By Jessica Corbett* – Common Dreams The United Nations human rights chief and American whistleblower Edward Snowden on Monday joined the wide range of public figures demanding urgent action after reporting that Pegasus hacking spyware, sold by the Israeli firm NSO Group…
By Shaun Walker* – The Guardian Hungary’s far-right government suspected of hacking phones of investigative journalists and targeting owners. Since Viktor Orbán became prime minister in 2010, Hungary has fallen from 23rd to 92nd in the World Press Freedom Index. Viktor…
By Justin Spike – !!444!!! InsightHungary!!! (*) Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Monday became the first leader from Central or Western Europe to make the list of “press freedom predators” compiled by France-based free press organization Reporters…
By Thomas Neuburger* – God`Spies This is the state we defend when we defend the state. It looks like the U.S. government’s case against Julian Assange is falling apart. One of its most important witnesses has now confessed to lying. Via the late Robert Parry’s site, Consortium…
By Kenny Stancil* – Common Dreams In an opinion piece, the Washington Post‘s publisher on Sunday accused President Joe Biden’s Justice Department of exacerbating the Trump administration’s assault on press freedom and called for a “full accounting” of the Biden…
By Fábián Tamás – Telex (*) With a year left until what looks to be a tight election, the government is reallocating considerable amounts of public assets away from the state and into, e.g., foundations. The goal could be to sustain Orbán’s “System of National Cooperation” in…
Deutsche Welle (DW) * The Burmese military regime has routinely arrested journalists and banned independent media. But reporters continue to work underground — under pressure from the ruling junta, but also from the opposition. Myanmar’s military government, which…
By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, May 2021 (IPS) – In the contemporary world of journalism, female reporters face a double jeopardy: they are increasingly targeted both as journalists and as women– particularly in repressive regimes and misogynistic societies. As the United…
By Michael De Dora* WASHINGTON, Apr 30 2021 (IPS) – When Myanmar’s military seized power from the elected government in February, one of its first actions was to further squeeze the already restricted free flow of information in the country. It obstructed news stations…
