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Julian Assange steps out of a plane landing in Bangkok.

WikiLeaks' Assange's 14-year saga ends with US plea deal

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange has pled guilty to a single espionage charge in a US courthouse on the island of Saipan.
Law and JusticeJune 26, 202402:08 min
An image of a Rossiya TV set featuring a large screen projection of Russian President Vladimir Putin as well as cameras and equipment

Russia bans access to over 80 EU news outlets

The West and Russia have also traded accusations on satellite jamming, and the Kremlin issued a new nuclear warning.
ConflictsJune 25, 2024
People protest against the planned revamp of RTVS in Bratislava.

Slovakian parliament approves plan to revamp RTVS

Opposition members walked out of parliament before the vote to overhaul the country's public broadcaster.
PoliticsJune 21, 2024
Annalena Baerbock speaks into a microphone

Baerbock talks democracy at DW's Global Media Forum in Bonn

Annalena Baerbock, Maria Ressa and Scovia Culton Nakamya discussed the importance of democracy.
PoliticsJune 20, 202438:05 min
A group of people sit together during a panel discussion at the Global Media Forum in Bonn

Middle East reporting: upholding objectivity and compassion

Journalists at GMF discuss bias, choice of words and the challenges they face covering the Israel-Hamas war.
Press FreedomJune 19, 202455:00 min
Attendees sit in concentric circles around a panel at the Global Media Forum 2024

How can media react to disinformation, climate change?

Speakers at DW's Global Media Forum discussed what journalists can do when humanity's biggest issues intersect.
MediaJune 18, 2024
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speaks at the Global Media Forum

Baerbock at Global Media Forum: Journalism is under pressure

In Bonn, this year's GMF has started, with over 1,500 media representatives from more than 100 countries taking part.
MediaJune 17, 202402:41 min
Annalena Baerbock (left), Maria Ressa (center) and Scovia Culton Nakamya (right) sitting next to each other

'Democracy didn't fall from the sky,' says Baerbock in Bonn

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has emphasized the need to protect democracy at DW's Global Media Forum.
PoliticsJune 17, 2024
A combined photo showing Huang Xueqin holding up a sign reading #MeToo on the left and Wang Jianbing looking up on the right

Why is China targeting #MeToo activists?

DW looks at the motivations behind Beijing's crackdown and rights activists' struggle for accountability.
Law and JusticeJune 17, 2024
Annalena Baerbock speaking at the GMF 2024

DW's Global Media Forum 2024: Media industry under pressure

At DW's Global Media Forum, threats to journalists, disinformation and artificial intelligence are topics for debate.
MediaJune 16, 2024
Bratislava castle and two apparent blocks seen against an orange evening sky

Slovak journalists fear govt. repression after Fico shooting

Critics have said Slovakia's government appears to be using the prime minister's shooting to curtail press freedoms.
PoliticsJune 15, 2024
Hong Kong activist Nathan Law in London

Hong Kong cancels passports of exiled democracy activists

Hong Kong labelled the six activists, who are living in exile in the UK, as " "lawless wanted criminals."
PoliticsJune 12, 2024
Yulia Navalnya, wearing a pink suit, stands in front of the DW logo

Yulia Navalnaya: Alexei's memory 'gives me strength'

Yulia Navalnaya told DW why it's important to continue the work of her husband, Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
PoliticsJune 6, 202402:41 min
DW Director General Peter Limbourg (left) stands next to Yulia Navalnaya (center left) as German Finance Minister Christian Lindner (R) and Director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, Ivan Zhdanov (center right), look on

Yulia Navalnaya receives DW's Freedom of Speech Award

Speaking at a ceremony in Berlin, Alexei Navalny's widow said the fight against President Vladimir Putin would go on.
PoliticsJune 5, 202402:36 min
Yulia Navalnaya

Can Yulia Navalnaya unite the Russian opposition?

DW has honored Alexei Navalny's widow and the Anti-Corruption Foundation with the Freedom of Speech Award.
PoliticsJune 5, 2024
Yulia Navalnaya, holding the award, gestures to German Finance Minister Christian Lindner and DW Director General Peter Limbourg. Berlin, June 5, 2024.

