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IRAQ: Strike injures two Iraqi Kurdish reporters in Sinjar CPJ (10.07.2024) – The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Turkish and Iraqi authorities to investigate after a suspected Turkish strike injured two Iraqi Kurdish reporters. The two Çira TV...
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JORDAN: Journalist Ahmed al-Zoubi jailed in Jordan 11 months after conviction under Cybercrime Law Jordanian authorities must immediately drop all charges against journalist Ahmed Hassan al-Zoubi, release him from jail, and stop using the Cybercrime Law against...
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TAIWAN: León 1188: The first parliament, taxes, and the Tai Ji Men case Taxpayers’ rights are not just one among many matters Parliaments should control. They are the historical reasons why Parliaments were created. By Massimo Introvigne* Bitter Winter (01.07.2024)...
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RUSSIA: Over 80 European media outlets banned from broadcasting In a retaliatory move against restrictions on its own media, Russia has banned the broadcasting of over 80 European media outlets within its territory. EU TODAY (25.06.2024) – The decision,...
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NORTH KOREA: Cracking down on wedding dresses, sunglasses and slang, a report reveals BBC (28.06.2024) – North Korea is carrying out a widespread crackdown on everything from wedding dresses to slang as it seeks to counter the South’s influence, a new...
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NORTH KOREA: Man executed for listening to K-pop, defectors report The 2024 report on North Korean human rights released by South Korea’s unification ministry details an ongoing crackdown on cultural imports By Raphael Rashid The Guardian (28.06.2024) – A...