Press Freedom

X@mfa_russia : Russian President Vladimir Putin

Putin Shuts Down Russia’s Last Independent Newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, After 33 Years

BY Outlook News Desk

AI : DPDP Act And The State’s Genius For Self-Deception

Column | DPDP Act And The State’s Genius For Self-Deception

BY Neeraj Thakur

| Photo: PTI : Journalists and camera crews gather outside the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi. The court is due to hear a challenge by 21 news publishers to provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act.

Privacy Or Press Freedom? Inside The Legal Fight Over India’s Data Protection Law

BY Outlook News Desk

| X : US Judge Blocks Trump’s White House Ban On CNN, MS NOW And Politico

‘Unlawful Viewpoint Discrimination’: US Judge Blocks Trump’s White House Ban On CNN, MS NOW And Politico

BY Outlook News Desk

| United Nations : An Afghan journalist records a radio programme in a studio, illustrating the role of radio in news access in Afghanistan

Taliban Suspends BBC FM Radio Across Afghanistan Over ‘Repeated Violations’: What Remains Accessible?

BY Outlook News Desk

| Halk TV : Turkish police officers block access to Halk TV’s headquarters as supporters and political representatives gather outside.

Turkey’s Media Crackdown Deepens As Police Raid Halk TV And Halt Live Broadcasts

BY Outlook News Desk

X : The White House press pool allows selected journalists to cover the president and share reports, images, video and audio with the wider press corps.

What Is White House Pool? How It Became A Battleground Between Trump And Free Press Rights

BY Outlook News Desk

X@WhiteHouse : CNN, MS NOW, Politico To Sue Trump Over White House Ban

Trump’s CNN Ban: Major US TV Networks Suspend Pooled Coverage

BY Outlook News Desk

‘Maybe It Was A Tough Question For PM Modi’: Helle Lyng Speaks About The Backlash To Her Modi Question

‘Maybe It Was A Tough Question For PM Modi’: Helle Lyng Speaks About The Backlash To Her Modi Question

PTI : Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge |

Kharge Alleges Decline in Press Freedom, Says Independent Journalism Being 'Targeted Relentlessly'

BY Outlook News Desk

(AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari) : Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, who worked for the daily Al-Akhbar newspaper, while reporting near a destroyed bridge in Qasmiyeh, Lebanon, Sunday, March 22, 2026.

The Last Assignment: Amal Khalil and the Israeli Strike That Killed Her

BY Mohammad Ali

IMAGO / NurPhoto : September 16, 2025: President Donald Trump files a lawsuit for $15 billion against The New York Times, four of its reporters, and Penguin Random House.

Can NYT And NPR Court Wins Against Trump Administration Help Freedom Of Press Globally?

BY Anwiti Singh

PTI : Delhi High Court summons Wikipedia |

News agency UNI's Delhi office sealed amid heavy police deployment after court order

BY PTI

Tribhuvan Tiwari
: Arrest of protestors against air pollution in Delhi

International Human Rights Day: India’s Growing Fundamental Rights Deficit

| File Photo; Representative Image : The walkout marked an effort to preserve access to information independent of government control, even if that now must be done from outside the Pentagon’s walls.

Pentagon Reporters Leave En Masse After Rejecting New Restrictions On Press Access

BY Outlook News Desk

Courtesy DAG : ‘Bangladesh War’ (1971) Artwork by Chittaprosad

The Homey Taste Of Lies

X.com : Turning to South Asia, he welcomed the ceasefire announced between India and Pakistan after days of cross-border strikes and said he was “glad to hear” of the breakthrough.

Pope Leo XIV Demands Release Of Jailed Journalists, Calls Press Freedom A Global Responsibility

BY Outlook News Desk

Newspaper With a Spine: Masthead from the archives

Journalism Of Courage

BY Harish Khare

Anas Zeyad Fteha/Anadolu via Getty Images : GAZA CITY, GAZA - MAY 3: Journalists continue to work in Gaza as media professionals around the world celebrate Press Freedom Day on May 3 in Gaza City on May 3, 2025.

World Press Freedom Day | How Gaza Reportage Reflects a Constricted, Stilted Media

BY Pritha Vashisth

Shutterstock : World Press Freedom Day | The Rise of Misinformation, Propaganda, and Fake News in India

World Press Freedom Day | The Rise of Misinformation, Propaganda, and Fake News in India

BY Aranya Mukerji

Outlook Media : World Press Freedom Day | Outlook's previous issues on media and press censorship

World Press Freedom Day| A Retrospective

BY Outlook News Desk

A poster that says, save democracy save freedom press is seen during the protest.

India Ranks 151 Out Of 180 Countries In World Press Freedom Index 2025; RSF Calls It 'One Of World’s Most Dangerous Countries'

BY Outlook News Desk

Getty images : U.S. President Donald Trump

Trump Moves To Defund NPR And PBS, Citing Alleged Bias In Public Broadcasting

BY Outlook News Desk

| Representative Image : Income Tax Department Revokes Non-Profit Status Of The Reporter's Collective

Income Tax Department Revokes Non-Profit Status Of The Reporter's Collective | Details

BY Outlook News Desk

Photo by Saqib Majeed/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images : The building of a closed Kashmir Press Club after takeover by the Jammu & Kashmir government.
The government has closed the Kashmir Press Club in Kashmir valley and had cancelled the allotment of the club premises.

A Closed Press Club In Kashmir And The Politics Of Rumours

BY Naseer Ganai

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