Independent Journalists

A Milan court has ordered a journalist to pay Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni damages of 5000 euros for making fun of her in a social media post, news agency ANSA and other local media reported.

Ms Zhan, a former lawyer turned independent journalist, travelled to Wuhan in February 2020

A journalist for an independent Iranian media outlet in London stabbed outside his home last week has returned to work, saying "the show must go on".

A UK-based journalist for independent Iranian media who was attacked outside his London home, prompting a counter-terrorism police probe, is "doing very well", his news channel said on Saturday.

A reporter for an independent Russian news outlet was sentenced to seven years in prison on Wednesday for articles he wrote about alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine, his publication said.

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted bail to a television journalist, who was arrested on duty at the restive Sandeshkhali, observing that the press must be allowed to function freely and independently, without any fear of reprisal or intimida

Israel's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by international media organisations to allow independent access for journalists to the war-torn Gaza Strip.

Union Minister of State for Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar has rebutted "The Washington Post" report on Centre allegedly targeting Apple after the company warned independent journalists and opposition party politicians.

Russia on Thursday formally charged a detained US-Russian journalist with failing to register as a "foreign agent" in a case rights groups have called an "egregious" escalation of Moscow's decade-long campaign against independent media.

China has yet again tried to assert its control on the social media space with its "anti-self-media" propaganda which means news is independently created and posted on social media or the Web by independent netizens who are not registered as journalists, Bitter Winter reported. Chinese administration said that these "self-media" producers copied th...

For the first time, the Taliban reported threats from Pakistan, which they considered as the safe haven from 2000-2021, independent journalist Bilal Sarwary said citing an internal memo.

Former Supreme Court judge B N Srikrishna has called for preserving the independence of journalists to ensure smooth functioning of democracy in the country.

Elon Musk has brought several changes to Twitter, weeks after he took over the microblogging platform. The company's new CEO has dissolved the Trust and Safety Council, which was made up of dozens of independent civil, human rights and other organisations. He has also given selected journalists access to some of the company's internal communication...

Two British-Iranian journalists working in the UK for an independent Farsi-language channel have received "credible" death threats from Iran's security forces, the channel's broadcaster said Monday.

A New York-based media watchdog has called the Taliban to immediately release American journalist and independent filmmaker Ivor Shearer and Afghan producer Faizullah Faizbakhsh and cease detaining journalists.

A Milan court has ordered a journalist to pay Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni damages of 5000 euros for making fun of her in a social media post, news agency ANSA and other local media reported.

Ms Zhan, a former lawyer turned independent journalist, travelled to Wuhan in February 2020

A journalist for an independent Iranian media outlet in London stabbed outside his home last week has returned to work, saying "the show must go on".

A UK-based journalist for independent Iranian media who was attacked outside his London home, prompting a counter-terrorism police probe, is "doing very well", his news channel said on Saturday.

A reporter for an independent Russian news outlet was sentenced to seven years in prison on Wednesday for articles he wrote about alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine, his publication said.

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted bail to a television journalist, who was arrested on duty at the restive Sandeshkhali, observing that the press must be allowed to function freely and independently, without any fear of reprisal or intimida

Israel's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by international media organisations to allow independent access for journalists to the war-torn Gaza Strip.

Union Minister of State for Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar has rebutted "The Washington Post" report on Centre allegedly targeting Apple after the company warned independent journalists and opposition party politicians.

Russia on Thursday formally charged a detained US-Russian journalist with failing to register as a "foreign agent" in a case rights groups have called an "egregious" escalation of Moscow's decade-long campaign against independent media.

China has yet again tried to assert its control on the social media space with its "anti-self-media" propaganda which means news is independently created and posted on social media or the Web by independent netizens who are not registered as journalists, Bitter Winter reported. Chinese administration said that these "self-media" producers copied th...

For the first time, the Taliban reported threats from Pakistan, which they considered as the safe haven from 2000-2021, independent journalist Bilal Sarwary said citing an internal memo.

Former Supreme Court judge B N Srikrishna has called for preserving the independence of journalists to ensure smooth functioning of democracy in the country.

Elon Musk has brought several changes to Twitter, weeks after he took over the microblogging platform. The company's new CEO has dissolved the Trust and Safety Council, which was made up of dozens of independent civil, human rights and other organisations. He has also given selected journalists access to some of the company's internal communication...

Two British-Iranian journalists working in the UK for an independent Farsi-language channel have received "credible" death threats from Iran's security forces, the channel's broadcaster said Monday.

A New York-based media watchdog has called the Taliban to immediately release American journalist and independent filmmaker Ivor Shearer and Afghan producer Faizullah Faizbakhsh and cease detaining journalists.