Press Freedom
CPJ Updates
- Police raid Cairo offices of Turkish Anadolu News Agency, arrest at least 4
- Ugandan police harass and detain journalists covering opposition politician Bobi Wine
- Journalist Patricia Kayuni assaulted while covering protest in Malawi
- Missing radio anchor found dead in Mexico’s Michoacán state
- Sudan suspends four news outlets over alleged financial link to Bashir regime
- Colombian magazine Semana alleges military spied on its journalists
- Montenegro reporters Živković and Raičević charged with criminal incitement
- Malawi detains, charges 3 journalists seeking to cover EU delegation’s return
- Journalists threatened, assaulted while covering local politician in Sierra Leone
Reporter Without Borders
- UK: Legal arguments during the first week of Julian Assange’s extradition hearing highlight lack of US evidence
- Turkey : Danish reporter convicted of “terrorist propaganda” for photo shared on Facebook
- Greek public broadcaster censors reports from islands about new migrant camps
- Poland : journalist investigated for coverage of Gdansk mayor’s assassination
- Canadian police arrest American journalist covering indigenous protest
- Benin : investigative journalist Ignace Sossou must be released on appeal
- Spain urged to repeal gag law, complete state TV and radio reform, and stop obstructing reporters
- Albania: RSF condemns China’s harassment of a journalist who reported on repression in Xinjiang
Sudan
Detained Peter Mackler Award Winner Freed
Khartoum at night. Photo: Aamirco/Wikimedia Commons
Sudanese security authorities have released journalist Faisal Mohamed Salih, who was arrested Jan. 3 for supporting anti-government protests. Faisal received the 2013 Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism.