Canada: All Charges Dropped Against Amber Bracken, CFWIJ Welcomes The Decision
/Coastal GasLink pipeline, owned by TC Energy, decided to discontinue the lawsuit they had filed against journalists Amber Bracken and Michael Toledano.
Read MoreTurkey: Oda TV News Editor Müyesser Yıldız’s trial postponed to February, CFWIJ demands the journalist’s acquittal
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Oda TV News Editor Müyesser Yıldız and TELE1 Ankara Representative İsmail Dukel stood trial today at Ankara 26th High Criminal Court.
Read MoreSaudi Arabia: CFWIJ condemns the charges against Loujain al-Hathloul and demands her immediate release
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Saudi women’s rights defender Loujain al-Hathloul, who spent nearly three years in arbitrary pre-trial detention, sentenced to five years and eight months in prison.
Read MoreChina: CFWIJ is indignant at the court’s verdict to imprison citizen journalist Zhang Zhan for four year
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Zhang Zhan, a Chinese citizen journalist was sentenced to four years in prison in Shanghai on Monday due to her coverage on the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan.
Read MoreMontenegro: CFWIJ calls upon the police to arrest the suspects behind the assassination attempt of journalist Olivera Lakic
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According to the latest updates, there was another attempt to murder Olivera Lakic.
Read MoreTurkey: CFWIJ welcomes judicial dismissal of compensation demanded from journalists Pelin Ünker
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The seventh hearing of the case against journalist Pelin Ünker was held on December 22, 2020 in İstanbul 21st Civil Court of First Instance.
Read MoreTurkey: CFWIJ demands an immediate acquittal of journalists Semiha Sahin and Pinar Gayıp
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The eleventh hearing of the trial against Etkin News Agency (ETHA) editor Semiha Şahin and reporter Pınar Gayıp was held.
Read MoreBelarus: CFWIJ condemns the accusations of tax evasion against Belarussian media professional Yulia Slutskaya
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Yulia Slutskaya, the founder of Press Club Belarus, was arrested on tax evasion charges.
Read MoreTurkey: CFWIJ welcomes Zeynep Durgut’s release and demands other journalists be freed
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Mesopotamia Agency (MA) reporter Zeynep Durgut was released conditionally yesterday after being held in detention for four days.
Read MoreCanada: CFWIJ is devastated by the sudden death of Baloch human right activist Karima Baloch and demands an immediate investigation
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Human rights defender Karima Baloch was found dead in Toronto, Canada after she went missing last Sunday.
Read MoreTurkey: The 2020 Sedat Simavi Literature Award was given to two women journalists and two women radio presenters
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We are thrilled that the Sedat Simavi Literature Award was awarded to two women journalists and two women radio presenters.
Read MoreTurkey: CFWIJ demands immediate release of journalist Zeynep Durgut
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Reporters from the Mesopotamia Agency (MA) and Jin News, Zeynep Durgut, Rojda Aydın and Derya Ren, were detained in Şırnak.
Read MoreTurkey: CFWIJ demands the immediate withdrawal of the case against Cumhuriyet Newspaper correspondents
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The first hearing of the trial against Cumhuriyet newspaper reporter Hazal Ocak, editor Olcay Büyüktaş, editor-in-chief İpek Özbey and photojournalist Vedat Arık, was held.
Read MoreTurkey: CFWIJ demands the acquittal of Derya Okatan and the five other journalists in the Redhack trial
/The 10th hearing of the case in which six journalists, including Derya Okatan, were tried at Istanbul 29th High Criminal Court.
Read MoreCuba: Journalist Luz Escobar continuously impeded from leaving her home
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Luz Escobar, a Cuban journalist working for the independent news website 14yMedio, has been repeatedly banned from leaving her house by security agents.
Read MoreTurkey: Al-Monitor’s journalist Amberin Zaman targeted with an online smear campaign
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Al-Monitor journalist Amberin Zaman, along with her colleague Dan Wilkofsky, was targeted with an online smear campaign after covering a story.
Read MoreTurkey: CFWIJ condemns the trial against journalist Nurcan Yalçın and demands her acquittal
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The first hearing of the case against journalist Nurcan Yalçın was held at the Diyarbakır 9th High Criminal Court.
Read MoreEstonia: Two years, no verdict — the trial against Eesti Rahvusringhääling and journalist Anna Pihl continues
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Nearly two years have passed since the beginning of the trial against Estonian newsroom Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR) and two of its journalists, including Anna Pihl.
Read MoreAfghanistan: Journalist and Enikas TV anchor Malalai Maiwand killed by Islamic State
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Malalai Maiwand was killed on Human Rights Day along with her driver when the gunmen opened fire on the vehicle in Jalalabad.
Read MorePhilippines: Manila Today editor Lady Ann Salem arrested on Human Rights Day
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Manila Today’s editor, Lady Ann Salem, was arrested during police operations in Manila on December 10, the International Human Rights Day.
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