Press Freedom
CPJ Updates
- In Nigeria, three journalists injured by gunfire while covering political rally
- Mozambican journalist arrested, held in military prison
- Palestinian security forces arrested two journalists in West Bank in late December
- Indian government expels two foreign journalists for visa violations
- In Canada, police block media from covering break up of indigenous pipeline protest
- Italian journalists harassed and assaulted by far-right extremists
- Nigeria's military raids Daily Trust offices, arrests editor
- Gabon shuts down the internet and broadcasting services following coup attempt
- Unknown assailants ransack broadcaster's office in Gaza
Reporter Without Borders
- Ghanaian investigative reporter shot dead while driving in Accra
- China: Three journalists sentenced to prison terms
- International community urged to push harder for Azerbaijani blogger’s release
- Cameroonian journalist’s arbitrary detention referred to UN Working Group
- Press freedom violations recounted in real time January 2019
- Call for international inquiry into triple murder of Russian journalists in CAR
- RSF decries Montenegrin journalist’s 18-month jail sentence
- China: RSF and NGO coalition demand release of citizen-journalist, jailed for life
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.