Freedom of Information

United Kingdom

Fear as names of police in Northern Ireland are published by accident

Police Federation chairman said he had been 'inundated' with messages from officers after the 'monumental' data breach.

09/08/2023

Europe News

MEPs accuse EU countries of weakening attempts to protect journalists

European Union member states are trying to water down the directives for SLAPPs and Media Freedom. Now the European Parliament is vowing to take action.

26/06/2023

World News

Euroviews. Algorithms favouring deceptive content are violating your basic rights

What we need to fix this is the buy-in of all the players. Digital companies, big and small, and governments must commit to regulating the right way, Tawfik Jelassi writes.

18/04/2023

Culture news

Afghan women-run radio resumes broadcasts after shutdown by Taliban

A women-run radio station in northeastern Afghanistan has resumed its broadcasts, after officials shut it down for a week for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan

07/04/2023

World News

Russia adds Meta to list of 'terrorist and extremist organisations'

Human rights lawyer Pavel Chikov has warned that simply displaying the Instagram and Facebook logos, or advertising on those networks, could be deemed illegal under Russia's criminal code.

12/10/2022

No Comment

Assange supporters gather in front of court ordering his extradition to US

Supporters of Julian Assange gather in London after a UK court issued a formal order to extradite the WikiLeaks founder to the United States to face trial over the publication of secret files relating to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

20/04/2022

Poland

Poles protest across the country to defend media freedom

The protests were called after the parliament on Friday unexpectedly passed a bill that would force Discovery Inc. to sell its controlling share of TVN, Poland’s largest television network.

20/12/2021

World News

Amnesty: States need to stop going after people sharing information

Amnesty International researcher Lisa Maracani spoke to Euronews about the group's latest report on censorship and freedom of information during the pandemic.

19/10/2021

Russia

Russian police raids home of investigative journalist

Police in Russia raided the home of the chief editor of an investigative media outlet that was recently designated as a “foreign agent,” the latest step by authorities to raise pressure on independent media ahead of the country's September parliamentary election.

28/07/2021

China

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested under security law

Jimmy Lai's arrest, coming days after the U.S. government announced sanctions on Hong Kong and mainland Chinese officials, shows China's determination to move forward with enforcement of the new security law despite outside pressure.

10/08/2020

Russia

Russia media freedom under threat as Putin puts pressure on the press

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed two controversial security bills into law. One will require certain technology sold in the country to include pre-installed software from the government, the other would designate certain journalists and bloggers as "foreign agents."

04/12/2019

Turkey

Euroviews. “We can’t complain.” How Turkey is leading a crackdown at home as its tanks roll into Syria ǀ View

The extent of the latest crackdown on civil liberties in Turkey, in the context of the military offensive, raises serious concern that authorities are now using war in northern Syria as a pretext to further crush dissent and inflict fear.

01/11/2019

World News

Freedom of expression "at lowest point for 10 years", says report

Right to freedom of expression is being eroded across the world, according to newly-published study

06/12/2018

Italy

Italian journalists protest after insults by deputy PM

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Luigi di Maio described journalists as "prostitutes" over the weekend.

13/11/2018

Cuba

Dawn of a new era in Cuba as Miguel Diaz-Canel takes charge

Raúl Castro stepped down as president but remains at the head of the communist party

21/04/2018

Moldova

Moldovans riled by ‘undemocratic’ ban on ‘Russian propaganda’

Moldova's government has banned Russian news and political broadcast, but it seems there is little appetite for such a drastic measure among the public. Many plan to go online instead.

27/03/2018