Freedom of Speech / Censorship

(Reuters) - A Russian court has threatened U.S. Internet giant Google and Wikipedia owner Wikimedia Foundation with fines for failing...

TUNIS (Reuters) - A Tunisian court on Friday freed a journalist who had been detained after she criticised police and...

By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) - A Tunisian court on Thursday detained a journalist who criticised police and the interior...

By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's national security police arrested a veteran journalist and former contributing writer...

(Reuters) - The Russian co-winner of last year's Nobel Peace Prize, Dmitry Muratov, was attacked on a train with red...

(Reuters) -Russia's communications watchdog said on Thursday it was taking steps to punish Google, including a ban on advertising the...

LONDON (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday it would take further measures against British media based there, after London imposed...

(Reuters) - Russian former military reporter Ivan Safronov on Monday dismissed treason charges against him as a "travesty" as his...

MANAGUA (Reuters) - The director of Nicaragua's La Prensa newspaper was sentenced on Friday to nine years in prison for...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkey's justice minister said on Friday his ministry would approve a request to transfer a trial over the...

(This March 30 story corrects to remove reference to 2019 statement on homosexuality that Rasanen did not make) HELSINKI (Reuters)...

By Deborah Bloom PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - From his home in Seattle, Andrey Nokhrin sent his mother in Moscow a...

By Michael Holden and Greg Torode LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Two senior British judges, including the president of the UK...

TUNIS (Reuters) -The United States is concerned about the state of democracy in Tunisia, a senior U.S. official said on...

(Reuters) - Russia's justice ministry on Monday added German broadcaster Deutsche Welle to a list of media organisations it has...

By Paresh Dave (Reuters) - Alphabet-owned Google will not help websites, apps and YouTube channels sell ads alongside content that...

By Dasha Afanasieva LONDON (Reuters) - A Russian reporter being investigated under a new law for deliberately spreading false information...

By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisian journalists will go on strike on April 2 to protest at the president's "attempts...

(Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday that it was vital to apply a new law which could see journalists...

HANOI (Reuters) - A Vietnamese court jailed a prominent social commentator for five years on Wednesday for anti-state activities, his...