A group of police officers in China beat freelance Chinese journalist Sun Lin so badly in his home on Nov. 17 that he died hours later, asreported by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Nov. 21.

The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has helped to create the first-ever Charter on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Journalism, which aims to define ethics and standards for journalists, newsrooms, and media outlets throughout the world to use when working with AI.

The recent killing of Reuters photojournalist Issam Abdallah in Lebanon, along with the injury of other journalists, was not an accident but a deliberate act, according to the press freedom watchdogReporters Without Borders (RSF).

International press freedom advocates urged Myanmar to immediately and unconditionally release journalist Hmu Yadanar Khet Moh Moh Tun and to cease imprisoning journalists for their journalistic work.

Press freedom has reached a critical low in a record number of countries as repressive governments continue to clamp down on critical voices and the fake content industry continues to expand, according to the World’s Press Freedom Indexpublished on Wednesday on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day.

 The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a global press freedom watchdog, urged Turkey to halt the persecution of journalists and media workers and to release those detained for carrying out their work.

On the fifth anniversary of the murder of journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, a Slovak investigative center named after him has launched on Monday an initiative to enhance journalists’ safety, which is identified as one of Slovakia’s most pressing issues.

Being a journalist has never been more dangerous, according to the most recent Reporters Without Borders (RSF)annual round-up of violence and abuses against journalists, which says that “a record total of 533 journalists are currently detained worldwide.”

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Wednesday announced 17 new additions to its “Press Freedom Predators” series — a gallery of portraits last updated in 2016 of leaders who in their positions of power suppress press freedom by targeting, harassing, jailing and attacking journalists.

Journalists worldwide urged President Daniel Ortega to allow international organizations to enter Nicaragua and investigate human rights violations and attacks against local media and NGOs.

Reporters Without Borders called on the international community to press Chinese authorities to immediately release seven journalists who were arrested for reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan a year ago.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called on the international community to press Chinese authorities to immediately release seven journalists who were arrested for reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan a year ago.

More than 150 non-governmental organizations have spoken out against death sentences handed down last month by a Houthi rebel court in Yemen to four journalists whose reporting the Houthis see as espionage and treason. 

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged Philipine authorities on Wednesday to appoint a team of independent investigators to look into the murder of radio journalist Cornelio Pepino, who was shot five times at close range while traveling home after his evening program the day before. 

Although Swedish authorities said it is not likely that a Pakistani journalist who has been found dead in a river near Uppsala was killed, colleagues and press freedom groups remain skeptical as he had reported about human rights abuses in his native country.

Two Kyrgyz news media outlets, Radio Azattyk and Kloop, along with journalist Ali Toktakunov are standing trial on Wednesday as they face a prolonged lawsuit filed by the Matraimov family for exposing its involvement in a US$700 million money laundering operation. 

An annual survey of press freedom calls 2014 “the worst period in Ukraine’s history since independence,” while Azerbaijani reporters are warned to “shut up, flee abroad or be jailed on trumped-up charges.”