#pressfreedom — Public Fediverse posts
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Picture credit: Memorial, memopzk.org.
The European Federation of Science Journalists (EFSJ) stands in solidarity with Darya Shipacheva, the Russian science and health journalist who was sentenced to 12 years in prison on dubious treason charges, after an expedited process with zero transparency.
Shipacheva is an experienced science and health reporter with bylines in major Russian media outlets. She is a book author and podcaster who used her lived experience with chronic pain to inform her audiences on a topic that otherwise gets very little attention.
According to media reports, Shipacheva, who was born in Ukraine, may have been accused of treason after a money transfer to relatives there. She was arrested shortly before graduating from her Master’s program in 2025 and spent about a year in detention before a closed-door court hearing on July 27 that lasted a total of 1.5 hours.
Treason charges in Russia are notoriously impossible to beat in court and widely thought to be an instrument of political persecution, fueled by perverse incentives for the state security services. Several dozen Russian scientists *and journalists* have also been accused of treason in the last decades, and overall new treason cases have skyrocketed after the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Government has stepped up its relentless attack on the independent media and civil society. As a result, the Russian Association for Science Journalism (AKSON), a founding member of the EFSJ in 2019, was forced to disband following pressure from the Russian Government.
Darya Shipacheva, as well as other journalists imprisoned in Russia, should be free to do their job.
https://efsj.eu/2026/08/03/efsj-stands-in-solidarity-with-darya-shipacheva/ #pressFreedom #statement -
Picture credit: Memorial, memopzk.org.
The European Federation of Science Journalists (EFSJ) stands in solidarity with Darya Shipacheva, the Russian science and health journalist who was sentenced to 12 years in prison on dubious treason charges, after an expedited process with zero transparency.
Shipacheva is an experienced science and health reporter with bylines in major Russian media outlets. She is a book author and podcaster who used her lived experience with chronic pain to inform her audiences on a topic that otherwise gets very little attention.
According to media reports, Shipacheva, who was born in Ukraine, may have been accused of treason after a money transfer to relatives there. She was arrested shortly before graduating from her Master’s program in 2025 and spent about a year in detention before a closed-door court hearing on July 27 that lasted a total of 1.5 hours.
Treason charges in Russia are notoriously impossible to beat in court and widely thought to be an instrument of political persecution, fueled by perverse incentives for the state security services. Several dozen Russian scientists *and journalists* have also been accused of treason in the last decades, and overall new treason cases have skyrocketed after the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Government has stepped up its relentless attack on the independent media and civil society. As a result, the Russian Association for Science Journalism (AKSON), a founding member of the EFSJ in 2019, was forced to disband following pressure from the Russian Government.
Darya Shipacheva, as well as other journalists imprisoned in Russia, should be free to do their job.
https://efsj.eu/2026/08/03/efsj-stands-in-solidarity-with-darya-shipacheva/ #pressFreedom #statement -
She was 13 when the world decided who she was.
At 24, she scored the first run in the first game of America's first pro women's baseball league in 72 years.
Mo'ne Davis never stopped playing — the sport just had to catch up.
New deep dive, out now on Patreon: 72 years, 4 failed leagues, and one long way back to first.
👉
https://www.patreon.com/Free_Press_Forever#AureFreePress #Journalism #IndependentJournalism #PressFreedom #WomensBaseball
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Activists Frenchie Cumpio, Marielle Domequil seek reversal of Tacloban court ruling
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Activists Frenchie Cumpio, Marielle Domequil seek reversal of Tacloban court ruling
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Calling the editor of The Economist a "traitor to the west" because she brought crime stats to an argument is spectacular. Apparently, citing actual data over vibe-based doom-mongering is now a national security threat. ☕ #PressFreedom https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/01/elon-musk-truth-interview-editor-economist
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Calling the editor of The Economist a "traitor to the west" because she brought crime stats to an argument is spectacular. Apparently, citing actual data over vibe-based doom-mongering is now a national security threat. ☕ #PressFreedom https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/01/elon-musk-truth-interview-editor-economist
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Another #NYTimes reporter fighting #Drumpf admin #subpoena over 2 years worth of #notes, #contacts and personal documents.
Lawyer for #Journalist Matthew Coles said "He will defend press freedom and the #FirstAmendment from this administration’s brazen attacks on journalists, and he will honor his commitment to his sources."
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/01/subpoena-freelance-new-york-times-reporter #PressFreedom #Intimdation #
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Another #NYTimes reporter fighting #Drumpf admin #subpoena over 2 years worth of #notes, #contacts and personal documents.
