Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

“Impunity in violence against journalists inevitably results in even more violence and a less informed public everywhere, every time. It’s never too late to improve Turkey’s impunity track record for crimes committed against the news media” – CPJ

Saint Mienpamo Onitsha was charged with cyberstalking for reporting on tensions in the southern Niger Delta region according to his charge sheet.

During a review of his case, Rwandan journalist Dieudonné Niyonsenga describes the inhumane conditions he has been held under and how he was frequently beaten.

With a record number of journalists killed, and evidence that the IDF may have deliberately targeted some, press freedom groups call on the EU to urge respect for press freedom and journalists’ rights.

Ahead of the first court hearing, press freedom groups call on Grigoris Dimitriadis, the PM’s nephew, to withdraw his groundless defamation suit against journalists and media.

CPJ urges release of all jailed Iranian journalists after bail granted to Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi.

“In one telling sign of the climate of fear that prevails in Tajikistan, only two among the more than a dozen journalists, press freedom advocates, and experts that CPJ met with were willing to speak on the record.”

CPJ was unable to determine where Abbasi was being held or if he had been formally charged.