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Journalists refused entry to Azerbaijan energy conference ahead of Cop29

Incident reignites concerns over crackdown on media before crucial UN climate talks in Baku later this yearWestern journalists were refused entry to an energy industry conference in Azerbaijan earlier this month, reigniting concerns over the state’s cr…

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Can journalism survive the Taliban?

The Etilaat Roz was once the most widely circulated newspaper in Kabul, but everything changed in August 2021 when the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan. With journalists tortured in the street for their reporting, the paper’s staff were forced to fl…

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The Taliban targeted us, beat us and chased us out. This is how we run our Afghan newspaper from exile | Sakhidad Hatif

We shed light on the regime’s crimes from the US, thanks to the extreme bravery of reporters on the groundSakhidad Hatif is the new editor-in-chief of Etilaat Roz, which is the subject of the Guardian documentary House No 30, KabulIn the two decades be…

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Arundhati Roy is being hounded by the Indian state. This is a test case for its democracy | Meena Kandasamy

That the author could be prosecuted for comments made 13 years ago is absurd – but also a deadly threat to freedom of speechThe climate for media and free speech in India is in a dangerous place. The country is already ranked 161 out of 180 countries i…

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Delhi police search journalists’ homes in latest raids on media

Search also carried out on office of news website under investigation for allegedly receiving funds from ChinaPolice have carried out early morning raids on a news portal office and the homes of almost 50 journalists, activists and comedians across Ind…

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Solomon Islands newspaper pledged to promote ‘truth about China’s generosity’ in return for funding

The Solomon Star denies accusations of ‘giving away’ its independence by accepting thousands of dollars’ worth of equipmentLocal media in Solomon Islands have been accused of compromising their independence by entering into agreements with Chinese news…

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Nobel laureate Maria Ressa says research by Oxford institute can be used against reporters

Exclusive: methodology used by Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism risks undermining media in global south, says RessaNobel peace laureate Maria Ressa has claimed Oxford University’s leading journalism institute is publishing flawed research …

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Streets ahead: a landmark for the Delhi newspaper run by homeless children

Balaknama’s reports on sexual abuse, police brutality and child labour, written by teenagers, have transformed lives in IndiaIn a dingy basement office in Delhi, a semi-circle of young teenagers sit on woven mats discussing the news. It is the monthly …

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Bangladesh media in fear after PM’s ‘people’s enemy’ attack

Even stories on cost of living leave journalists facing assault, threats and arrest under Digital Security ActFour weeks ago, a reporter in Bangladesh was hauled from his office, badly beaten – and then thrown from the roof of his building, leaving him…

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Indian ministers rebuke Der Spiegel for ‘racist’ cartoon mocking population size

German magazine accused of putting down India with caricature depicting population overtaking ChinaA cartoon in the German magazine Der Spiegel poking fun at India as it becomes more populous than China has been castigated as “racist” by Indian ministe…

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Anger grows over Afghan journalists still stranded by Home Office inaction

Press members living under the Taliban, and living uncertain lives in Pakistan, must be given clarity say campaign groupsHundreds of Afghan journalists remain stranded in increasingly “dire” circumstances as frustration mounts over the UK government’s …

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