A study has found Pakistan a high-risk country in terms of media pluralism with more than half of the mass media ownership concentrated in only a few hands.
(Bloomberg) A German company long criticized for helping governments spy on communications has shut down operations and filed for insolvency, according to authorities.
A court in Turkey has acquitted journalist and translator Mesale Tolu of belonging to a terrorist organization. Tolu said "the verdict cannot make up for the repression and the time spent in detention."