The Regional Trial Court Branch 64 in Manila that is tasked with deciding on Maria Ressa and Rey Santos Jr.’s request for reconsideration on their cyber libel conviction, has denied the request on basis of lacking merit.
Read MoreMore than 1000 days after prominent journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination, there has been a new twist in the trial of the men accused of murder.
Maria Ressa, one of the Philippines’ most prominent journalists, has appeared before court today giving her statement about tax evasion charges in a case she has described as a form of harassment.
Read MoreBlogger Amna El Sharqi received a sentence of 6 months in prison and 2000 Tunisian dinars (650 USD) fine for charges on violating sanctities and calling for hatred between religions and races on July 14.
Read MoreTunisian blogger Amna Al-Sharqi who posted a clearly satirical blog post called “Surah Corona” was sentenced to six months in prison on charges of inciting interreligious hatred
Read MoreManager of the Mides-Niger website and editor of Niger Search, Samira Sabou was arrested on June 10th following a summons that was issued in response to a defamation complaint filed.
Read MoreJinNews reporter Kibriye Evren’s trial on charges of “membership to a terrorist organization” and “propagandizing a terrorist organization” was held today before Diyarbakır 5th High Criminal Court.
Read MoreArtı TV Ankara correspondent Sibel Hürtaş wrote an article on July 6 detailing her detention last week while following the bar association protest.
Read MoreThe Coalition For Women In Journalism has participated in a global press freedom campaign - #HoldTheLine - to support Maria Ressa and condemn her conviction by a court in Manila.
The second hearing of the trial of Ruken Demir took place today. Mesopotamia Agency İzmir correspondent Ruken Demir was first detained on November 12.
Read MoreRFE/RL journalist and radio broadcaster Svetlana Prokopyeva’s case came to an end today.
Read MoreRussian journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva was served a verdict yesterday following the court proceedings in June.
Read MoreThe 19th session of the hearings of “KCK Press Case” that has been ongoing for more than 8 years was held today in Istanbul.
Read MoreAnother hearing of journalists Duygu Güvenç and Alican Uludağ was held today at Istanbul 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance.
The hearings of 11 people, including Journalist Sibel Hürtaş was held today. The next hearing was postponed to 25 November.
Read MoreThe trial of the lawsuit filed against journalist Sabiha Temizkan on charges of 'propagandizing a terrorist organization' was postponed.
Read MoreThe Coalition For Women In Journalism has been following the first hearing of the case against ODATV journalist Hülya Kılınç and her colleagues.
Read MoreZhang Zhan, a citizen journalist based in Shanghai, has been arrested after initially being detained for her coronavirus reporting.
Read MoreJournalist and Human rights defender Dharisha Bastians has been facing intimidation since December 2019.
Read MoreJinnews reporter Beritan Canözer was sentenced to 1 year 10 months 15 days of prison sentence over accusations of “making propaganda of terror organization” through her social media accounts.
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