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Journalist Raman Pratasevich sentenced to eight years in prison CPJ (03.05.2023) — In response to multiple news reports that a Belarusian court sentenced journalist Raman Pratasevich to eight years in prison Wednesday, and also issued lengthy sentences to exiled...
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Police detain at least 10 journalists in Diyarbakır crackdown CPJ (25.04.2023) —Turkish authorities should release all recently detained journalists held in retaliation for their work and ensure that the country’s anti-terror laws are not weaponized against the press,...
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Russia detains Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on espionage charges Committee to Protect Journalists (30.03.2023) — Russian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Wall Street Journal reporter and U.S. citizen Evan Gershkovich, drop all...
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Six TV channels suspended in Moldova amid ‘misinformation’ allegations Euronews (19.12.2022) – Six television channels in Moldova have had their broadcast licences revoked following allegations of inaccuracies and misinformation in their coverage of Russia’s war in...
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HRWF with Moscow Times (24.04.2021) – Russia has declared the leading independent news website Meduza a “foreign agent,” the Justice Ministry announced on 23 April amid what critics call the Kremlin’s continuing crackdown on free speech. A statement on...