Press Freedom
Major UK Political Parties Back 'State Threats' Bill That Would Restrict Press Freedom
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All main political parties in the United Kingdom have called for immediate passage in Parliament of new measures to fight "state threats,"
Amnesty International Resists Calls To Designate Assange A 'Prisoner Of Conscience' As Extradition Looms
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The international human rights organization Amnesty International has resisted
calls to designate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a "
The D-Notice: A Very British Way Of Censoring The Press
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UK Official Secrets Act Proposals Take Cues From US Espionage Act Cases
Proposals could expand imprisonment for whistleblowers and journalists from two years to as high as 14 years in prison.
For Third Year, Committee To Protect Journalists Excludes Assange From Jailed Journalist Index
Committee to Protect Journalists executive director Joel Simon (Screen shot from
CPJ promo video on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQvbvgiEnSg])A
record number of journalists are imprisoned throughout the world, according to
the annual prison index released by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
But that number
Against Blocking The New York Times From Publishing Project Veritas Documents
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A judge extended a temporary ban against the New York Times publishing