![Street medics tend to Syrian freelance photographer Ameer Alhalbi who was injured during clashes in a demonstration against France's 'global security' draft law [Gabrielle Cezard / AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/000_8W467M-1.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Ameer Alhalbi was covering Saturday’s demonstrations opposing police violence.
Freedom of the Press
![Mohammad Ilyas Dayee, a journalist for RFE/RL, died in Helmand, Afghanistan from a roadside bomb, November 12, 2020 [Courtesy: FB Dayee]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Dayee2.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Today, we are talking about the life and work of Afghan journalist Mohammad Ilyas Dayee.
![Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist, was killed and dismembered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018 [File: Ozan Kose/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Khashoggi.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
The grisly murder of Jamal Khashoggi sparked international outrage and tarnished the image of Saudi...
The life and death of journalist and academic Samir Kassir, who was killed by a car bomb in Beirut in...
![More than half a million Australians signed a petition demanding probe into Murdoch's dominance of the news industry [File: Mary Altaffer/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AP_19308818948052.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Petition launched by ex-PM Kevin Rudd decried Murdoch’s News Corp as ‘cancer on our democracy’ operating a ‘monopoly’.
The French president discusses tensions between his government and the Muslim world over cartoons of Prophet Muhammad.
The brutal killing of a teacher and the Charlie Hebdo trial rekindle France’s debate over laicite.
![Under Egyptian law, it is illegal to hold an individual without charge for more than two years [Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/000_1OX2AW.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Egyptian authorities continue to hold the journalist under arbitrary and illegal detention without trial.
![UNSMIL says Mohammed Baayou, head of the Libyan Media Corporation, was arrested on Tuesday in the capital Tripoli [File: Mahmud Turkia/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/000_8QX2QN.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
UN Support Mission denounces ‘unlawful arrest’ of Mohammed Baayou after he spoke out against Islamist groups in Tripoli.
![Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, October 21, 2020 {Nicholas Kamm/Pool via AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_20295654555689.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
US tightens rules on more Chinese media organisations, saying they are propaganda outlets for the Chinese state.
![The office of Dijlah TV station in Baghdad was badly damaged after it was set ablaze by protesters on August 31 [Photo circulated on social media via HRW]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IraqTV.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Criticism follows raids by unidentified armed men and the closing down of TV and radio stations.
![Kashmiri journalists protest in Srinagar against a new media policy announced this year that seeks to regulate reporting in the disputed region [File: Dar Yasin/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_20188243044457.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Indian administration seals office of Kashmir Times, causing outrage from journalists in the disputed region.
The decision came after ABC alleged Australian troops had killed unarmed men and children in Afghanistan.
![Prominent Vietnamese activist Pham Doan Trang was arrested on the night of October 6 [File: Adam Bemma/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/263bac0ab4684742b687c74619062a2c_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Vietnam accused of ‘scorched-earth’ approach to dissent after late-night arrest of Pham Doan Trang at her home .