The International Federation of Journalists’ weekly roundup for 29 November–5 December 2025 spotlights a sharp escalation in two interlinked trends: formal legal challenges by journalists’ unions over restricted access to Gaza and the occupied West Bank, and a fresh wave of frontline casualties...
Dozens of Pentagon correspondents packed boxes, turned in press badges, and walked out of the building rather than sign a new set of reporting restrictions imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — a confrontation that has immediate operational consequences for Pentagon coverage and raises...
Pakistan’s ongoing contest between authority and civil liberty took center stage on July 17, as the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and the European Union convened a high-profile national roundtable in Islamabad. This event, triggered by deepening anxiety over draconian restrictions...
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The Trump administration, acting on the fairly sound logic that its supporters don't care in any way whatsoever about the civic principle that the government should be scrutinized by a free press, has started to cut down on the number of press conferences it gives that occur on camera...