A new report has warned media freedom in the EU is close to “breaking point” in many states amid rising authoritarianism across the continent. In its latest annual report covering 2023, the Berlin-based Civil Liberties Union for Europe (Liberties) highlighted widespread
Freedom of Expression
Journalism is in crisis, again. The challenges to press freedom are enormous and multi-faceted and they are deepening — in “free” and open societies as well as autocracies. And there are no simple solutions. For individuals and entire media outlets the
Access to Information
In what appeared too true to be true, Zambia has assented and enacted the Freedom of Information Bill into law, more than 20 years since the campaigners kick-stated the lobby to have the freedom to report-truthfully-factually. Over the years, various players
Social Media
Social media is overwhelming in its presence in Bangladesh and, practically, all issues are on social media, running from politics to sex. Most of those who have devices will turn to social media first before beginning the day and consume
Zimbabwe’s press freedom credentials suffered further criticism with the arrest of two journalists from a privately-owned newspaper charged with transmitting “false data messages.” The pair were charged on August 3 under the contentious Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, as amended