Yulia Navalnaya: Free speech is our 'most important weapon'

Although Vladimir Putin killed her husband, Yulia Navalnaya said Russia's leader "didn't silence him and his ideas."
PoliticsJune 5, 2024
Demonstrators wave the EU and the Polish flag

Despite new government, Poland remains polarized

Poland's right-wing government was voted out of office in 2023, but its legacy is still being felt today.
SocietyMay 28, 202404:31 min
UN Peacekeepers from Bangladesh on peacekeeping mission in D.R. Congo(MONUSCO)

Bangladesh blasts DW report as 'false and fallacious'

Bangladesh's military rejected DW's report that the country sends human rights abusers on peacekeeping missions.
Freedom of SpeechMay 25, 2024
Close up of a vlogger speaking into a microphone

Uproar over Zambia's plan to regulate online broadcasting

Rights activists say the government's recent announcement is an infringement on freedom of expression and speech.
PoliticsMay 23, 2024
A man and a woman watch a smartphone screen

Indonesia broadcasting bill elicits press freedom fears

Journalists say revisions to media law in Indonesia threaten to ban investigative reporting and dilute press freedom.
Press FreedomMay 23, 2024
Deutschland | Omas gegen rechts

Focus on Europe - Spotlight on People

Right-wing populists could make strong gains in the European elections at the beginning of June.
SocietyMay 23, 202426:03 min
Tunisian protestors gather and hold their phones and cameras in the air

Tunisia: Two journalists jailed for publishing 'false news'

Two Tunisian journalists were jailed for a year for using communications to "produce or spread false news."
CrimeMay 23, 2024
AP footage of northern Gaza from Israel on May 21

Israel halts AP live video feed of Gaza, seizes equipment

Israel has accused the AP of providing Al Jazeera with images of Gaza, in violation of a new foreign media law.
ConflictsMay 21, 2024
A girl with draped Georgian national and EU flags stands in front of police blocking the way to the parliament building in Tbilisi

Georgia's youth denounce new foreign influence law

In Georgia, thousands protested on Wednesday against a foreign influence law passed by parliament.
PoliticsMay 15, 202402:00 min
A woman holds the EU flag and the flag of Georgia while standing in front of riot police draped in black in Tbilisi, Georgia's capital

Will Georgia's foreign agent law endanger its EU candidacy?

Critics fear the controversial new law will move Georgia away from the EU and into Russia's sphere of influence.
PoliticsMay 15, 202402:16 min
Georgian lawmakers fight during a parliamentary session on May 14, 2024.

Georgia's 'Russian Law' passes final reading

Another step toward a controversial law has sparked protests in Georgia. Demonstrators say the law will stifle dissent
PoliticsMay 14, 202401:47 min
Zibakalam gestures with his left hand towards the camera during an interview in 2017

Iran jails regime critic Sadegh Zibakalam

Iranian Sadegh Zibakalam, recipient of DW's 2018 Freedom of Speech Award, has been jailed on "propaganda" charges.
Freedom of SpeechMay 13, 2024
Nigerian investigative journalist Daniel Ojukwu in an undated photo

Nigeria: Rights groups demand release of detained journalist

Investigative journalist Daniel Ojukwu has been held without trial for a week after writing on government corruption.
Press FreedomMay 9, 2024
A closeup of a person's hand holding an orange microphone

Can Burkina Faso's citizen journalists replace the media?

Burkina Faso's military junta has suspended several international media organizations, including DW.
MediaMay 6, 202403:09 min
A man walks pas the Al Jazeera logo

Israel: Al Jazeera goes off air after government order

The Qatari TV network is no longer available in Israel after the Cabinet voted to suspend it.
MediaMay 5, 2024
Proteste gegen "ausländischen Einfluss" in Georgien

Georgians protest against ‘Russian law’

Thousands in Georgia have been taking to the streets for weeks, protesting a bill that could threaten media freedom.
PoliticsMay 4, 202401:43 min
Journalists reporting from the Supreme Court of Pakistan

Press Freedom Day: Why are journalists fleeing Pakistan?

