Tag: protect journalists
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Russia bans Canada’s prime minister, foreign minister and defense minister from entering the country
Cameraman and editor Pierre Zakrzewski in an undated photo. Fox News said in an internal memo to employees on March 15 that cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski was ... -
Around 5,500 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Ireland, PM says
Police in the Kyiv region said on Sunday that two other journalists were injured by Russian troops. One of the injured journalists is believed to be ... -
Mexico rejects EU press freedom resolution: ‘We are no longer anyone’s colony’
Mexico’s government on Thursday delivered an unorthodox and sardonic response to a European Parliament resolution calling on it to step up protections for the press and ... -
‘Systematic fear’: How India undermined press freedom in Kashmir | Press Freedom News
For five years, Sajad Gul has written about the conflict ravaging his homeland of Indian-administered Kashmir, a disputed Himalayan territory where armed rebellion and brutal Indian ... -
Press freedom fighter Jodie Ginsberg expands her fight
Jodie Ginsberg was running a small free speech organization in London in 2014 when Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab walked into her office. He had ... -
As Biden wraps up his first year in office, press freedom advocates share their priorities
In the days ahead, minute-by-minute stories of President Biden’s wins, losses and struggles will be joined by in-depth critiques of the president’s first year in office. ... -
Biden administration: CPJ to release report and hold media briefing on press freedom – Reuters
NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists will release “Night and Day: The Biden Administration and the Press,” a special report examining what the White House ... -
With freedom of the press, “American leadership really matters”
The work of journalists is becoming increasingly dangerous, with record numbers of arrests for their coverage and dozens of deaths each year. As of December, more ... -
Greek journalists denounce decline in press freedom
Athens (AFP) – The murder of a journalist, the Prime Minister publicly reprimanding a foreign journalist and alleged state surveillance. It has been a bad year ... -
Press freedom champions to receive Nobel Peace Prize
Pierre-Henry Deshayes – Agence France-Presse December 10, 2021 | 12:03 OSLO, Norway — She risks prison, he buried several colleagues: Maria Ressa from the Philippines and ... -
Press freedom in Greece increasingly threatened: journalists, NGOs | Freedom of press
Athens, Greece – Press freedom is increasingly threatened in Greece, say journalists, NGOs and observers concerned about recent events, including the alleged surveillance of reporters, what ... -
The One Free Press Coalition presents “The Year of the Free Press” to highlight the most pressing issues threatening journalists in 2021 and beyond
The One Free Press Coalition publishes its “10 most urgent” list for December 2021 The Free Press Coalition NEW YORK – December 1, 2021 – To ... -
CPJ urges Facebook to restore ‘censored’ press freedom awards video
The Committee to Protect Journalists’ Freedom of the Press 2021 video removed by Facebook, but still available on YouTube and Twitter. Video: CPJ (Hong Kong Crackdown ... -
Amal Clooney protects journalists. We asked him about the decrease in press freedom in Asia.
Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney holds a press briefing for her campaign for media freedom. Photo: DAMIEN MEYER / AFP At a recent press conference, leading ... -
Press Freedom Awards ceremony defends journalists in “increasingly repressive world”
In the words of the Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, Joel Simon, “practicing journalism in the face of grave danger requires a deep ... -
Myanmar media ‘struggle to report,’ says press freedom award winner
WASHINGTON – When the Burmese military took power earlier this year, it quickly began arresting journalists, cutting internet access and revoking media licenses. For Aye Chan ... -
Press freedom awards ceremony defends journalists in an ‘increasingly repressive world’
By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can register for free here. In the words ... -
Matias Guente of Mozambique wins the International Press Freedom Prize
The winner of this year’s International Press Freedom Prize is Matias Guente, editor of the independent Mozambican investigative weekly, Mozambique Channel (ChannelMoz – online version). He ... -
Freedom of the press is no joke in the Philippines
Author: Danilo Araña Arao, University of the Philippines Diliman By presenting the Nobel Peace Prize to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov on October 8, 2021, ... -
Netherlands drop one spot in 2021 press freedom rankings
A report ranking press freedoms in 180 countries around the world placed the Netherlands sixth in the world – a respectable performance, but slightly worse than ... -
The Netherlands loses a place in the 2021 Press Freedom Index
