Press Freedom
CPJ Updates
- Drop in journalist killings in Pakistan masks decline in press freedom
- Acts of Intimidation:
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- Acts of Intimidation: In Pakistan, journalists' fear and censorship grow even as fatal violence declines
- Thai authorities shut down foreign press club event on Myanmar
- CPJ produces safety kit for journalists
- First aid videos
- Physical safety: Natural disasters and extreme weather
Reporter Without Borders
- RSF backs Bangladeshi media protest against digital security law
- Vietnam: Second trial brings blogger’s total prison sentence to nine years
- UN asks Saudis to respond to RSF concern about Khashoggi
- In Malta, RSF urges PM Muscat to establish an immediate public inquiry into Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination
- Russia: Sochi blogger’s rights systematically violated during trial
- RSF requests more protection for journalists ahead of Afghan elections
- RSF and Fundamedios welcome US asylum ruling in favor of Cuban journalist Serafin Moran Santiago
- RSF calls on Madagascar to stop censoring media
Overseas Press Club of America Denounces Jailing of Two Reuters Journalists in Myanmar
NEW YORK Sept. 4, 2018—The Overseas Press Club of America denounces a court ruling in Myanmar that found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and jailed them for seven years.
The verdict “is a major step backward in the nation’s transition to democracy,” said Stephen J. Adler, editor in chief of Reuters.
According to Reuters, Yangon northern district judge Ye Lwin said Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, breached the colonial-era Official Secrets Act when they collected and obtained confidential documents.
The two reporters, who were investigating the killing by the security forces of Rohingya villagers at the time of their arrest, had pleaded not guilty.
The Overseas Press Club is an international association of journalists based in New York City that works to encourage the highest standards in journalism, to educate the next generation of foreign correspondents and to promote international press freedom and the well-being of colleagues in the field.