Tag: journalists
Number of jailed journalists reached global high in 2021, at least...
The number of journalists worldwide who are behind bars reached a global high in 2021, according to a new report from the nonprofit Committee...
Presidency condemns criminal attacks on journalists
Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele has joined the South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF), in condemning criminal attacks on journalists while out on...
Afghan journalists beaten in Taliban detention, editor says
Two Afghan journalists were beaten in police custody this week after covering a protest by women in Kabul where they were detained by the...
Israeli firm’s spyware used to target journalists’ cell phones – reports
An Israeli company's spyware was used in attempted and successful hacks of 37 smartphones belonging to journalists, government officials and human rights activists around...
Trial of Moroccan journalists raises fears of repression
New hearings took place on Tuesday in the trials of two dissident journalists in Morocco accused of sexual assault, whose detention rights groups see...
SANEF welcomes arrest of suspects who attacked journalists
The South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF) has welcomed the arrest of suspects following the attack on two journalists at Fish Hoek beach over...
Somalia harassing journalists online – claim
Amnesty International accuses Somalia’s government of creating teams of online monitors who troll journalists and report them to Facebook standards enforcers to disable their...
Somalia not a good place for journalists
Somalia’s Western-backed government forces beat and detained a record number of journalists last year, the journalists’ syndicate told Reuters, prompting suggestions government is suppressing...
China is least journalist friendly country in the world
China imprisoned at least 48 journalists in 2019, more than any other country, displacing Turkey as the most oppressive place for the profession, a...
Journalists detained in Uganda
Eight Ugandan journalists were detained as they marched in Kampala to protest what they said were police abuses, including beatings and detentions, during coverage...
Burundi journalists charged
Four Burundian journalists were arrested and charged with undermining state security, an editor at their newspaper tweeted, as Burundi’s government clamps down on journalists...
Reporters investigating Russian mercenaries threatened
Russian journalists investigating the activities of a secretive group of Russian mercenaries in Africa and the Middle East were subject to physical threats and...
Diplomats condemn order suspending Ugandan journalists
Diplomats and rights groups condemned Ugandan authorities on Friday for ordering the suspension of more than 30 senior journalists after TV and radio stations...
Journalists protest in Algiers
Algerian police briefly detained several journalists at a protest in the capital calling for the right to cover rarely seen anti-government demonstrations which began...
Journalists detained in Uganda released
Ugandan police released three journalists working for the British Broadcasting Corporation, after detaining them overnight on suspicion of illegally possessing government prescription drugs.
The three...
Increasing number of journalists jailed for doing their jobs
A near-record number of journalists around the world are behind bars for their work, including two Reuters reporters whose imprisonment in Myanmar has drawn...
Kenyan police apologise for arresting Chinese journalists
Kenyan police apologised for briefly arresting journalists from Chinese state television's international English channel China Global Television Network (CGTN).
The incident happened...
Kremlin critic vows to find Russian TV crew’s killers
Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky would try to find those responsible for the murder of three journalists working for his online news organisation...
Russian journalists die in CAR ambush
Three Russian journalists were killed in Central African Republic (CAR) their news outlet said, in what local authorities said was an ambush...
Egyptian prosecutor summons nine journalists over election coverage
Egypt's state security prosecutor has summoned the former editor of a local newspaper and eight of its reporters for questioning over their...
Sudan releases journalists
Sudanese authorities released a Reuters journalist and an Agence France-Presse (AFP) reporter detained while covering protests in Khartoum last week.
Reuters regained...
Ugandan journalists face libel charges
Uganda charged eight managers and editors of a daily newspaper with offences including libel and computer misuse and a court ordered them...
Ugandan editors face treason charges
Eight managers and editors of a daily newspaper arrested this week have been charged with treason, Ugandan police said.
Police raided the Red...
Egyptian court suspends journalists’ jail sentence
An Egyptian appeals court suspended a jail sentence against the former head of the journalists' union for harbouring colleagues wanted by authorities...
Six Ivorian journalists freed after three day detention
Ivory Coast released six journalists arrested for publishing stories authorities said could incite another soldiers' revolt, the journalists' trade union said on...
Ivory Coast journalists arrested on suspicion of inciting mutiny
Six journalists in Ivory Coast were arrested on suspicion of faking news which could incite soldiers to revolt, journalism associations said on...
Nigerian president urged to halt press harassment after journalists detained
A group of Nigerian writers, intellectuals and media figures called on President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday to stop the persecution of journalists,...
Egyptian journalists’ union chief jailed
An Egyptian court sentenced the head of the journalists' union and two board members to two years in prison for harbouring colleagues...
Egypt journalist union chiefs charged with harbouring wanted colleagues
Egyptian prosecutors on Monday ordered the head of the journalists union and two board members to be tried on charges of harbouring...
U.S. envoy targets Egypt at U.N. over journalist arrests
Attacking journalists and prosecuting critical voices fuels violent extremism rather than preventing it, the United States told the United Nations Security Council...
Egyptian court recommends death penalty for journalists, Mursi verdict postponed
An Egyptian court on Saturday sought the death penalty for three journalists and three others charged with endangering national security by leaking...
Thousands of Egyptian journalists demand sacking of interior minister
Thousands of Egyptian journalists called on Wednesday for the presidency to dismiss the interior minister and apologise for a police raid on...
Egyptian police raid press syndicate, arrest two journalists
Egyptian police raided the press syndicate in Cairo late on Sunday and arrested two journalists critical of the government, a syndicate official...
Journalists protest against arrest of colleagues in Cairo
Around 100 Egyptian journalists staged a protest in central Cairo on Tuesday against the arrest of colleagues for covering demonstrations opposing President...
British, French journalists free in Burundi, one day after arrest
A British and a French journalist arrested during a sweep for rebels in flashpoint districts of the capital were released on Friday,...
Egyptian court sentences three Al Jazeera journalists to prison
An Egyptian court sentenced three Al Jazeera TV journalists to three years in prison on Saturday for operating without a press license...
Egypt’s imprisonment of journalists at all-time high: CPJ
Egypt is holding the highest number of journalists behind bars since record keeping began, using the pretext of national security to crack...
Amnesty says Egypt using courts and jail to intimidate journalists
Egyptian authorities are using the courts to stifle journalism, Amnesty International said on Sunday in a report that listed 18 reporters and...
Islamic State kills five journalists working for Libyan TV station
Islamic State militants have slit the throats of five journalists working for a Libyan TV station in the eastern part of the...
Journalist killed in Somalia, third this year says union
Gunmen shot dead a journalist in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, the third killed in Somalia this year, a colleague and the...
Three journalists and a union leader released in Niger
Authorities in Niger released on Thursday three journalists from a private radio station one day after they were detained with a union...
Two French journalists freed in Afghanistan
Two French journalists held hostage in Afghanistan for a year and a half have been freed, President Nicolas Sarkozy's office said.
Herve Ghesquiere...
Ethiopia says detained journalists planning sabotage
Ethiopia believes two journalists it detained last week planned to sabotage the country's power and phone lines and recruit others to work...
Nine journalists killed in Somalia
The number of journalists killed around the world rose to a record 70 in 2009, largely in part due to a slaughter...
