There can be no press freedom when journalists exist in conditions of corruption, poverty and fear.

At some point it becomes a human rights issue. A hotelier might like greeting people and want to continue doing it. What right has the government to tax that person out of business?

Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights.

Gay rights are human rights.

This is a vicious witch-hunt aimed at crushing the voice of dissent.

At a time when editorial independence needs to be defended, we find the closure of this newspaper shocking.