An Australian Federal Police raid on the country's public broadcaster ABC after reports that military forces were being investigated for possible war crimes in Afghanistan was designed to silence the media, the network's chief said.

The journalists could be charged with holding classified information, including that provided by David McBride, a whistleblowing former military lawyer

Police entered the Sydney headquarters of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in on June 5, the day after authorities searched the Canberra home in the country's capital of Sunday Telegraph Political Editor Annika Smethurt over her 2018 story revealing a government plan to spy on citizens, outraging journalists and media advocates

In a statement, the AFP said the warrant was related “to the alleged publishing of information classified as an official secret, which is an extremely serious matter that has the potential to undermine Australia’s national security”

Blueprint joins a group of 47 technology giants and digital security organizations who have condemned a proposal that would silently add a law enforcement participant to a group chat or call

Despite a strong California shield law allowing journalists to protect their sources, San Francisco police used a sledgehammer to smash through the door of the home of a freelance journalist and confiscated his electronic equipment

Blueprint for Free Speech and its Indian legal partner Nishith Desai Associates have won the Financial Times' Asia Pacific Lawyers Awards 2019 in the category of Innovation in the Rule of Law and Access to Justice

Swedbank's growing scandal which brought about the departure of CEO Birgitte Bonnesen and Chairman Lars Idermark, could get worse with a report commissioned by the bank allegedly showing that institution filtered as much as 20 billion euros ($22.47) in dirty Russian money through its Estonian branch, much more than was previously believed

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The current indictment does not directly seek to criminalise publishing, but targets the communications between sources and journalists that make publication possible

An outside audit commissioned in the wake of the Danske Bank scandal has found that Sweden’s Swedbank failed to ensure that money was not laundered through its own Estonian branch