Freedom of the Press Archives

China Freezes Credentials for Journalists at U.S. Outlets, Hinting at Expulsions

InterNewsCast6th September 2020

by InterNewsCast6th September 2020012

WASHINGTON — The Chinese government has stopped renewing press credentials for foreign journalists working for American news organizations in China and has implied it will...

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Trump Administration Closing Stars and Stripes newspaper

InterNewsCast4th September 2020

by InterNewsCast4th September 2020011

WASHINGTON — Stars and Stripes, the military newspaper that has both informed and spoken for American troops over the decades, will cease print and online...

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Charlie Hebdo Republishes Cartoons That Prompted Deadly 2015 Attack

InterNewsCast2nd September 2020

by InterNewsCast2nd September 202007

PARIS — The French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has republished the same cartoons about the Prophet Muhammad and Islam that prompted a deadly attack on...

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What Belarusians Can Learn From Poland

InterNewsCast1st September 2020

by InterNewsCast1st September 2020011

WARSAW — It is easy to admire the courage and determination of the Belarusian people, but the free world shouldn’t expect too much from the...

African News

Diplomats warn Zimbabwe against using coronavirus to restrict citizen rights

InterNewsCast29th August 2020

by InterNewsCast29th August 202008

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ruling party has dismissed as “rubbish” a statement by Western diplomats warning Zimbabwe’s government not to use the COVID-19 pandemic as a...

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Joshua Wong: Hong Kong Still Has Many Ways to Resist

InterNewsCast12th August 2020

by InterNewsCast12th August 2020018

HONG KONG — Ever since a new round of pro-democracy protests broke out in Hong Kong last year, journalists from both local and global media...

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We’re All Hong Kongers Now

InterNewsCast10th August 2020

by InterNewsCast10th August 2020017

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, July 30, I fell asleep watching reruns of “Law and Order.” The next morning, I woke up a fugitive. Chinese state...

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Homeland Security Reassigns Official Whose Office Compiled Intelligence on Journalists

InterNewsCast1st August 2020

by InterNewsCast1st August 2020027

WASHINGTON — The head of the Department of Homeland Security’s intelligence branch was removed from his position after his office compiled reports about protesters and...

Canada News

Kicked Out of China, and Other Real-Life Costs of a Geopolitical Meltdown

InterNewsCast16th July 2020

by InterNewsCast16th July 2020026

LONDON — Soon after I was informed in mid-March that my journalist visa for China had been canceled, I faced a dilemma: what to do...

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Why Does the N.Y.P.D. Want to Punish Journalists?

InterNewsCast16th July 2020

by InterNewsCast16th July 2020029

Increased public scrutiny of American policing — through cellphone videos, social media and mass protests — has revealed in recent weeks an urgent need for sustained and...