press freedom
Putin’s crackdown casts a wide net, ensnaring the LGBTQ+ community, lawyers and many others
By Dasha Litvinova — March 7, 2024
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Prominent rights groups in Russia have been outlawed or classified as agents of foreigners.
How India’s Modi has extended Hindu nationalist sway over the country’s media
By Kalpana Jain — June 7, 2023
(RNS) — The increasingly authoritarian Modi government’s latest proposal is a fact checking unit that will strike social media content deemed ‘fake or misleading,’ causing fears that the scope of government censorship on news organizations is expanding.
Myanmar journalists draft Religion Newswriters Resolution on Covering Religious Freedom and Conflict
By Brian Pellot — November 19, 2014
Religion Newswriters assembled 15 journalists, editors and media professionals from across Myanmar for an intensive training course on how best to cover religious freedom and conflict. Here’s the resolution they bring back to their newsrooms.
The road to sedition: Malaysia and Myanmar crackdown on dissent
By Brian Pellot — October 21, 2014
On my (lack of) freedom trail across Asia, fresh sedition and defamation charges are pressuring journalists and activists to self-censor government criticism or face hefty consequences.
James Foley and Steven Sotloff were martyrs for freedom, not faith
By Brian Pellot — September 4, 2014
The Islamic State beheaded freelance journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff for their American passports and media credentials, not for their faiths. Falsely portraying the men as religious martyrs cheapens their legacies as truthseekers.
5 survival tips for reporting between religious red lines
By Brian Pellot — June 12, 2014
Where the First Amendment ends, common sense should kick in. Too often it doesn’t. Here are five tips to help keep you out of hot water when covering sensitive religious issues abroad.
Christian Britain * Breastfeeding pope * Stoned Brunei: April’s Religious Freedom Recap
By Brian Pellot — May 5, 2014
Politicians and pundits debate whether Britain is a Christian state. A Polish art group is taken to court for “blasphemously” painting Pope St. JP2 breastfeeding a priest. And Brunei implements its first phase of harsh new Shariah penalties. All this and more in April’s global recap.
Journalists ‘tiptoe through land mines’ of reporting on religious freedom at RNS event in D.C.
By Brian Pellot — April 18, 2014
An all-star panel of journalists and media experts with experience in China, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Denmark explored the red lines they face covering religion at a recent RNS/Newseum event in Washington, D.C. Watch the full discussion here.
RNS EVENT: Journalism Between Red Lines: Religion Reporting in a World of Conflict
By Brian Pellot — March 18, 2014
Join reporters and media experts April 9 at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., as we discuss some of the red lines journalists face covering religion around the world.
What the quenelle!? * Burned books * Utah’s unions: Religious Freedom Recap: Jan. 6-13
By Brian Pellot — January 13, 2014
Tensions escalate over French comedian Dieudonne’s reverse Nazi salute. Books and texts are burned or banned in Lebanon, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan and Applestan. Utah’s gay newlyweds navigate a new political minefield.
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