Jean-Paul Marthoz
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Jean-Paul Marthoz
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Public interest journalism/press freedom/national security. Author: Council of Europe press freedom report; Terrorism and the Media" (Unesco);« Balancing Act", "Fragile Progress" (EU and press freedom, CPJ). Ex-HRW, Le Soir. Motto: "Giustizia e Liberta"
Self-censorship because of fears of Trump's retaliation?
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
Gallup Will No Longer Track Presidential Approval Ratings
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Comment une démocratie se meurt? Les 12 indicateurs du New York Times
jeanpaulmarthoz.substack.com/p/comment-un... @jacquespolis.bsky.social
Comment une démocratie se meurt. Faites le test du New York Times
12 indices de la destruction d'une démocratie. Appliquez-les à votre propre pays.
jeanpaulmarthoz.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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Chief international BBC news correspondent Lyse Doucet is in Tehran. Under strict conditions. One is that none of her material be used on the BBC's Persian Service. "The pain is still raw after unprecedented force was used to put down the protests."
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
BBC's Lyse Doucet in Tehran for first time since unprecedented protest crackdown
Lyse Doucet reports from Iran, where she says the pain is still raw after unprecedented force was used to put down the protests there.
www.bbc.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:25 AM
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Epstein story. Follow it on the site of Julie K. Brown, of The Miami Herald, who stubbornly investigated the story despite the pressures and exposed the "perversion of justice"
www.miamiherald.com/profile/2186...
Julie K. Brown
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Julie K. Brown is a member of the Miami Herald’s Investigative Team. Her 2017 probe into Palm Beach sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein won multiple journalism ...
www.miamiherald.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:08 AM
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Azerbaijan and its increasing recourse to "transnational repression", from in-absentia convictions to cross-border adbductions or the misuse of international extradition mechanisms
www.hrw.org/news/2026/02...
Azerbaijan Expands Crackdown on Activists in Exile
Courts in Azerbaijan have handed down further politically motivated in-absentia convictions against journalists, bloggers, and other critics of the government living abroad, expanding the authorities’...
www.hrw.org
February 11, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Neutralité ? Impartialité ? Honneteté ? Engagement ? Un dialogue passionnant entre deux grandes signatures Jon Lee Anderson et Patricia Simon open.substack.com/pub/jeanpaul... @bertrandhenne.bsky.social @cdjm.org @larevuedesmedias.bsky.social @revista5w.bsky.social
Lu pour vous: Guerra, paz y periodismo
Un dialogue d'une rare qualité entre Patricia Simon et Jon Lee Anderson. Sur le journalisme, l'engagement ou la neutralité. J'en livre mes "morceaux choisis", en toute subjectivité.
open.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Azerbaijan and its increasing recourse to "transnational repression", from in-absentia convictions to cross-border adbductions or the misuse of international extradition mechanisms
www.hrw.org/news/2026/02...
Azerbaijan Expands Crackdown on Activists in Exile
Courts in Azerbaijan have handed down further politically motivated in-absentia convictions against journalists, bloggers, and other critics of the government living abroad, expanding the authorities’...
www.hrw.org
February 11, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Epstein story. Follow it on the site of Julie K. Brown, of The Miami Herald, who stubbornly investigated the story despite the pressures and exposed the "perversion of justice"
www.miamiherald.com/profile/2186...
Julie K. Brown
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Julie K. Brown is a member of the Miami Herald’s Investigative Team. Her 2017 probe into Palm Beach sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein won multiple journalism ...
www.miamiherald.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Chief international BBC news correspondent Lyse Doucet is in Tehran. Under strict conditions. One is that none of her material be used on the BBC's Persian Service. "The pain is still raw after unprecedented force was used to put down the protests."
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
BBC's Lyse Doucet in Tehran for first time since unprecedented protest crackdown
Lyse Doucet reports from Iran, where she says the pain is still raw after unprecedented force was used to put down the protests there.
www.bbc.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:25 AM
"L'objectivité, c'est de la m...". La phrase de Martha Gellhorn a été remise en cause par l'histoire, mais la neutralité n'est pas une option quand la démocratie est menacée. jeanpaulmarthoz.substack.com/p/lu-pour-vo...
Lu pour vous: Guerra, paz y periodismo
Un dialogue d'une rare qualité entre Patricia Simon et Jon Lee Anderson. Sur le journalisme, l'engagement ou la neutralité. J'en livre mes "morceaux choisis", en toute subjectivité.
jeanpaulmarthoz.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:06 AM
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Liberté de la presse. Excellent survol d'une situation de crise globale, par @Pamela Morinière, de la Fédération internationale des journalistes; Sur La Première @rtbf.be. Merci de m'avoir invité @ifjglobal.bsky.social
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Tendances Première: Les Tendanceurs - Trump contre la presse : un avertissement pour l’Europe, avec Pamela Morinière
Entre arrestations, pressions économiques et délégitimation des journalistes, l’administration Trump continue de bousculer les règles du jeu médiatique. Une stratégie qui rappelle certaines dérives d
auvio.rtbf.be
February 9, 2026 at 8:48 AM
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Trump and his supporters claim they defend free speechThe reality is they are destroying the free press everywhere.
www.cjr.org/analysis/dis...
What the end of US foreign assistance to independent media has wrought
For decades, American taxpayers helped promote democracy around the world. Then the US switched teams.
www.cjr.org
February 9, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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They say they save money. What is sure is that "they" no longer save lives.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
Opinion | What We Lost When We Lost U.S.A.I.D.
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:22 PM
They say they save money. What is sure is that "they" no longer save lives.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
Opinion | What We Lost When We Lost U.S.A.I.D.
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Trump and his supporters claim they defend free speechThe reality is they are destroying the free press everywhere.
www.cjr.org/analysis/dis...
What the end of US foreign assistance to independent media has wrought
For decades, American taxpayers helped promote democracy around the world. Then the US switched teams.
www.cjr.org
February 9, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Liberté de la presse. Excellent survol d'une situation de crise globale, par @Pamela Morinière, de la Fédération internationale des journalistes; Sur La Première @rtbf.be. Merci de m'avoir invité @ifjglobal.bsky.social
auvio.rtbf.be/media/tendan...
Tendances Première: Les Tendanceurs - Trump contre la presse : un avertissement pour l’Europe, avec Pamela Morinière
Entre arrestations, pressions économiques et délégitimation des journalistes, l’administration Trump continue de bousculer les règles du jeu médiatique. Une stratégie qui rappelle certaines dérives d
auvio.rtbf.be
February 9, 2026 at 8:48 AM
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⚖️ L'ex-patron de presse hongkongais Jimmy Lai a été condamné lundi à 20 ans de prison, la peine la plus lourde jamais infligée en vertu de la loi sur la sécurité nationale, imposée par Pékin ⬇️
February 9, 2026 at 7:25 AM