Freedom of the press

Russia's Ekaterina Barabash, who has Ukrainian heritage and is an outspoken critic of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, speaks during a press conference at Reporters Without Borders (RSF) headquarters, Monday, May 5, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Russian journalist who escaped house arrest in Moscow reappears in Paris after a brutal journey

Russian journalist Ekaterina Barabash has resurfaced in Paris following an escape from Moscow last month after being put under house arrest and facing a 10-year prison sentence for posts condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The main building of the UNESCO headquarters is seen through the Globe in Paris, France, Friday, Oct. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, file)

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President of the White House Correspondents' Association Eugene Daniels poses for photographers as he arrives at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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David Diaz-Jogeix, from the Article 19 organization gestures during a press conference about the situation with the press and media freedom, in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Serbian press freedom faces ‘critical’ situation, media monitoring group warns

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Russian journalist who escaped house arrest in Moscow reappears in Paris after brutal journey

Russian journalist Ekaterina Barabash resurfaced in Paris on Monday following a daring escape from Moscow last month after being put under house arrest and facing a 10-year prison sentence for posts condemning Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. (AP video by Alexander Turnbull)

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Vuthy Tha, a Cambodian reporter at Radio Free Asia who spent 7 years in a Thai refugee camp before arriving in the United States, poses for a portrait, Tuesday, April 1, 2025, at the RFA office in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

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Journalists run for cover as protesters throw stones at a police car during a demonstration in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)

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Riot police officers use pepper spray to clear a protester during a protest after Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was arrested and sent to prison, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Huseyin Aldemir)

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The Voice of America building, Monday, June 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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Sai Zaw Thaike, a photojournalist for the independent news website Myanmar Now, works at his desk in Yangon, Myanmar in August 2020. (Myanmar Now via AP)

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Hinds County Chancery Judge Crystal Wise Martin listens to lawyer Rob McDuff, an attorney for Parents For Public Schools, during a hearing in Jackson, Miss., Aug. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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FILE- A Cambodian National flag flutters above barbed wire set up by police near the Council of Ministers building while garment workers gather for a rally in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Dec. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)

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A woman lies on the ground wailing during the funeral service of journalist Marckendy Natoux, who was killed by gang members on Christmas Eve while covering the reopening of a hospital, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

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M23 rebels stand with their weapons in Kibumba, in the eastern of Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File)

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Journalists lie wounded after being shot by armed gangs at the general hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Dieugo Andre)

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Journalists sit and talk outside Dhaka Press Club in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

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Selina Cheng, a former reporter at the Wall Street Journal, and chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association speaks to media in Hong Kong on Tuesday, Nov.12, 2024. Cheng said she'll sue the publication for sacking her because she joined a trade union. (AP Photo/ Kanis Leung)

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FILE - Activists demonstrate outside the Algerian embassy to France to demand the release of release of Algerian journalist Ihsane El Kadi, in Paris, France, March 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Algeria pardons and releases journalist who became a key voice during 2019 pro-democracy protests

Cambodian freelance journalist Mech Dara, who was released on bail waves from a car in front of the main provincial prison of Kendal Province, southern Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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Cambodian freelance journalist Mech Dara in Siem Reap, Cambodia on Feb. 21, 2021. Mech Dara was arrested on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 while driving with his family to the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. (AP Photo/Jack Brook)

A Cambodian reporter who exposed scams charged over online posts

Cambodian freelance journalist Mech Dara in Siem Reap, Cambodia on Feb. 21, 2021. Mech Dara was arrested on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 while driving with his family to the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. (AP Photo/Jack Brook)

A Cambodian reporter who investigated online scam centers has been arrested

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

FILE - Then Editor of Stand News Patrick Lam, center, is escorted by police officers into a van after they searched evidence at his office in Hong Kong, Dec. 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Hong Kong court sentences editor to 21 months in jail in a case seen as a barometer of press freedom

FILE - Then Editor of Stand News Patrick Lam, center, is escorted by police officers into a van after they searched evidence at his office in Hong Kong, Dec. 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Hong Kong editors who face prison in sedition case told court about journalistic ideals

FILE - Kadidia Bocoum shows a picture of her brother Yeri Bocoum, a Malian journalist who was kidnapped by what is suspected to be state security forces after covering a march against Mali's electricity crisis, in Bamako, Mali, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed, File)

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Selina Cheng, chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, shares intimidating Facebook posts against some of the city's journalists at a news conference in Hong Kong Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Kanis Leung)

Dozens of Hong Kong journalists and some of their families have been harassed, media group says

Chung Pui-kuen, the ex-chief editor of the now shuttered Stand News online outlet, outside the district court, in Hong Kong on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Billy H.C. Kwok)

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Chung Pui-kuen, the former chief editor of Hong Kong's now-shuttered outlet Stand News, walks outside on bail after he was found guilty in a landmark sedition trial under a colonial-era law, in Wanchai District Court in Hong Kong on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Billy H.C. Kwok)

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