Journalists around the world are facing retaliation for reporting on the Panama Papers scandal. The corruption reaches so deep that it is causing the parent company of one major Spanish paper, El Pais, to sue another...

Propaganda and media attacks on human rights defenders in Serbia are endangering their lives and shrinking the space in which they operate.

No free speech means no democracy. Here is our new video we made with Kurzgesagt about the current threats to freedom of speech in Europe. Share this video before it’s too late.

One of the few remaining opposition publications in Hungary, the 60-year-old left-leaning Hungarian daily paper Népszabadság has closed down without prior notice. Journalists were surprised early Saturday when they were shut out of the office.

The Central Electoral Commission advised the Lithuanian prime minister to abstain from appearing on a show aired on a public broadcast channel, warning him that his appearance would violate the Law on Elections to...

A climate of fear and tension combined with increasing control over newsrooms by governments and the private sector are the biggest challenges to media freedom today, claims Reporters Without Borders in its World...

A Polish journalist preparing an article sent questions to a company for comment. The company found the content of the questions harmful to its reputation and filed a criminal case for defamation, even though the...

Three years in prison for disrespecting Romania: MPs discuss harsh new penalties for insulting the flag, anthem, police, judiciary, etc.

Russian journalist Andrei Nekrasov has found political refuge in Lithuania. Nekrasov, who had been persecuted for criticizing the authorities and convicted of slandering a politician of the ruling party, fled Russia,...

Europe's democratic shortcomings are more significant and geographically widespread than previously understood, according to the latest overview of human rights, democracy and the rule of law in the 47 Council of...