Lawyer for #Journalist Matthew Coles said "He will defend press freedom and the #FirstAmendment from this administration’s brazen attacks on journalists, and he will honor his commitment to his sources."
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/01/subpoena-freelance-new-york-times-reporter #PressFreedom #Intimdation #
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Freelance New York Times reporter subpoenaed over reporting on failed US mission in North Korea
By Marina DunbarNewspaper revealed that US prosecutors demanded contacts and sources from reporter Matthew Cole
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/01/subpoena-freelance-new-york-times-reporter
#NewYorkTimes #Trumpadministration #USconstitutionandcivilliberties #Pressfreedom #Newspapers #USpressandpublishing #USjusticesystem #Media #LawUS #USnews #TheGuardian #MarinaDunbar
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Freelance New York Times reporter subpoenaed over reporting on failed US mission in North Korea
By Marina DunbarNewspaper revealed that US prosecutors demanded contacts and sources from reporter Matthew Cole
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/01/subpoena-freelance-new-york-times-reporter
#NewYorkTimes #Trumpadministration #USconstitutionandcivilliberties #Pressfreedom #Newspapers #USpressandpublishing #USjusticesystem #Media #LawUS #USnews #TheGuardian #MarinaDunbar
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Three stories. One uncomfortable pattern.
Reported MI5 emails. A national-security law passed in 29 days. Rising fuel costs, weaker growth and mounting economic pressure from the Iran war.
Read the evidence. Decide for yourself.
https://thomaster.substack.com/p/uk-three-stories-colliding-this-week
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Three stories. One uncomfortable pattern.
Reported MI5 emails. A national-security law passed in 29 days. Rising fuel costs, weaker growth and mounting economic pressure from the Iran war.
Read the evidence. Decide for yourself.
https://thomaster.substack.com/p/uk-three-stories-colliding-this-week
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Weaponising the law: Reuters released a new report on threats to free press in South Africa, and found half the journalists surveyed faced ‘lawfare’ and SLAPPs to silence them, including gagging orders, abuse of privacy laws, and defamation claims seeking excessively high damages as a form of intimidation.
#PressFreedom
https://www.trust.org/resource/weaponising-the-law-south-africa/?utm_source=az-x&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wol-sa&utm_content=tile -
Weaponising the law: Reuters released a new report on threats to free press in South Africa, and found half the journalists surveyed faced ‘lawfare’ and SLAPPs to silence them, including gagging orders, abuse of privacy laws, and defamation claims seeking excessively high damages as a form of intimidation.
#PressFreedom
https://www.trust.org/resource/weaponising-the-law-south-africa/?utm_source=az-x&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wol-sa&utm_content=tile -
Media Changes in Montenegro Intensify Alarm About Foreign Influence
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Media Changes in Montenegro Intensify Alarm About Foreign Influence
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Judge Orders Trump to Turn Over Financial Docs to BBC
It seems at a glance to be same-old² but this particular order is quite significant for #pressFreedom, #journalism, #freeSpeech, #counterDisruption
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Judge Orders Trump to Turn Over Financial Docs to BBC
It seems at a glance to be same-old² but this particular order is quite significant for #pressFreedom, #journalism, #freeSpeech, #counterDisruption
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Over on the tickie tockie app, Sarah Sakatos (user::ssakatos) posted a recording of a live TV broadcast, showing a creative way a station employee used to get fired, while insisting on factual reporting.
#MAGA #politics #USA #pressfreedom #resistance #fuckdonaldtrump
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Over on the tickie tockie app, Sarah Sakatos (user::ssakatos) posted a recording of a live TV broadcast, showing a creative way a station employee used to get fired, while insisting on factual reporting.
