Press Freedom
CPJ Updates
- CPJ calls on Slovakia not to adopt press law amendment
- Covering elections: Journalist safety kit
- Turkmenistan journalist Soltan Achilova barred from traveling abroad
- Myanmar Supreme Court to hear appeal of jailed Reuters reporters
- Journalist Hiram Moreno survives gun attack in Oaxaca, Mexico
- Zambia suspends independent TV broadcaster for 30 days
- India elections 2019: Journalist safety kit
- British journalist in Albania targeted in smear campaign
- Internet blackouts in Venezuela, and fighting for justice in the Maldives
Reporter Without Borders
- Court in northern part of Cyprus urged to acquit two journalists of insulting Erdoğan
- Syria : Well-known Syrian citizen-journalist probably died in detention in 2013
- Police investigating killing of a journalist in Northern Ireland
- RSF Index 2019: UK rises in ranking, but press freedom climate remains worrying
- RSF’s Turkey representative defends himself in court
- Pakistani investigative reporter accused of “cyber-terrorism”
- RSF index 2019: regional analysis
- US – #WeeklyAddress: April 8 – 14: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested in London on behalf of US
Egypt
IPI Calls for Release of Egyptian Journalists
The International Press Institute has joined a chorus of voices condemning Egypt’s lengthy prison sentences against three Al Jazeera journalists. In an open letter to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, the IPI’s executive board said prosecutors “failed to provide relevant evidence” in court to support charges that Cairo bureau chief Mohamed Fahmy, producer Baher Mohamed and correspondent Peter Greste aired false information and assisted the banned Muslim Brotherhood. Board members called on El-Sisi to remember the country’s constitutional obligation to respect its citizens’ right to freedom of speech, and urged him to grant a full presidential pardon to all journalists convicted in connection with their work.