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Challenges to press freedom: Journalists under fire for protecting source confidentiality

Challenges to press freedom: Journalists under fire for protecting source confidentiality

by Laeba Hafiz | Apr 17, 2024 | Politics

WASHINGTON—On Thursday, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and others urged the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution and Limited Government to protect the fundamental liberties of journalists and their sources. Advocates of a federal shield law argue that it would...
Turkmenistan Independence Day overshadowed by treatment of press

Turkmenistan Independence Day overshadowed by treatment of press

by Andrew Merica | Nov 8, 2016 | National Security

In America, we enjoy our First Amendment right to a free press. Unfortunately, numerous other countries do not have that luxury. Non-profit press freedom advocacy group Reporters Without Borders has ranked the country of Turkmenistan 178 out of 180 countries in...

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