Belarus: Seven women journalists detained, three remain under custody for reporting protests
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16 journalists were detained in Belarus, seven of them being women.
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Egypt: Journalists spend their lives behind bars in uncertainty. Journalist Shaimaa Samy's pre-trial detention was renewed again.
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Supreme National Security Prosecution Office renewed journalist Shaimaa Samy’s pre-trial detention period again.
Read MoreBelarus: Revoking accreditation of foreign press is another step in silencing media covering people’s voices
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During a mass raid on journalists' homes prior to Sunday’s protests, nearly 50 journalists were taken to police stations.
Read MoreChina: Australian anchor Cheng Lei detained with no warrant and legal reason is another evidence of the government undermining press freedom
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The Coalition For Women In Journalism is once again dismayed at the way Chinese government and authorities silence the press.
Read MoreEgypt: New charges pressed against Solafa Magdy and Esraa Abdel-Fattah along with renewal of arbitrary detention. Authorities use revolving cases as instruments to suppress press freedom.
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Journalists Solafa Magdy and Esraa Abdel-Fattah were interrogated and ordered 15 days in pre-trial detention.
Read MoreBelarus: Crackdown on press freedom continues with regime forces detaining up to three dozen journalists
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In the 20 days since the disputed presidential elections, Belarus has presented anything but ideal working conditions for journalists.
Read MoreBelarus: Censorship attempts continue as foreign journalists are detained and deported
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The journalists from the Radio Liberty Russian service who were held in Minsk, Yulia Vishnevetskaya and Andrei Kiselyov, have been released from the Partizansky district police station and are being deported.
Read MoreBelarus: Arrested journalists spend days in excruciatingly inhumane conditions and get “released” with reprimands and threats
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Tatsiana Belashova was among numerous journalists detained and loaded into a police van near the Central police department, without any explanation.
Read MoreEgypt: CFWIJ welcomes the release of journalist Rasha Mounir after her brief detention
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Journalist Rasha Mounir of Daarb News, along with her photographer colleague, was detained and kept in custody for over 12 hours.
Read MoreBelarus: Aleksandr Lukashenko’s early announcement of “victory” brings crowds to the streets. Nasha Niva journalist Natalia Lubnevskaya was injured after being hit with a projectile.
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Among several hundred people who gathered, some journalists who followed the events were also reportedly detained, but their identities have not been disclosed yet.
Greece: Mistreatment and cuffing of exiled journalist Berçem Mordeniz is unacceptable.
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Two Kurdish journalists from Turkey, Çağdaş Kaplan and Berçem Mordeniz, captured the battery and detention of one person by police in Syntagma Square in Athens, the capital city of Greece.
Read MoreNicaragua: The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the United Nations Human Rights Council finds 2018 detention of Lucia Pineda arbitrary
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The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the United Nations Human Rights Council approved a resolution on May 1, calling the detention of journalists Lucía Pineda and Miguel Mora.
Read MoreEgypt: Extension of Esraa Abdel-Fattah and Solafa Magdy’s pre-trial detention is a grave infringement of press freedom and right to a fair trial
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During a hearing yesterday, Egyptian Supreme National Security Court extended the pre-trial detention of journalists Esraa Abdel-Fattah, Solafa Mady, and others for 45 days.
Turkey: Mesopotamia Women Journalists Platform Spokesperson Ayşe Güney must be released immediately
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Mesopotamia Women Journalists Platform Spokesperson and JinNews editor Ayşe Güney was detained early this morning during a raid at her house.
Read MoreTurkey: Journalist Sibel Hürtaş detained on the ground while covering lawyers’ protest
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Artı TV Ankara correspondent Sibel Hürtaş was detained yesterday while covering the bar association chairs’ protest against the new proposed attorneyship law.
Read MoreEgypt: Detained for protesting against dictatorship in 2019, Egyptian journalist Esraa Abdel-Fattah still remains behind bars
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Journalist, political activist, and human rights defender Esraa Abdel Fatah was arrested on October 13, 2019.
Read MoreUnited States: Philadelphia Inquirer Samantha Melamed detained, told she “must have been a bad girl”
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More than two dozen activists were detained on June 23rd after attempting to occupy the Municipal Services Building with last-minute demands for city leaders to drastically reduce the police department’s budget.
Read MoreWe denounce Berivan Altan’s detention and ask for more transparency in the case
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TURKEY, Ankara — Our colleague Berivan Altan was taken into custody after a raid on her house early this morning.
Read MoreTurkey: We condemn the detentain of Nurcan Kaya
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TURKEY, ISTANBUL — Artı Gerçek columnist Nurcan Kaya was detained at the airport on Sunday. Despite being released after an interrogation, she has now been slapped with an international ban as of today.
Read MoreTurkey: CFWIJ Demands Complete Release of Journalist Beritan Canözer
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TURKEY, DIYARBAKIR — Journalist Beritan Canözer, a former reporter at the pro-Kurdish Jin News Agency, was taken into custody while she was covering a protest in 2015. She is currently facing hearings in the case.
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