#MAGA #politics #USA #pressfreedom #resistance #fuckdonaldtrump
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A third of UK journalists have changed how or what they report over fears for safety, study finds
By Michael Savage Media editorGovernment-backed investigation finds risks are normalised amid ‘a narrowing of the public conversation’
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jul/26/uk-journalists-changed-how-what-report-fears-safety
#Journalistsafety #Media #UKnews #Pressfreedom #Newspapersmagazines #TheGuardian #MichaelSavageMediaeditor
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A third of UK journalists have changed how or what they report over fears for safety, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jul/26/uk-journalists-changed-how-what-report-fears-safety #JournalistSafety #Media #UkNews #PressFreedom #NewspapersMagazines
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A third of UK journalists have changed how or what they report over fears for safety, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jul/26/uk-journalists-changed-how-what-report-fears-safety #JournalistSafety #Media #UkNews #PressFreedom #NewspapersMagazines
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Trump forced to play good sport at correspondents’ dinner – but it couldn’t last
By Robert Tait in WashingtonPresident’s speech at Friday’s event started well enough but quickly moved to the usual insults, taunts, jokes and grievances
#DonaldTrump #USnews #Pressfreedom #TheGuardian #RobertTaitinWashington
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Trump forced to play good sport at correspondents’ dinner – but it couldn’t last https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/trump-forced-to-play-good-sport-at-correspondents-dinner-but-it-couldnt-last #DonaldTrump #UsNews #PressFreedom
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Trump forced to play good sport at correspondents’ dinner – but it couldn’t last https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/trump-forced-to-play-good-sport-at-correspondents-dinner-but-it-couldnt-last #DonaldTrump #UsNews #PressFreedom
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LIVE: Trump speaks at White House Correspondents’ Association dinner
President Trump is expected to deliver what the White House described as a "unifying yet vicious" speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, a gathering celebrating press freedom that was postponed after a shooting outside the original event. #WhiteHouse #Trump #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner #PressFreedom #Press #Live #Reuters #News Keep up with the latest news from around the…
https://fllics.com/en/video/live-trump-speaks-at-white-house-correspondents-association-dinner/
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LIVE: Trump speaks at White House Correspondents’ Association dinner
President Trump is expected to deliver what the White House described as a "unifying yet vicious" speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, a gathering celebrating press freedom that was postponed after a shooting outside the original event. #WhiteHouse #Trump #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner #PressFreedom #Press #Live #Reuters #News Keep up with the latest news from around the…
https://fllics.com/en/video/live-trump-speaks-at-white-house-correspondents-association-dinner/
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Many say newspapers are closing because of the internet.
But most newspapers were profitable well into the internet era.
The real cause involves real estate deals and Wall Street bankers.
Read all about it on Plain Meaning:
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Many say newspapers are closing because of the internet.
But most newspapers were profitable well into the internet era.
The real cause involves real estate deals and Wall Street bankers.
Read all about it on Plain Meaning:
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Britain's new State Threats Act makes it a crime to receive information from designated groups — with no journalist exemption. 14 years for doing your job. The government ignored warnings from BOTH independent reviewers. This is how democracies eat their own press.
Read the full investigation: https://thomaster.substack.com/p/silencing-the-scribes
#UK #PressFreedom #TerrorLaws #Journalism #StateThreats #IRGC #CivilLiberties #InvestigativeJournalism #ThomAster
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Britain's new State Threats Act makes it a crime to receive information from designated groups — with no journalist exemption. 14 years for doing your job. The government ignored warnings from BOTH independent reviewers. This is how democracies eat their own press.
Read the full investigation: https://thomaster.substack.com/p/silencing-the-scribes
#UK #PressFreedom #TerrorLaws #Journalism #StateThreats #IRGC #CivilLiberties #InvestigativeJournalism #ThomAster
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I’m seeing a lot of good news coming out of the U.S. regarding restraints applied by judges to Trump’s policies…
“Criticized by a federal judge for sloppy legal work, the government on Thursday grudgingly withdrew subpoenas that would have compelled three New York Times reporters to testify about their sources for articles about President Donald Trump’s Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet.
The withdrawals in U.S. District Court followed a remarkable back and forth between a visibly irritated Judge Arun Subramanian and government lawyers. They come at a time when the Trump administration is vigorously going after news organizations whose reporting and coverage it doesn’t like — and also trying to crack down on leaks inside the government.
The government’s retreat in the face of vigorous legal opposition and a stern reprimand from a judge marked the latest instance of the Justice Department pulling back on its aggressive efforts to compel journalists to identify their sources before a grand jury. The administration recently withdrew similar subpoenas that sought to compel testimony in Virginia from journalists for The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal related to separate national security coverage.”
https://apnews.com/article/usmediatimesair-force-one-42429e4d4da8accc42b6c3ddf3f4fed5
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I’m seeing a lot of good news coming out of the U.S. regarding restraints applied by judges to Trump’s policies…
“Criticized by a federal judge for sloppy legal work, the government on Thursday grudgingly withdrew subpoenas that would have compelled three New York Times reporters to testify about their sources for articles about President Donald Trump’s Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet.
The withdrawals in U.S. District Court followed a remarkable back and forth between a visibly irritated Judge Arun Subramanian and government lawyers. They come at a time when the Trump administration is vigorously going after news organizations whose reporting and coverage it doesn’t like — and also trying to crack down on leaks inside the government.
