Peter Greste

Peter Greste is Professor of Journalism and Communications, Macquarie University is an academic, author and journalist. He spent 30 years as a journalist, 25 of them as a foreign correspondent working for the BBC, Al Jazeera and Reuters among others. After a 400-day spell in Egypt on terrorism charges, he has made it his mission to advocate for media freedom everywhere.

Apartheid

Israel now ranks among the world’s leading jailers of journalists. We don’t know why they’re behind bars

Peter Greste

By Peter Greste, Macquarie University | – (The Conversation) – Israel has emerged as one of the world’s leading jailers of journalists, according to a newly released census compiled by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists. Each year, the committee releases a snapshot of the number of journalists behind bars as of December 1 […]