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WORLD: 122 journalists and media workers killed in 2024 One hundred and twenty-two journalists and media workers, including 14 women, have been killed in 2024, according to the annual Killed List released by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on 31...
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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....
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Saudi Arabia sentences cartoonist Mohammed al-Ghamdi to 23 years The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Saudi authorities to release Mohammed al-Ghamdi, a Saudi cartoonist for the Qatar-based Lusail newspaper, who was sentenced on an undisclosed date in 2024 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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Mass raid jails 3 Kurdish reporters, others under judicial control CPJ (29.04.2024) — Turkish authorities should release reporters Esra Solin Dal, Mehmet Aslan, and Erdoğan Alayumat and end the systematic harassment of Kurdish journalists, the Committee to Protect...
