Journalists at the fiercely independent Novaya Gazeta, whose co-founder received the Nobel Peace Prize, said the government had orchestrated its demise.
The Nobel laureate Dmitri Muratov, second from left, with colleagues at Novaya Gazeta’s offices in Moscow last year. “We no longer have a home or money,” he said on Friday.
News organizations owned by two billionaires close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi say the legislation could make investigative reporting nearly impossible.
Mada Masr, one of Egypt’s few independent media outlets, said a judge ordered it closed for operating without a license and detained its editor in chief.
Supporters of the opposition movement that won Sunday’s election stormed the offices of a pro-government tabloid. Another news outlet apologized for years of “one-sided” coverage.
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