Aug 29 Hong Kong court convicts 2 journalists who openly criticized the government amid a crackdown on dissent By Kanis Leung, Associated Press A Hong Kong court has convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet in a sedition case widely seen as a barometer for the future of media freedoms in a city once hailed as a bastion of free press… Continue reading
Aug 28 Myanmar military court sentences journalist to life in prison, editor says By Grant Peck, Associated Press The editor of an independent online news service in Myanmar says a military court has given a life prison sentence to one of its journalists and sentenced another to 20 years after convicting them under a counterterrorism law. Continue reading
Feb 20 Watch 12:28 Wikileaks founder Julian Assange makes last-ditch attempt to avoid U.S. extradition By William Brangham, Alexis Cox, Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako A two-day hearing in a London court room began Tuesday over the fate of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. At stake is whether he'll be extradited to the U.S. on espionage charges. Carrie DeCell, a senior staff attorney at the Knight… Continue watching
Aug 14 Rural Kansas police raid newspaper office amid rampant 'anti-press rhetoric' By John Hanna, Margery A. Beck, Associated Press Several press freedom watchdogs condemned the Marion Police Department's actions as a blatant violation of the U.S. Constitution’s protection for a free press. Continue reading
May 07 Watch 7:52 Why these reporters spent 18 months in a Burmese jail After nearly 18 months, two Reuters journalists have left prison in Myanmar. The crime that put them there: Revealing information the country’s government wanted to suppress, about its persecution campaign against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority. John Yang talks to Priscilla… Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch 10:32 How the U.S. should respond to Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance As details of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance emerge, some business leaders are protesting the Saudi government by pulling out of an upcoming summit. Meanwhile, lawmakers are urging President Trump to take decisive action. Foreign affairs correspondent Nick Schifrin talks to… Continue watching
May 03 Watch 7:14 By murder, prison and rhetoric, here's how the global free press is being suppressed By PBS News Hour Journalists around the world sometimes risk death or imprisonment to inform the public. In Mexico, dozens have been killed by drug cartels, the Turkish government has been cracking down by closing newspapers and locking up reporters, and U.S. reporters are… Continue watching
May 14 Watch Was Seizure of AP's Phone Records Justified or Harmful to Press Freedom? Was Seizure of AP's Phone Records Justified or Harmful to Press Freedom?… Continue watching
May 14 Watch Justice Department Seized AP Phone Records to Track Government Leaks The Justice Department secretly subpoenaed phone records of Associated Press journalists during two months in 2012. The AP was notified that records had been secretly seized for more than 20 of its phone lines, possibly to track government leaks of… Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch 40 Years After Leak, Weighing the Impact of the Pentagon Papers In 1971, parts of a secret Pentagon report began to surface in The New York Times calling the Vietnam War's validity into question. Forty years later, the Pentagon Papers were declassified and released in full Monday. Jeffrey Brown discusses the… Continue watching