Press Freedom

National Press Club said in a statement, "Security staff must be aware that reporters working in the U.S. are protected by the First Amendment, regardless of the nationality of the interview subject, reporter or security teams. This was an on-the-record interview with ground rules set between Mr. Sharma and Mr. Pitroda. The security team had no role related to the content or duration of the interview. They had no right or standing to take Sharma's phone from him or delete content.”

Assange's case has drawn international attention and sparked debates over freedom of the press, government transparency, and the legal implications of publishing classified information.

The annual report disclosed that four journalists were murdered in Pakistan between May 2023 and April 2024.

Menzies is the Mission Specialist at Rebel News, a Canada-based independent news outfit that has been hounded several times by the Justin Trudeau-led-Liberal Party government.

Taking a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Bidhuri noted that Rahul Gandhi’s great-grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru curtailed press freedom and jailed anyone who dared to criticise the Nehru government.

In April 2022, the Canadian government denied 'journalism licence' to Rebel News, claiming that only 1% of its content is news.

Opindia cross-verified The Telegraph e-papers for September 11-12 but found no such message or cartoon from the Editor of the newspaper.

Today News Africa's White House correspondent Simon Ateba accused the White House of discrimination against him as he is black

SG Tushar Mehta disputed the press freedom rankings after Justice KM Joseph cited it during Bilkis Bano case hearing.

"I was amazed at our number. I thought we had the most uncontrollable press, and somebody is getting something fundamentally wrong," S Jaishankar said