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People hold posters of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, on Oct. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File)

A French judge will look into complaints against Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi’s killing

Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

U.S. press freedom reaches new low, says global journalism organization

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Willy Ngoma, spokesperson for the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels fighting in eastern Congo, center, releases captured mercenaries at the Gisenyi border point in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. Willy Ngoma was killed in a drone strike Tuesday Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Rebels in Congo used containers to hold journalists in brutal conditions, advocacy group says

By Mark Banchereau - Associated Press

In this April 23, 2020, photo, UW-Madison graduate Zach Powers works on virtually building Bascom Hall in Minecraft at his apartment in Madison, Wis. Student organizations hold Zoom meetings and the Wisconsin Union created coloring pages. The Office of Sustainability moved the recent Earth Day celebrations online, including do-it-yourself crafts and yoga held over Facebook Live. An informal group of students and alumni are virtually creating the campus on Minecraft, a popular video game where users construct buildings and communities. On tap is a university-wide virtual festival for students to listen to a cappella groups, play Badger trivia and more. (Amber Arnold/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

Video game ‘Minecraft’ spotlights censorship with new U.S. room

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Immigrants, mostly Afghans, show their ID cards as they wait their turn to verify data at a counter of Pakistan's National Database and Registration Authority, in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. Pakistan government launched a crackdown on migrants living in the country illegally as a part of the new measure which mainly target all undocumented or unregistered foreigners. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Media watchdog asks Pakistan not to deport 200 Afghan journalists in undocumented migrant crackdown

By Munir Ahmed and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

A soldier wounded in an attack lays in a bed in a military hospital in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou Tuesday April 27, 2021. Three foreigners and one soldier are missing in Burkina Faso after being attacked in an ambush by gunmen during an anti-poaching patrol near a national park in the country's east near Pama town according to security and government officials. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Two Spanish reporters, Irish activist killed in Burkina Faso

By SAM MEDNICK and ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Targeted killings of journalists surged in 2020, group says

Associated Press

Outcry over summoning of French journalists by intel agency

Associated Press

FILE - In this May 30, 2017 file photo, President and Rector of the Central European University, CEU, Michael Ignatieff, speaks during a press conference in Budapest, Hungary. Ignatieff and Reporters Without Borders are among the winners of Israel's prestigious Dan David Prize this year. They are honored for &quot;Defending Democracy.&quot; (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP, File)

Canadian author, Reporters Without Borders get Israeli prize

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, to travel to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Trump is beginning a two-day trip to California and St. Louis. Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday and said he would nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace him, in a major staff reshuffle just as Trump dives into high-stakes talks with North Korea. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Reporters Without Borders ridiculously declares press has diminished freedom under Trump

By Larry O'Connor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this photo taken on May 24, 2012, Spanish reporters Javier Espinosa, right, and Ricardo Garcia Vilanova, left, pose for a photo during the ceremony of the Miguel Gil journalisms awards in Barcelona, Spain. Spanish newspaper El Mundo says one of its reporters and a freelance photographer are being held hostage in Syria by a group linked to al Qaeda. (AP Photo/Joan Borras)

Number of journalists kidnapped more than doubled in 2013: report

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Global media watchdog names enemies of Internet

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Belarusian govt tightens its control over Internet

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

South Sudan continues custom of beating and jailing reporters

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

'DEAR LEADER': An image of North Korea's designated leader-to-be, Kim Jong-un (center), is shown on a screen during a performance celebrating the 69th birthday of Mr. Kim's father and current leader, Kim Jong-il. Outside information is increasingly penetrating into the secretive state. (Kyodo News via Associated Press)

Technology piercing North Korea’s news veil

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Belarusian KGB raids journalists’ homes, offices

By Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press