Human Rights in the World
TURKEY jails 7 journalists and media workers, places one under house arrest Istanbul, December 23, 2024 – The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Turkish authorities to release journalists who were jailed in Istanbul on Sunday and allow the media to report freely....
Human Rights in the World
SYRIA: CPJ calls on new Syrian leaders to protect journalist safety, hold Assad’s media persecutors to account As Syria transitions to a new government following the December 8 toppling of Bashar al-Assad, the Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities to...
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RUSSIA: How Russia silences critical coverage of its war in Ukraine By Anna Brakha CPJ (10.08.2024) – Russia’s months-long jailing of journalists Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva —released on August 1 as part of a prisoner exchange — was one of the most...
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BANGLADESH: CPJ urges Bangladesh to protect journalists as protests oust PM Hasina CPJ (05.08.2024) – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the latest attacks on dozens of journalists covering anti-government protests in Bangladesh and calls on the...
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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...
