Press Freedom
CPJ Updates
- Journalist Casimir Kpedjo detained, facing false news accusations in Benin
- Trial of detained Nicaraguan journalists Lucía Pineda and Miguel Mora indefinitely delayed
- Editor-in-chief of Mexican newspaper Reforma targeted by death threats following criticism from president
- Peruvian judge orders assets freeze for Ojo Público, 2 journalists in defamation case
- Israeli forces injure four Palestinian journalists covering Gaza protests
- Two journalists arrested covering yellow vest protests in France
- Jordanian journalist Abdulrahman Farhana detained by Saudi authorities
- Myanmar military sues The Irrawaddy for criminal defamation over conflict coverage
- #WeStandWithLyra
Reporter Without Borders
- Media Ownership Monitor: Pakistan a high-risk country in terms of media pluralism
- Russian authorities persecute Ingush news website
- Hong Kong: Journalists association deplores “one of the worst years” of press freedom
- LIBYA : eleven TV channels banned in eastern Libya
- Press freedom violations recounted in real time January 2019
- Burkina Faso: legislative threat to press freedom must be declared unconstitutional
- Erol Önderoğlu acquitted at one trial, but another due soon
- Media independence under threat in Burundi after BBC pull-out
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.