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‘Must be able to work without fear of abuse’: CPJ condemns journalists’ ‘assault’ in Manipur

The Committee to Protect Journalists issued a strongly-worded statement yesterday after reports on three journalists being allegedly assaulted by security personnel in Manipur.

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As India holds G20 meet, ‘brutal’ Kashmir media crackdown slammed

The Committee to Protect Journalists demands ‘immediate release of four arbitrarily detained Kashmiri journalists’.

Al Jazeera

Curfew in Lesotho to tackle gun crime after journalist killed

Radio journalist Ralikonelo Joki was shot multiple times by unknown attackers.

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Israel takes ‘no accountability’ for killing journalists: CPJ

The Israeli military has taken no accountability for journalists it killed over past 20 years, says the CPJ in a report.

Al Jazeera

Press group calls for Israeli accountability in media deaths

An international press-freedom group says the Israeli military has systematically evaded accountability in the deaths of 20 journalists over the past two decades

The Independent UK

When journalists are persecuted, we all suffer

The world is becoming more dangerous for journalists. On this World Press Freedom Day, there are ways to help

The Guardian - US

The fight for press freedom is a fight for us all

Newsrooms are still fighting to honour press freedom despite government pressure, competition with social media platforms and declining trust in the media.

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China Charges Journalist with 'Espionage'

Chinese authorities have formally charged a prominent journalist with spying, over a year after he was detained while having lunch with a Japanese diplomat, a media rights group said. Dong Yuyu, a senior columnist at the Communist Party newspaper Guangming Daily, was detained in February 2022 along with the diplomat…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Attempts to silence journalists increase in Europe: CPJ

The Committee to Protect Journalists says the European Union needs to do more to protect media workers.

Al Jazeera

Journal reporter's arrest threatens reporting from Russia

News organizations that report from Russia are wondering about the risks after a Wall Street Journal reporter was arrested on espionage charges there

The Independent UK

In Iran, NPR sees anger and desperation. Its government tells us nothing is wrong

In an interview with NPR in Tehran, Iran's foreign minister dismisses the protests that have spread in the wake of Mahsa Amini's death, saying "nothing important had happened."

WEKU

The number of journalist deaths worldwide rose nearly 50% in 2022 from previous year

A total of 67 journalists died around the world in 2022, a watchdog group said, largely driven by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and civil unrest following the assassination of Haiti's president.

WEKU

67 journalists killed in 2022, 50 percent more than 2021: CPJ report

2022 was a “deadly” year for the media with at least 67 journalists and media workers killed, according to a report published yesterday by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

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Journalist deaths jumped by 50% in 2022, mostly fueled by increases in Ukraine, Mexico and Haiti, report says

The number of journalists killed last year was 50% higher than in 2021, mostly occuring in Haiti, Ukraine and Mexico, a new report said Tuesday.

Al Jazeera

Journalist deaths jumped 50 percent in 2022, CPJ says

At least 67 journalists were killed in 2022 driven by Ukraine, Mexico, and Haiti, Committee to Protect Journalists says.

The Independent UK

Journalist deaths jumped 50% in 2022, led by Ukraine, Mexico

Killings of journalists around the world jumped by 50% in 2022 compared to the previous year, driven largely by the slayings of reporters in Ukraine, Mexico and Haiti

The Guardian - US

More journalists killed in Latin America and Caribbean than Ukraine in 2022

Committee to Protect Journalist reports region accounted for almost half of the 67 deaths worldwide

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In Mexico, a reporter published a story. The next day he was dead

Just after sunset on Thursday, February 10th, two men in a white Dodge Ram pickup pulled up in front of Heber Lopez Vasquez's small radio studio in southern Mexico. One man got out, walked inside and shot the 42-year-old journalist dead. Lopez's 12-year-old son Oscar, the only person with him,…

The Guardian - UK

Six journalists arrested over footage of South Sudan president wetting himself

State broadcaster’s staff held on suspicion of disseminating the clip of Salva Kiir at official event

Newslaundry

7 journalists jailed in India, Asia has highest behind bars: CPJ

The number of journalists jailed for doing their job has touched a record high this year, seeing a jump of 20 percent as compared to last year with a tally of 323, according to the annual prison census by the Committee to Protect Journalists. India too continues to remain at…

Al Jazeera

India bars Kashmiri journalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo from flying

Sanna Irshad Mattoo was prevented by Indian authorities from flying to US to receive the prestigious Pulitzer Prize.

Newslaundry

‘Arbitrary and excessive’: CPJ on Pulitzer-winning Kashmiri journalist being stopped from travelling to US

The Committee to Protect Journalists has called for Indian authorities to allow Kashmiri photojournalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo to travel abroad.

The Hindu

Harassment against journalists in India has escalated: N. Ram

The charges are more serious. Particular journalists, very often belonging to the Muslim community or those who support minorities very strongly, are being targeted; accepting the present laws as they are, they are also being misused, he says

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Steps Up Activist, Journalist Arrests in Protest Crackdown

Iran is stepping up arrests of activists and journalists in a crackdown against civil society as anti-regime protests rage nationwide, activists say. Twenty journalists have been imprisoned since the protests erupted earlier this month over the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, who had been arrested by the country's notorious morality…

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