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Mozambique tightens media control through draconian censorship laws, arbitrary detention, journalist murders and economic intimidation – most significant rollback of press freedom since the 1990s 👇

#PressFreedom #Censorship

@MISA_Mozambique @IntelwatchNews

https://www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/news/free-speech-crackdown-gathers-momentum-in-mozambique

Crackdown on media freedom gains momentum in Mozambique — Blueprint for Free Speech

Government tightens media control through draconian censorship laws, arbitrary detention, journalist murders and economic intimidation in the most significant rollback of press freedom since the 1990s

Blueprint for Free Speech

internetarchive 2d ago

Saving local news also means saving the archives 🗞️

Not just the physical clips and photos, but the digital stories too. When they vanish, communities lose their only record of themselves their memory, identity, and history.

From newsroom moves to closures and broken tech, this loss is already happening quietly across the country.

There is still time to act and protect what remains.

#Poynter #LocalNews #DigitalPreservation #PressFreedom #HistoryMatters

Claes de Vreese ☑️2d ago

Pretty wild interview with Magyar 🇭🇺

‘What happened here [on state television] since 2010 would make Goebbels or a North Korean dictator lick their lips’ !

#pressfreedom #propaganda #journalism #hungary #democracy

Headlines Africa 3d ago

Africa: The Gambia - IFJ Rejects Government Proposal to Register Journalists and Social Media Users: [IFJ] On 8 April, the GPU held an emergency meeting with stakeholders from the media industry and civil society organisations to discuss the new regulations. Those present agreed that introducing a controlled registration and accreditation system would grant the government and the regulatory authority unlawful and… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TS3kC0 #Africa #Gambia #Journalism #PressFreedom #MediaRights

Michael J Burgess 3d ago

EFF is right to call for the release of Ahmed Shihab-Eldin. Jailing a journalist over reporting or social posts is an attack on press freedom and the public's right to know.

What happens to free speech when governments treat reporting as a crime?
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/eff-calls-kuwait-release-journalist-ahmed-shihab-eldin

#PressFreedom #FreeSpeech #Journalism #HumanRights #Kuwait

EFF Calls on Kuwait to Release Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

EFF calls on the Kuwaiti government to immediately release journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin. An award-winning journalist and television host who worked for Al Jazeera for many years, Shihab-Eldin—a dual American-Kuwaiti citizen—was arrested in Kuwait on March 3 while visiting family. The Committee to...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

delphinevoitduvert 3d ago

Mourad Zeghidi doit être libéré. il n'est pas tolérable qu'il passe encore plus de temps en prison. un jour de plus est infernal, sans vouloir imaginer un été de plus, au milieu du réchauffement climatique dans un pays chaud (pour ne citer que la base du minimum requis pour la vie d'un humain).
De même pour Sadiya Mesbah et Ayechi Hammemi

https://rsf.org/fr/tunisie-le-refus-de-lib%C3%A9ration-des-journalistes-mourad-zeghidi-et-borhen-bsaies-jusqu-%C3%A0-la

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573726628776

#Tunisie #Tunisia #PressFreedom

Tunisie : le refus de libération des journalistes Mourad Zeghidi et Borhen Bsaies jusqu’à la prochaine audience prolonge une détention intolérable

La cour d'appel de Tunis a reporté, à la demande de la défense, l'audience de Mourad Zeghidi et de Borhen Bsaies, respectivement commentateur et animateur de “L'Émission impossible” sur la Radio IFM, détenus depuis le 11 mai 2024. Mais elle a refusé la demande de libération des journalistes jusqu’à leur prochaine audience. Reporters sans frontières (RSF) dénonce l’acharnement judiciaire qui maintient en détention les deux journalistes et exige leur libération immédiate et inconditionnelle.

The Japan Times 5d ago

A U.S. federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal, a setback for the U.S. president in his legal campaign against media companies he accuses of treating him unfairly. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/14/world/crime-legal/judge-trump-defamation-wall-street-journal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #pressfreedom #censorship #newspapers #us #donaldtrump #wallstreetjournal #jeffreyepstein

U.S. judge throws out Trump's defamation case against Wall Street Journal

U.S. District Court Judge Darrin P. Gayles said Trump had not ⁠come close to meeting the 'actual malice' standard that public figures must clear in defamation.

The Japan Times

Headlines Africa 5d ago

Burundi court partially acquits jailed journalist after two years http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TS1m5v #Burundi #Journalism #PressFreedom #Justice #SandraMuhoza

Tracy Rosenberg 5d ago

Media Alliance is proud to be a signatory to this important amicus brief. #pressfreedom https://theintercept.com/2026/04/02/press-freedom-defense-fund-law-firms-amicus-brief/

The Intercept’s Press Freedom Defense Fund Leads Cohort Fighting Trump’s Unconstitutional Media Attacks

A cohort of 42 media and press freedom advocates, led by The Intercept’s Press Freedom Defense Fund, filed an amicus brief opposing Trump's attempts to censor the press.

The Intercept

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News Literacy Project 5d ago

2/ Educators: Get more resources for teaching about press freedom: newslit.org/press-freedom/ #PressFreedom #AcademicSky

Teaching about freedom of the ...

Teaching about freedom of the press - The News Literacy Project

Lessons, activities and other resources to help students recognize the role of a free press in society and understand First Amendment protections of free speech.

The News Literacy Project - For a future founded on facts