Essay: Israel now ranks among the world’s leading jailers of journalists. We don’t know why they’re behind bars
PETER GRESTE, Professor of Journalism and Communications at Australia’s Macquarie University, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the latest annual report from the Committee to Protect Journalists…
Cuban lawmakers pass new penal code critiqued by rights, media groups
Havana, CubaReuters Cuban lawmakers on Sunday approved a new penal code for the country that is being critiqued by some rights groups who say its clause on foreign funding may be used to unjustly stifle dissent and independent journalism in the wake of widespread anti-government protests last July. The government said the new code, which […]