UNESCO’s flagship event of World Press Freedom Day will bring together UN Secretary-General António Guterres, President of the Republic of Liberia George Weah, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, ...

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. This past Friday, May 3, was World Press Freedom Day. The date marks the anniversary of the Windhoek ...

A group of Australian lawmakers wrote to President Biden on World Press Freedom Day urging him to drop the charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as press freedom groups call for the release ...

Juneteenth is described as America's second Independence Day or Freedom Day, commemorating the end of slavery in Texas. The holiday gained national prominence in 2020 following protests against racial ...

It's time to celebrate Juneteenth, the country's youngest federal holiday. Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered ...

In a four-part newsletter series, RCFP reviewed press freedom violations confirmed by the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker last year. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press recently published a ...