Tunisia votes Sunday in its third presidential election since the Arab Spring

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — With his major opponents imprisoned or left off the ballot, Tunisian President Kais Saied faces few obstacles to winning reelection on Sunday, five years after riding anti-establishment backlash to a first term. The North African country's Oct. 6 presidential...

A Cambodian reporter who exposed scams charged over online posts

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian investigative reporter who exposed online scams and corruption was charged on Tuesday with a criminal offense that could land him in prison for two years for material he posted on social media. Freelance reporter Mech Dara was arrested...

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says he is free after years of incarceration because he pleaded 'guilty to journalism'

A Cambodian reporter who investigated online scam centers has been arrested

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian freelance reporter Mech Dara, noted for investigative reporting in a country with limited press freedom, was arrested Monday, a leading local human rights organization and a journalists association said. Known especially for investigating...

Senior Hong Kong journalist is sentenced to prison in sedition case seen as barometer of media freedom; second is freed

Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong's convictions of journalists in sedition case

HONG KONG (AP) — The convictions of two Hong Kong journalists who led a now-shuttered online news outlet have deepened concerns of media groups and foreign governments over the city’s press freedom, though local officials say there are no restrictions when journalists stick to the facts. ...

Russia bans 92 more Americans from the country, including journalists

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's Foreign Ministry announced 92 additions Wednesday to its list of Americans banned from entering the country, including some journalists who formerly worked in Russia, and law enforcement and business people. A ministry statement said the bans were imposed...

A military court has sentenced a Myanmar journalist to life in prison, outlet's editor says

BANGKOK (AP) — A military court in Myanmar has given a life prison sentence to a local journalist and sentenced one of his colleagues to 20 years after convicting them under a counterterrorism law, their editor said Wednesday. The sentences for Myo Myint Oo and Aung San Oo of the...

Ex-politician convicted in 2022 killing of Las Vegas reporter sentenced to life with parole eligibility at 20 years

A Syrian journalist who reports for international agencies is arrested by Turkish-backed authorities

IDLIB, Syria (AP) — A local journalist in rebel-held northwestern Syria who works with international news agencies was arrested by Turkish-backed authorities, his wife and rights groups said Tuesday. Journalists and activists called Bakr Qassim's arrest part of an ongoing crackdown...