This World Press Freedom Day, I appeal to all who cherish free speech to join our fight to secure my father’s release so he can leave Hong Kong and spend his old age with his family.

Journalists gather for a demonstration during World Press Freedom Day in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on May 3, 2025. (Doaa Albaz / Anadolu via Getty Images) This article appears in the June 2025 issue, with ...

On May 3, the international community marked World Press Freedom Day, a day designated by the United Nations to galvanize action to ensure and protect press freedom globally.

President George W. Bush first designated World Freedom Day as a national observance in 2001. It marks the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of communist rule in ...

The natural disasters angle also fed into the theme of the 2025 World Press Freedom Day, which dealt with journalism in the face of the global environmental crisis. To this point, the Media ...

Today is May 3, World Press Freedom Day. In Turkey, where the government has eliminated judicial independence, the fact that journalists can be arbitrarily arrested at any moment was once again ...

Artificial intelligence is reshaping multiple industries, including journalism. In the week of World Press Freedom Day, it’s worth considering how the technology can impact media freedom. This picture ...

Rock band R.E.M. released a never-before-heard remix — “Radio Free Europe 2025” — in tribute to RFE/RL, at a time when broadcaster's future is uncertain and funding unstable as the Trump ...