https://sagire.online/topic/press-freedom/ Rolling analysis and coverage of geopolitics, energy, security and supply chains. en Thu, 05 Nov 2026 03:40:00 -0300 https://sagire.online/wire/73d0d02a/https://sagire.online/wire/73d0d02a/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 23:24:00 -0300Venezuela’s National Assembly approved on Tuesday, in a first reading, the bill for a partial reform of the Constitutional Law against Hatred, at the request of the executive. The reform replaces prison sentences with fines and community work and sets out clear administrative procedures for applying the law; the text drops the word “hatred” and is to be renamed the Law for Democratic Coexistence, Peace and Coexistence. Opposition lawmaker Amelia Belisario said the law “served to persecute dissent.” The non-governmental organization Espacio Público warned that the reform keeps mechanisms that can restrict freedom of expression, by leaving sanctioning procedures in the hands of the ministry with jurisdiction over justice.VenezuelaJusticePress freedom https://sagire.online/wire/ccaaad13/https://sagire.online/wire/ccaaad13/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 01:23:00 -0300Ethiopia’s Media Authority announced on November 2 the indefinite suspension of the print and online licenses of the Reporter, the country’s last privately owned Amharic newspaper, accusing it of violating media laws and ethics and publishing content against the national interest; in October, undercover police detained journalists Samuel Getachew and Amanuel Gebremedhin, jailed for eight days, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW), in a text republished by AllAfrica.EthiopiaPress freedomAfrica https://sagire.online/wire/032b2e5e/https://sagire.online/wire/032b2e5e/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:23:00 -0300Al Jazeera journalist Montaser Nassar was detained in raids near Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, according to the network itself.PalestineWest BankIsraelPress freedom https://sagire.online/wire/302a13d2/https://sagire.online/wire/302a13d2/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 11:23:00 -0300Czech public television and radio workers launched a one-day strike on Tuesday against a government plan to cut financing and move funding to the state budget, which they call an attempt to hurt the broadcasters’ independence and viability. The media would receive about 15% less money than they do now, which could likely lead to layoffs, limited production and program cancellations. The bill passed a preliminary vote last month and now awaits further debate in parliament. Prime Minister Andrej Babiš denies an attempt to control the media and says the change fulfills a campaign promise to lighten the financial burden on the population: “There is no fight over democracy. Nobody wants to take over the public media or bring them under state control,” he said. Michal Kubal, chief news editor at Czech Television, said the strike is unprecedented in the history of Czech public service media. The strike has the backing of labor unions, university rectors, churches, international media organizations and hundreds of athletes.CzechiaPress freedom https://sagire.online/wire/2e1b1d3c/https://sagire.online/wire/2e1b1d3c/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 01:20:00 -0300A report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) published on Monday warns that 86 percent of crimes against the press remain unpunished, with more than 1,600 journalists murdered worldwide over the last twenty years — a 20 percent increase in the past three years; the Middle East remains by far the most dangerous region, with 97 journalists killed there over the past two years, many in connection with the war in Gaza.United NationsPress freedomGaza https://sagire.online/wire/86536698/https://sagire.online/wire/86536698/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 23:21:00 -0300Israeli soldiers blindfolded, handcuffed and arrested Al Jazeera correspondent Montaser Nassar during a raid on his home in Dura, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reported.West BankIsraelHuman rightsPress freedom https://sagire.online/wire/bb13aea6/https://sagire.online/wire/bb13aea6/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 22:22:00 -0300Cartoonist and graffiti artist Yasser Mounbir was sentenced at first instance in Casablanca to four years in prison for insulting the king and fined 40,000 dirhams, with his lawyers announcing an appeal.MoroccoPress freedomMaghreb https://sagire.online/wire/b807faf6/https://sagire.online/wire/b807faf6/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:23:00 -0300Cartoonist and graffiti artist Yasser Mounbir was sentenced on Friday, October 30, to four years in prison in Morocco over caricatures of the king, according to Le Monde.MoroccoPress freedomHuman rights https://sagire.online/wire/d7a21c7a/https://sagire.online/wire/d7a21c7a/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:22:00 -0300UNESCO counted 189 journalists killed worldwide in 2024 and 2025, the highest number since 2014/2015, when it recorded 215 cases. Of the total, 127 deaths (67%) occurred in countries that are conflict zones, up 24% from 2022/2023. Palestine accounted for 62 deaths, one third of the total.United NationsPress freedomHuman rights https://sagire.online/wire/b68bacd2/https://sagire.online/wire/b68bacd2/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:22:00 -0300Al Jazeera condemned the Israeli authorities' decision to extend a ban on its operations in Israel for another 90 days, including the suspension of its broadcasts, the closure of its offices and the restriction of access to its websites and digital platforms. The network says the extension was based on secret material that neither the network nor its lawyers could see or contest, and calls for the ban to be lifted immediately.IsraelPress freedomMiddle East https://sagire.online/wire/74b81ae9/https://sagire.online/wire/74b81ae9/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 07:21:00 -0300A confirmed total of 189 journalists and other media workers lost their lives in 2024-2025, 20 percent more than during the previous biennium and the highest number since 2014-2015, according to the biennial report of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco). The impunity rate reached 86 percent in 2024-2025, its first rise in more than a decade, and 127 of the dead, 67 percent of the toll, were in conflict zones. Drone strikes killed 50 journalists, 40 percent of killings in conflict zones, a threat Unesco called disturbing.United NationsPress freedomHuman rights https://sagire.online/zero-breach-verificador-espionagem/https://sagire.online/zero-breach-verificador-espionagem/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 17:30:00 -0300Mercenary spyware is sold to governments as lawful interception and lands on journalists and dissidents, and it works because the target cannot inspect the device. Version 2.0.0 of the Zero Breach Toolkit, published on November 1, 2026, turns that check into a double-click program in 27 languages, and the report it prints names what it could not read.IsraelSpywareSurveillancePress freedomDigital rights https://sagire.online/wire/e6c47335/https://sagire.online/wire/e6c47335/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:23:00 -0300Novaya Gazeta’s editor-in-chief, Sergei Sokolov, announced in a video published on Friday that the newspaper is ceasing to exist, saying that Russian authorities and special services forced the newsroom to end its work, The Guardian reported. Also according to The Guardian, Sokolov was taken in for questioning this month and Russian authorities searched his home in a criminal case involving a colleague, journalist Oleg Roldugin, who was arrested in April.RussiaPress freedom https://sagire.online/wire/00e342b9/https://sagire.online/wire/00e342b9/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 04:22:00 -0300Novaya Gazeta’s newsroom announced the paper’s end: it will switch off the lights in its headquarters where it has lived for 30 years and shut down the servers on November 9, according to Le Monde; the paper says Russian authorities expelled it from its headquarters and disabled the donation system, according to EFE, in a text republished by Infobae.RussiaPress freedom https://sagire.online/wire/7addf8ce/https://sagire.online/wire/7addf8ce/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 03:22:00 -0300The UK Home Office canceled Swedish national Andreas Malm's Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) on Wednesday, described as a pro-Palestine academic, according to Al Jazeera; the government said his presence in the UK “is not considered to be conducive to the public good”.United KingdomPalestineHuman rightsPress freedom