Feature / New anti-NGO law pushes Peru’s democracy deeper into ‘invisible crisis’ Victims of rights violations will suffer from law targeting investigative journalism and NGOs offering legal assistance By Diana Cariboni / 15 May 2025
News / Stopping bogus legal action against reporters requires new laws, say experts Experts welcome new task force set up to stop rich and powerful from silencing journalists, but say it’s not enough By Anita Mureithi / 11 Sep 2023
News / Law to protect UK journalists from vexatious lawsuits a welcome ‘first step’ New amendment will protect only those reporting on economic crime, sparking calls for government to go further By Jim Fitzpatrick / 13 Jun 2023
Analysis / Journalist’s jail term paints dire picture of civil rights in Tajikistan Ulfatkhonim Mamadshoeva was accused of conspiring against the state and tried behind closed doors By Syinat Sultanalieva / 19 Dec 2022
News / openDemocracy backs campaign to end intimidation lawsuits against journalists Top newspaper editors call on Dominic Raab to bring in new law to defend journalists from oligarchs’ legal threats By Adam Bychawski / 29 Nov 2022
News / MPs vote through National Security Bill in ‘disaster for free press’ Backbenchers had wanted a ‘public interest defence’ to prevent journalists being jailed for sharing restricted information By Adam Bychawski / 16 Nov 2022
News / ‘Cadwalladr’s legal ordeal shows UK is failing to protect journalists’ Arron Banks may have lost his case, but it’s a dark day for press freedom, campaigners warn By Jenna Corderoy / 13 Jun 2022
Opinion / Arron Banks vs Carole Cadwalladr shows how badly UK is failing press freedom Why can journalists be violently abused online, yet ‘free speech’ doesn’t protect their reporting? By Mary Fitzgerald / 13 Jan 2022
Opinion / Journalists’ Nobel Peace Prize casts a shadow on failures of our democracy Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov were honoured today. But 2021 has also seen record numbers of journalists jailed By Mary Fitzgerald / 10 Dec 2021
Explainer / How journalists around the world are taking action to help Afghan colleagues From Italy to India, media workers have launched new initiatives to support colleagues from Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover in August By Roberta Scalise / 13 Oct 2021
News / Maria Ressa becomes second woman journalist to win Nobel Peace Prize ‘Holding power to account – the mission of journalism – has never been as important as it is today’ By Lou Ferreira / 8 Oct 2021
Opinion / Terrorist thugs have put a ‘target on my back’. Why won’t the police act? Like many journalists in Northern Ireland, my life has been threatened – and impunity is to blame. Action is long overdue By Patricia Devlin / 4 Jun 2021
