Britain continues on its authoritarian road by targeting pro-Palestine journalists, activists, academics, doctors, musicians, former MPs and lawyers, seizing property and using “the process as punishment.”
Britain Detains US Human Rights Lawyer
Category: Censorship
Mary Kostakidis Wins CN’s Gary Webb Award
The prominent Australian journalist, in court accused of racial hatred for her reporting critical of Israel’s genocide, has won Consortium News’ 2026 Gary Webb Freedom of the Press Award, which she was given at a ceremony in Sydney on Sunday.
‘Terrorist’ Ban Risked UK Activists’ Right to Fair Trial
The former home secretary was told proscribing anti-genocide activists Palestine Action within six months of key Filton hearing could prejudice the case, but she went ahead anyway, reports John McEvoy.
Iran Blasts YouTube Ban on Lego Mockery Videos
While Explosive Media’s content can no longer be viewed on YouTube — which is owned by Google — it appears unaffected on other major platforms such as Instagram, X and TikTok, where it has garnered millions of views.
WATCH: Media, Power & Manipulation
Is the West still a democracy – or already a declining empire? German journalist Patrik Baab interviews CN Editor Joe Lauria about the U.S. roles in Ukraine, Gaza and the suppression of free speech in the West.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: A German Journalist’s ‘Civil Death’
Hüseyin Dogru is the first E.U. citizen to be sanctioned by the union and the first journalist to land on the list because of his work. What is Dogru’s crime? Don’t ask: He has not committed one.
Truth, Media & the War on Iran
We reject war. But for wars to end, journalists must work without fear or intimidation, and media ownership can’t become a means of control, writes Ramzy Baroud.
Crushing the Right to Conscientiously Object
Elizabeth Vos on the social-media suppression of information that could help U.S service people refuse to join the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran as fears grow that Trump will send ground troops into the conflict.
Hedges Report: The US in Freefall
Chris Hedges and Ahmed Eldin discuss the propagandistic purpose that corporate media serves in the age of the American-Israeli project of genocidal colonialism.
Mamdani Backs Modi Critic Jailed Without End
The NYC mayor supports dissident leader Umar Khalid, jailed five years without bail in a deliberate attempt to turn the process into punishment, writes Betwa Sharma.