Tag: Press Freedom

Russia news site chief fired over Ukraine coverage

Associated Press · March 12, 2014 2:45 pm

In this file photo dated Aug. 20, 2013 and made available by Swedish Radio on Tuesday March 11, 2014, Swedish journalist Nils Horner is photographed in Stockholm. The Swedish journalist was shot to death while he was talking to a translator Tuesday on a street in Kabul, according to officials and witnesses. Nils Horner, 51, who also had British citizenship, had worked for Swedish Radio SR since 2001 as a foreign correspondent mostly in Asia and the Middle East, including Afghanistan and Baghdad. The motive was unclear. (AP Photo/Mattias Ahlm, Swedish Radio) SWEDEN OUT

Afghan group says it killed Swedish reporter

Washington Examiner · March 12, 2014 7:40 am

In this file photo dated Aug. 20, 2013 and made available by Swedish Radio on Tuesday March 11, 2014, Swedish journalist Nils Horner is photographed in Stockholm. The Swedish journalist was shot to death while he was talking to a translator Tuesday on a street in Kabul, according to officials and witnesses. Nils Horner, 51, who also had British citizenship, had worked for Swedish Radio SR since 2001 as a foreign correspondent mostly in Asia and the Middle East, including Afghanistan and Baghdad. The motive was unclear. (AP Photo/Mattias Ahlm, Swedish Radio) SWEDEN OUT

Swedish journalist shot to death in Afghan capital

Kim Gamel · March 11, 2014 5:38 pm

Sarkozy seeks publication ban on recordings

Washington Examiner · March 10, 2014 6:50 am

Iran president condemns hard-line media crackdown

ALI AKBAR DAREINI · March 8, 2014 7:03 am

Malaysia bans Ultraman book over use of Allah

Washington Examiner · March 7, 2014 9:29 am

Beltway Confidential

Ted Cruz: ‘It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press’

Charlie Spiering · May 27, 2013 4:00 am

FILE - In this May 15, 2013 file photo, Attorney General Eric Holder, the nation's top law enforcement official, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Michael Barone: More than all past presidents, Obama uses 1917 Espionage Act to go after reporters

Michael Barone · May 25, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

How much news has the Obama administration successfully suppressed?

Philip Klein · May 20, 2013 4:00 am