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Russia Outlaws Meduza News Site in Latest Media Crackdown
Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 1/30/23 Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 1/30/23

Russia Outlaws Meduza News Site in Latest Media Crackdown

Those prosecuted for cooperating with an undesirable organization can face heavy fines or even multiyear jail terms.

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Judge: Slain Reporter's Sources an Issue for High Court
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Judge: Slain Reporter's Sources an Issue for High Court

"I'm inclined to deny the motion for sanctions because it would affect the criminal case adversely," Clark County District Court Judge Michelle Leavitt said.

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Turkish Party Officials Criticized Over Journalist’s Treatment
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Turkish Party Officials Criticized Over Journalist’s Treatment

Journalist Yildiz Yazıcıoglu directed a question at Devlet Bahceli after the party met in the parliament building in Ankara on Tuesday.

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Iran Releases Dissident Journalist, Family Says
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Iran Releases Dissident Journalist, Family Says

Samimi, age 74, had been sentenced to three years in prison for "conspiracy against national security."

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Finnish Journalists Found Guilty of Revealing State Secrets
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Finnish Journalists Found Guilty of Revealing State Secrets

Finland has for years been among the top countries in a global press freedom ranking published by Reporters Without Borders.

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Cameroon’s Media Community Mourns Killing of Radio Journalist
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Cameroon’s Media Community Mourns Killing of Radio Journalist

While Cameroon has a thriving media market, the group Reporters Without Borders says it is a “hostile and precarious environment” for journalists.

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3 Gang Members Indicted in 2nd Plot to Kill Iranian American Journalist
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3 Gang Members Indicted in 2nd Plot to Kill Iranian American Journalist

Alinejad, an outspoken critic of the Iranian government, hosts a current affairs TV show out of New York for VOA’s Persian language service.

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Bombing Underscores Need for Task Force, Indonesian Journalists Say
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Bombing Underscores Need for Task Force, Indonesian Journalists Say

Journalists investigating corruption or environmental issues related to large private interests are at risk of violence and intimidation

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India's Top Court to Consider Cases Against Block on BBC Documentary
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India's Top Court to Consider Cases Against Block on BBC Documentary

A New Delhi-based lawyer, M L Sharma, opposed the government's move in one of the petitions to the Supreme Court.

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“Russia is trying to intimidate me”, Bellingcat reporter on wanted list tells RSF
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“Russia is trying to intimidate me”, Bellingcat reporter on wanted list tells RSF

Grozev is well known and respected for the quality of his investigative reporting on such sensitive subjects as the poisoning of Alexei Navalny

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Number of Journalists Jailed in Turkey Doubles, Report Finds
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Number of Journalists Jailed in Turkey Doubles, Report Finds

The data makes Turkey the fourth most prolific jailer of journalists globally behind Iran, China and Myanmar. Globally, CPJ found 363 journalists in prison for their work.

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BBC Film About India's PM Modi, 2002 Riots Draws Government Ire
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BBC Film About India's PM Modi, 2002 Riots Draws Government Ire

The documentary has caused a storm at other Indian universities too.

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Journalist Deaths Jumped 50% in 2022, Led by Ukraine, Mexico
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Journalist Deaths Jumped 50% in 2022, Led by Ukraine, Mexico

At least 67 news media workers were killed worldwide in 2022, the highest number since 2018.

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Pompeo Calls Saudi Ties After Khashoggi 'Middle Finger' to Media 
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Pompeo Calls Saudi Ties After Khashoggi 'Middle Finger' to Media 

The CIA, which Pompeo once led, in findings later declassified by President Joe Biden, said that Salman ordered the killing of Khashoggi.

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Kafkaesque arrest and muzzled media in Algeria
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Kafkaesque arrest and muzzled media in Algeria

Many journalists were harassed and arrested,

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More than a dozen journalists harassed, attacked during week of anti-government protests in Peru
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More than a dozen journalists harassed, attacked during week of anti-government protests in Peru

Ydoña was quoted in those reports saying that the protesters “caught me, hit me, and threw rocks. I had to hang onto our vehicle so they wouldn’t drag me away.”

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Egyptian journalist Ahmed Montasir detained since October
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Egyptian journalist Ahmed Montasir detained since October

Montasir’s arrest was first reported by Darb on January 13

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Russia orders journalists Ilya Makarov and Maksim Litvinchuk detained for 15 days
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Russia orders journalists Ilya Makarov and Maksim Litvinchuk detained for 15 days

Another local resident was also denied access to the meeting and authorities ordered her to be detained for 12 days, Sota.Vision reported.

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Bangladeshi journalist Raghunath Kha arrested, allegedly electrocuted in custody
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Bangladeshi journalist Raghunath Kha arrested, allegedly electrocuted in custody

CPJ has previously documented similar allegations of alleged police abuse of detained journalists in Bangladesh

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Belarusian journalists Dzmitry Harbunou and Pavel Padabed detained on undisclosed charges
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Belarusian journalists Dzmitry Harbunou and Pavel Padabed detained on undisclosed charges

Authorities did not disclose the reason for either journalist’s detention, according to those sources.

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