A report ranking press freedoms in 180 countries around the world placed the Netherlands sixth in the world – a respectable performance, but slightly lower than ... -
Journalists must be protected – press freedom is the engine of societal development
Femi Falana, a senior lawyer from Nigeria (SAN), called for the protection of journalists from government crackdown because “freedom of the press is freedom of society”. ... -
Press Freedom Groups Call for Assange Charges Dropped Before US Appeal
A coalition of more than two dozen press freedom and human rights organizations called on the Biden administration to drop all charges against Julian Assange. This ... -
Slovenian Prime Minister shaken by weak ratings on press rights and freedom
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – As the European Parliament wrapped up a mission to Slovenia last Friday, Dutch MEP Sophia in ‘t Veld raised concerns that public debate ... -
Press Freedom Coalition says DOJ must drop Assange case after CIA plot revelation
A coalition of more than two dozen press freedom groups on Monday escalated an earlier appeal demanding that the US Department of Justice drop charges against ... -
Declaration of the Joint Press Freedom Mission in Malta
Representatives of ARTICLE 19, the Committee to Protect Journalists, the European Center for Press and Media Freedom, the European Federation of Journalists and Reporters Without Borders ... -
Duterte says press freedom is ‘vital’ for democracy
President Rodrigo Duterte talks to the people after holding a meeting with the COVID-19 task force at the Arcadia Active Lifestyle Center in Matina, Davao City ... -
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Filipino and Russian press freedom advocates
The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia “for their efforts ... -
Press freedom worries EU leaders in Slovenia – POLITICO
KRANJ, Slovenia – EU leaders spent Wednesday urging aspiring members to speed up democratic reforms – before answering uncomfortable questions about the erosion of press freedom ... -
Is press freedom dead in Afghanistan? | TV shows
Wednesday September 29 at 7:30 p.m. GMT:A once flourishing media landscape in Afghanistan appears to be withering as press freedom is criticized by reports of brutal ... -
Press freedom groups to convene popular tribunal over murders of journalists
Denouncing the level of impunity in cases involving the murders of journalists, three international press freedom groups announced on Tuesday the creation of a people’s court ... -
Northport HS Teacher Wins Schurz Press Freedom Teacher Award
NORTHPORT, NY — Janis Schachter, a social studies teacher at Northport High School, has been recognized around the world for her work in media education, according ... -
CAJ and Press Freedom Coalition Win Court Challenge Against RCMP Media Restrictions in Fairy Creek
NANAIMO, BC, July 20, 2021 / CNW / – Today’s BC Supreme Court decision granting an application to vary an injunction, brought by the Canadian Association ... -
Pakistan rejects designation of Prime Minister Khan as ‘predator’ of press freedom | Press Freedom News
Khan’s government rejects a report by Reporters Without Borders, which ranks him among the world’s 37 worst leaders for press freedom. Pakistan has vehemently rejected a ... -
How press freedom is being eroded in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s vocal and politically diverse media, while free from the constraints imposed on neighboring journalism in mainland China, has faced various threats over the years. ... -
Three years of deterioration of press freedom in Nicaragua
In April 2018, Daniel Ortega, the President of Nicaragua, announced reforms to the country’s social security benefits. Protests have erupted, following years of dissatisfaction with an ... -
CPJ Nominates Four Journalists for 2021 Press Freedom Awards
The Committee to Protect Journalists said it would honor four brave journalists from Belarus, Guatemala, Mozambique and Myanmar with the International press freedom awards 2021. The ... -
Tigray war exposes limits of Abiy’s press freedom promises
In September 2019, Simon Marks moved to Ethiopia, attracted by the rapid changes that followed his change of leadership and his declaration of peace with neighboring ... -
In Abiy’s Ethiopia, press freedom flourished and then fear returned
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed initially lifted press restrictions and freed journalists New arrests, especially during the fighting in Tigray ‘Dangerous rollback’ of crackdown, rights groups say ... -
Victims’ rights versus press freedom: the rival voices of Moroccan journalists
A battle is being played out in a controversial rape case in Morocco between press freedom and victims’ rights. The accused is a well-known Moroccan journalist; ... -
Statement by President Joe Biden on World Press Freedom Day
Thirty years ago today, in the face of constant pressure and violence, African journalists came together to issue the Windhoek Declaration, which affirmed that “[t]The establishment, ...
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