In 2021 Jamaica peaked at number seven in the world rankings. In 2022 the country’s ranking slipped to number 12. In a publication to mark Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2023, Reporters without ...

“We have to uphold a free press and freedom of speech because, in the end, lies and misinformation are no match for the truth.” — Barack Obama Journalism is the collection, preparation, and ...

Editor’s Note: This article is part of an ongoing series about press freedom and safety in various countries around the world. In 2017, Jamaica was ranked eighth in Reporters Without Borders ...

After a seven-year debate involving representatives of the government, media, and civil society, Jamaica has now become the first independent Caribbean country to have no criminal defamation laws — ...

In a case that may reshape how religious liberty is protected behind bars, the U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that ...

However, instead of regaining his freedom, he was transferred to an Immigration and ... a fellow deportee, observed his arrival in Jamaica. While Jamaica was a country Thomas had never physically ...

The State Department issued a stark travel warning for Jamaica in the Caribbean after 65 murders were reported in January, upgrading to a Level 3: "reconsider travel." ...

Nascimento Blair returned home in shackles. He landed in Jamaica in February, 21 years after he had abandoned the island, seated next to dozens of his countrymen who were also handcuffed.

Jamaican litblogger Geoffrey Philp encourages us to support this year's World Press Freedom Day, coming up on May 3rd.

“This is what I feel writing and self-publishing has given me the right that I was born with–permission to speak.” Forrest Gump helps Jamaican blogger Geoffrey Philp understand the meaning of freedom.