Hungary: CFWIJ condemns the wrongful conviction of journalist Julia Halasz
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Julia Halasz, a correspondent for the news website 444, was convicted of criminal defamation charges on May 6.
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Turkey: CFWIJ demands immediate acquittal of journalist Roza Metina
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The first hearing of the trial against Roza Metina, the Kurdish editor of Jin News, was held in Diyarbakır.
Read MoreBangladesh: CFWIJ welcomes the release of Rozina Islam and demands to drop the case against her
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Rozina Islam, the award-winning investigative journalist, who was confined for five hours in the Ministry of Health office and later arrested by police, was released on bail
Read MoreTurkey: CFWIJ welcomes lifted house arrest against journalist Pınar Gayıp
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The house arrest against Pınar Gayıp, a reporter for the Etkin News Agency (ETHA), was lifted on May 18.
Read MoreBelarus: CFWIJ condemns the crackdown and house raids against TUT.BY and editor Marina Zolotova
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The offices of TUT.BY media and the house of its editor-in-chief Marina Zolotova were raided by the Belarusian state authorities under the guise of tax evasion.
Read MoreNetherlands: CFWIJ welcomes the settlement between the Dutch state and Ans Boersma
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In a finalized settlement, the Dutch state will pay damages to journalist and CFWIJ fellow Ans Boersma.
Read MoreRussia: CFWIJ condemns the persistent legal harassment against Lyudmila Savitskaya
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Lyudmila Savitskaya is a correspondent for the north of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Read MoreTurkey: CFWIJ welcomes the ECtHR's verdict on journalist Banu Güven
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled in violation of the journalist Banu Güven’s application of the ban on the Parliamentary Investigation Commission established.
Read MoreTurkey: CFWIJ condemns the police attack against journalists Sena Dolar and Kardelen Yoğungan
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Police attacked the gathering of the Sinbo and SML Label workers to ban May 1, Labour Day organisations.
Read MoreTurkey: CFWIJ demands journalists Rojda Aydın, Nurcan Yalçın and Halime Parlak’s acquittal immediately
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First hearing of the trial against journalists Rojda Aydın, Nurcan Yalçın and Halime Parlak over the charges with ‘being participants in a prohibited gathering, defying police orders to disband’ was held.
Read MoreTurkey: CFWIJ welcomes the lawsuit against three police officer who assaulted journalist Beyza Kural
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A lawsuit was filed against three police officers, who physically assaulted journalist Beyza Kural, over charges of “violating the freedom to work and labour".
Read MoreTurkey: CFWIJ demands Turkish state to end unjust trials against journalists immediately
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The trial against journalist Durket Süren was held yesterday in Diyarbakır.
Read MoreHong Kong: CFWIJ condemns the persistent legal harassment against Bao Choy
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Award-winning freelance producer Bao Choy was convicted on April 22, by a Hong Kong court for submitting false statements to obtain public records.
Read MoreTurkey: CFWIJ CELEBRATES KURDISH JOURNALISM DAY
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Today marks the 123rd anniversary of Kurdish Journalism Day. 123 years have passed since Mikdad Midhat Bedirhan's first Kurdish newspaper published in Cairo.
Read MoreTurkey: CFWIJ condemns adjournment of trials are used to be a tactic to derail justice
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The lawsuit filed against journalists who were beaten and detained in the police raid on Özgür Gündem newspaper was postponed one more time.
Read MoreRussia: CFWIJ condemns the legal harassment of journalist Mariya Nuykina
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Mariya Nuykina was detained, arrested, and fined by Russian police authorities for covering protest movements.
Read MoreBotswana: CFWIJ condemns the legal harassment against Michelle Teise
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Michelle Teise, a correspondent for a news outlet, Moeladilotlhoko News Boiler, was arrested on January 28, in Gaborone along with four other colleagues.
Read MoreTurkey: CFWIJ condemns constant postponement of journalists Semiha Şahin’s and Pınar Gayıp’s trial
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The 13th hearing of the trial against journalists Semiha Şahin and Pınar Gayıp was held today in İstanbul.
Read MoreRussia: CFWIJ condemns the raid of DOXA student journalists’ homes
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Russian authorities raided the homes of four student journalists, two of whom are young women, as well as the homes of their parents.
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