper that was forced to close mourn ‘historical moment’Across Hong Kong on Thursday morning the queues stretched for hundreds of metres, wrapping around corner after corner. Starting before da…