Democracy is built on freedom, human rights and the participation of all. On #DemocracyDay#, @UNESCO promotes dialogue, inclusion and democratic values, helping foster peaceful and resilient societies. 🔗 #FreedomOfExpression# #PressFreedom#

Join @FPANewYork and @spj_tweets International Community tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET for a Zoom discussion on the proposed changes to U.S. media I visas and their potential impact on foreign correspondents. 🔗 Register: #pressfreedom#

Iranian photojournalist Yalda Moaiery has been sentenced to 15 years in prison under legislation enacted after the 2025 Israel-Iran war. Moaiery, known for documenting dissent and women’s lives, said IRGC intelligence officers raided her home during anti-government protests and seized her electronic equipment. She said they returned after US air strikes this year and confiscated her belongings again. The case has raised fresh concerns over press freedom and dissent in Iran. #Iran# #YaldaMoaiery# #PressFreedom# #Journalism# #IndiaTodayGlobal#

🔴🎤 [LIVE FROM LONDON] Trust Conference #TC2026# | Exposing the machinery of digital repression. “Disinformation is organized. Corruption is organized. Surveillance is organized. So, we, journalists, should be organized as well.” @laurentrichard0, founder of Forbidden Stories, is taking the stage at the London Trust Conference 2026 @trustconf hosted by the @TRF. From Russian surveillance technology deployed in Iran to Pegasus spyware in Morocco and the global disinformation industry exposed by our #StoryKillers# investigation, Laurent is revealing how Forbidden Stories and its partners have uncovered the hidden machinery of digital repression. 🔎 Facial recognition, spyware, disinformation campaigns: these powerful tools are designed to operate in the shadows. But investigative journalism can bring them to light. Through these investigations, Laurent is highlighting a powerful message: cross-border collaboration is essential to exposing those who seek to silence journalists and manipulate information. ✊ Because when journalists work together, their stories become much harder to silence. Killing the journalist won't kill the story. #LondonTrustConference# #TC2026# #PressFreedom# #InvestigativeJournalism# #DigitalSurveillance#

Joint Statement: 59 press freedom, journalists’, human rights, and international organizations urgently call on Thai Government to refrain from forcibly returning investigative journalist Bai Zhaodong to China.

Yesterday was World Press Freedom Day and the US just dropped to 64th in the global rankings. This isn’t about one politician or one party. It’s been a decades-long slide. @RSFUSA's Clayton Weimers says it points to something deeper: structural problems that keep dragging press freedom down.

All freedom depends on press freedom. Without it, there can be no human rights, no sustainable development & no peace. On this World Press Freedom Day, let's protect the rights of journalists & build a world where the truth & the truth-tellers are safe.