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Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/17/23 Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/17/23

Hostile Attacks, Surveillance a Threat to El Salvador's Media

Respected news websites such as El Faro and Revista Factum, which specialize in reporting on corruption, are among those targeted with accusations ranging from money laundering to false reporting.

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Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/17/23 Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/17/23

Tunisia Journalists Accuse State of Intimidation  

The demonstrators gathered outside government headquarters in Tunis, some wearing red tape across their mouths, while others shouted, "No to repression of journalists" and "We demand an independent free press."

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Egypt's Rights Chief calls for the release of an activist on a dry hunger strike
Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/17/23 Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/17/23

Egypt's Rights Chief calls for the release of an activist on a dry hunger strike

Abdel Fattah’s condition is fragile and his dry hunger strike puts his life at acute risk.

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Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/17/23 Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/17/23

BBC offices raided in India in latest Modi assault on press freedom

The BBC’s offices in Mumbai and New Delhi were searched for the second day running on 15 February in an investigation into supposed tax evasion by the British public broadcaster

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Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/17/23 Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/17/23

Albanian TV crew threatened at gunpoint, camera operator assaulted

During a joint press freedom mission to Albania in November 2022, CPJ and other press freedom organizations found that the safety of journalists continues to be an issue in the country.

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Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/17/23 Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/17/23

Journalist Alexander Álvarez shot and killed in Paraguay

Elida Favole, a spokesperson for the attorney general’s office in Asunción, the capital, told CPJ via messaging app that three prosecutors are investigating the killing.

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Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/16/23 Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/16/23

Indian Tax Authorities Search BBC Offices for Second Day

The searches began weeks after the broadcaster aired a documentary on communal riots that swept through the western state of Gujarat in 2002, killing at least a 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was its head.

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Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/16/23 Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/16/23

Russian Journalist Gets Six Years for Accusing Russia of Ukraine Theater Bombing

Kyiv accused Russia of bombing the theater, while Russia said it had been blown up by Ukrainian nationalists.

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Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/16/23 Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/16/23

Sweden: The settlement which closed a gag lawsuit risks negatively impacting press freedom

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) fears the deal will negatively impact media freedom and urges the Swedish authorities to take new measures against Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP).

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Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/16/23 Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/16/23

RSF calls on US authorities to drop charges against a journalist arrested while covering a press conference

The United States is ranked 42nd out of 180 countries in RSF’s 2022 World Press Freedom Index.

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Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/16/23 Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/16/23

Azerbaijani photojournalist Vali Shukurzade sentenced to 30 days in jail

Administrative sentences are not subject to further appeal in Azerbaijan, Sadygova said, adding that she plans to file a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights.

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Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/15/23 Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/15/23

In India, Power of Podcasts Keeps Listeners Connected

So in 2018, the team launched Suno India to bring attention to underreported stories in a format easily accessible to broad audiences: Podcasts.

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Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/15/23 Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/15/23

Afghan Journalists Win Case Against UK Government Over Relocation

The journalists' lawyers told London's High Court in December that the government had "betrayed the debt of gratitude" owed to them by refusing to relocate them after the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021.

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Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/15/23 Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/15/23

Somali Media Activist Defiant Over Court Sentence

Abdalle Ahmed Mumin said prison officials freed him after informing him that previous arrests and court appearances had compensated for the two months handed down by the judge.

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Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/15/23 Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/15/23

The independent Russian TV channel Dozdh (TV Rain) obtains the Journalism Trust Initiative certification

This certification proves the utility of JTI in front of despotic regimes.

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Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/15/23 Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/15/23

RSF reports many press freedom violations since Türkiye’s earthquake

The earthquake killed around 20 journalists in Antakya, Gaziantep and Adiyaman. The overall death toll is currently put at around 32,000.

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Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/15/23 Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/15/23

French journalist Erwan Chartier, Le Poher staff receive death threats

CPJ’s emails to the public prosecutor’s office in Brest in charge of the investigation, Résistance Républicaine, and Germain through the press department of the Reconquête party did not receive any replies.

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Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/15/23 Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/15/23

Belarus authorities detain journalist Vyacheslau Lazarau on undisclosed charges

Authorities previously fined Lazarau in 2018 and 2019 for “illegal production of media products,” those reports said.

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Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/15/23 Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/15/23

Journalists covering Turkey earthquake detained and harassed

CPJ emailed Turkey’s Interior Ministry and the Istanbul chief prosecutor’s office for comment but did not receive any reply.

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Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/14/23 Press Freedom Reports ATHANASIOS DIMADIS 2/14/23

Dozens of Radio Channels Stop Broadcasting in Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan

The Afghan Independent Journalists Union (AIJU), a Kabul-based local media monitor, released the figures Monday to mark World Radio Day.

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