The government’s retreat in the face of vigorous legal opposition and a stern reprimand from a judge marked the latest instance of the Justice Department pulling back on its aggressive efforts to compel journalists to identify their sources before a grand jury. The administration recently withdrew similar subpoenas that sought to compel testimony in Virginia from journalists for The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal related to separate national security coverage.”
https://apnews.com/article/usmediatimesair-force-one-42429e4d4da8accc42b6c3ddf3f4fed5
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Tajikistan Frees Two Journalists as Press Freedom Concerns Persist
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Tajikistan Frees Two Journalists as Press Freedom Concerns Persist
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A t-shirt with the slogan "I am a bookstore clerk" (我是書店店員) has gone viral in Taiwan. This follows the arrest of a bookseller wearing a t-shirt with the slogan in Hong Kong last week
Hong Kong authorities claim that some of the books being sold breached Hong Kong's national security law. One of the books may have been 'Let Only Red Flowers Bloom' by NPR journalist Emily Feng
#HongKong #Taiwan #bookshop #journalism #PressFreedom #香港 #台灣 #我是書店店員
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A t-shirt with the slogan "I am a bookstore clerk" (我是書店店員) has gone viral in Taiwan. This follows the arrest of a bookseller wearing a t-shirt with the slogan in Hong Kong last week
Hong Kong authorities claim that some of the books being sold breached Hong Kong's national security law. One of the books may have been 'Let Only Red Flowers Bloom' by NPR journalist Emily Feng
#HongKong #Taiwan #bookshop #journalism #PressFreedom #香港 #台灣 #我是書店店員
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#DOJ targeting #NYT families over #AirForceOne story is psychological warfare masquerading as law. #KashPatel’s crackdown is state theater designed to freeze the press via collateral terror. This #AltRealityShows spectacle leads straight to #AltSportingEvents: where a cannibal oligarchy treats journalists as prey, from DC to Gaza. The surveillance machinery knows no borders.
#SusanKlopferTruth #PressFreedom #CPJ #USPol #SurveillanceCapitalism
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/business/media/new-york-times-subpoenas-phone-records.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zFA._NPa.2VOGoj_SRYJB&smid=url-share -
#DOJ targeting #NYT families over #AirForceOne story is psychological warfare masquerading as law. #KashPatel’s crackdown is state theater designed to freeze the press via collateral terror. This #AltRealityShows spectacle leads straight to #AltSportingEvents: where a #cannibalpdfoligarchy treats journalists as prey, from #DC to #Gaza. The surveillance machinery knows no borders.
#SusanKlopferTruth #PressFreedom #CPJ #USPol #SurveillanceCapitalism
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/business/media/new-york-times-subpoenas-phone-records.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zFA._NPa.2VOGoj_SRYJB&smid=url-share -
Both Nyux & I survived Z10 attacks thru the 1st intifada, but we wont survive w/out The Sunday Shot, so make sure you like, sub, share and comment on their uploads on www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot
#PressFreedom #freepress #censorship #Auspol
@[email protected] @[email protected] ✌️😀 ☕
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dlsswsojmwbwsidpbcblzoiv/post/3mqxzxckfhc24
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Both Nyux & I survived Z10 attacks thru the 1st intifada, but we wont survive w/out The Sunday Shot, so make sure you like, sub, share and comment on their uploads on www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot
#PressFreedom #freepress #censorship #Auspol
@[email protected] @[email protected] ✌️😀 ☕
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dlsswsojmwbwsidpbcblzoiv/post/3mqxzxckfhc24
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LOL @[email protected] Galloway would be gagged & shut down if he returned home.
Things are that psycho, I see #freepress going to go back to Pirate Radio Days - LITERALLY
OG Sea Shepherd & Cap'n Paul Watson might need to guard ⛵Sea Journo's⛵ soon #PressFreedom #Auspol
youtu.be/Qrzz22CsUtY?...
Return from exile? No thanks! -
LOL @[email protected] Galloway would be gagged & shut down if he returned home.
Things are that psycho, I see #freepress going to go back to Pirate Radio Days - LITERALLY
OG Sea Shepherd & Cap'n Paul Watson might need to guard ⛵Sea Journo's⛵ soon #PressFreedom #Auspol
youtu.be/Qrzz22CsUtY?...
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A #dictator is a leader who holds absolute power, suppresses opposition, limits freedoms, controls institutions, and often uses fear, propaganda, or force to maintain authority.
In this article I share more about history and how Trump is like Hitler.https://ko-fi.com/s/821b6e32d0
#trump #reading #press #pressfreedom #president #hitler #freedom #narcissist #DonaldTrump #SAVEAmericaact
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New Video: Assault on Free Speech: DOJ Subpoenas NYT Journalists over Qatar Jet Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBr9Ez-RHxc
#Geopolitics #TrumpGeopolitics #QatariAirForceOne #PressFreedom #UkraineWarUpdates #GeopoliticalAnalysis