Acute security risks, intimidation and financial woes are forcing many media professionals to leave the country.
MediaMay 3, 2024
Belarusian journalist Maria Savushkina looks out over a city landscape

Belarusian journalist-in-exile calls out state abuses

Reporters Without Borders has ranked Belarus as the worst country for press freedom in Europe.
Freedom of SpeechMay 3, 202402:40 min
Large number of journalists wearing "Free the press" badges attend a protest meet organised at the Press Club of India in New Delhi:

Press freedom under attack, watchdog index shows

Reporters Without Borders has cautioned of declining state support for press freedom around the world.
Press FreedomMay 3, 2024
Several people with posters during a rally of the Unio de Periodistes Valencians in defense of press freedom and the right to information, on November 21, 2023, in Spain

World Press Freedom Index: Press freedom in decline

Beyond the harsh constraints on journalism in the Middle East and Asia, press freedom in Europe has also been slipping.
Press FreedomMay 3, 202400:53 min
Yulia Navalnaya waves as she stands in a queue with other voters near the polling station at the Russian embassy in Berlin

Freedom of Speech Award: DW honors Navalny's widow

Who is Yulia Navalnaya, the winner of this year's DW Freedom of Speech Award?
Freedom of SpeechMay 3, 202402:26 min
Yulia Navalnaya stands in a queue with other voters at a polling station near the Russian embassy in Berlin, after noon local time, on Sunday, March 17, 2024

Yulia Navalnaya to receive DW Freedom of Speech Award 2024

The widow of Russian opposition leader Navalny and his foundation are the 10th DW Freedom of Speech Award laureates.
MediaMay 3, 2024
A person holding a TV camera against a backdrop which reads Alternative fuer Deutschland

Far-right AfD: How should German media deal with the party?

Whether public or private, German media outlets have struggled to find a way to report about the far-right party.
PoliticsMay 2, 2024
People sitting at tables under a banner advertising the African Investigative Journalism Conference

Why a free press in Africa is vital for development

Press freedom isn't just a democratic principle. Observers say it's a non-negotiable catalyst for Africa's development.
SocietyMay 2, 202401:41 min
Demonstrators carrying the EU and Georgian flags

Georgians see threat in controversial 'Russian law'

Georgians continue to take to the streets to demonstrate against draft legislation they say would violate their rights.
PoliticsMay 2, 2024
DW Podcast | Inside Europe | provisorisch f ROAD

Inside Europe 2 May 2024

The Gaza flotilla activists stranded in Turkey, why Scotland's Humza Yousaf quit while Spain's Pedro Sanchez stays and media activists call for the right to information. Also: EU election season is now underway, why EU enlargement states have veered to the far right, the end for Slovakia's public broadcaster, Venice's pay-to-get-in rule and Denmark cashes in on Sweden’s Eurovision limelight.
PoliticsMay 2, 202454:59 min
Russian journalist Konstantin Gabov at a hearing in Moscow

Russia: Navalny-linked journalists arrested over 'extremism'

Two Russian journalists have been accused of working for a group founded by the late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
PoliticsApril 28, 2024
Mali's junta leader Assimi Goita

Mali widens crackdown on politics, media

The ruling junta has imposed bans on the activities of political parties and media coverage of political life.
PoliticsApril 13, 2024
A bookstore in Hong Kong with a slogan above its door that reads "Ideas are bulletproof"

Hong Kong bookstores face more censorship, less freedom

After Hong Kong passed a new national security law, more liberal-minded bookstores are being forced to close.
SocietyApril 2, 202403:13 min
Survive and Thrive: The Media Viability Podcast by DW Akademie

How to survive and thrive as a feminist media outlet

Michelle Nogales is the CEO of Muy Waso, Bolivia’s first feminist online magazine.
MediaMarch 30, 2024
Archive photo of police tape in London

UK: London-based Iranian journalist stabbed

The attack against Pouria Zeraati is the latest in a number of threats faced by Persian-language journalists in Britain.
CrimeMarch 30, 2024
A screenshot of Radio Free Asia's Cantonese language website taken on March 29, 2024

Radio Free Asia shuts Hong Kong bureau over new security law

Article 23, enacted last week, gives Hong Kong authorities greater powers to crush dissent.
Press FreedomMarch 29, 2024
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court

Fighting to free journalist Evan Gershkovich from Russia

It's been a year since American reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested and detained in Moscow.
Human RightsMarch 29, 202402:32 min
Israeli and Arab activists gather to hold a demonstration to demand a cease-fire for Gaza

Arab Israelis battle repression amid Israel-Hamas conflict

For Israel's Arab minority, life was complicated enough before the war. But now, things are even harder.
Freedom of SpeechMarch 26, 2024
pregnant woman casting her vote during the parliamentary election August 29, 2022

Democracies under threat around the globe

In the last two years alone, votes in 25 countries have been less free and fair than before, according to a new study.
PoliticsMarch 19, 2024