# Challenges to press freedom Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-geneva-404417/challenges-to-press-freedom Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-geneva-404417/challenges-to-press-freedom.md Podcast: [Inside Geneva](https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-geneva-404417) Published: 2026-04-28T07:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/915097/episodes/19083518-challenges-to-press-freedom.mp3 Audio file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/915097/episodes/19083518-challenges-to-press-freedom.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/inside-geneva-404417/episodes/challenges-to-press-freedom Duration seconds: 2766 ## Resource Send us Fan Mail On Inside Geneva this week, we mark Press Freedom Day. Is there anything to celebrate? Irene Khan, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression: β€œThe role of journalists has never been under such pressure, and the sector itself is suffering. So these are very, very important times to take a deep breath and make sure that freedom of expression, and media freedom as part of that, is protected, because it is an extremely important pillar of democracy.” Increasingly, journalist... ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/inside-geneva-404417/episodes/challenges-to-press-freedom/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-geneva-404417/challenges-to-press-freedom.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.