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Russia Jails Four Journalists Who Covered Navalny

Russia on Tuesday sentenced four journalists it said were associated with late opposition leader Alexei Navalny to five and a half years in a penal colony, intensifying a crackdown on…

Turkish Court Jails 7 Journalists After Anti-Erdogan Protests

A Turkish court on Tuesday remanded in custody seven journalists for covering the mass protests that erupted following the arrest of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival, in a…

Woman Arrested in Connection with Journalist’s Death at Super Bowl LIX

Authorities in the New Orleans area have announced the arrest of a woman in connection with the death of Mexican journalist Adán Manzano, whose body was found in his hotel…

Maltese Businessman Accused In Journalist’s Murder Granted Bail

A Maltese businessman behind bars for five years for alleged involvement in the murder of the investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was granted bail Friday, even as he continues to…

Chaos Erupts at Blinken’s Final Press Conference as Two Journalists ‘Evacuated’ after Accusing Secretary of State of Allowing “Genocide” in Gaza [Watch Video]

Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s farewell press conference on January 16, 2025, took an unexpected turn as two journalists were forcefully removed from the room after accusing Blinken of allowing…

Balkan Journalists Battle Deluge Of Malicious Lawsuits

Serbian journalist Radmilo Markovic has gone over every full stop and comma of an article about the powerful mayor of Belgrade that has landed him in court. Aleksandar Sapic is…

Radio Station Replaces Journalists With AI ‘Presenters’

A Polish radio station, OFF Radio Krakow, has sparked controversy by replacing its journalists with artificial intelligence generated “presenters.” The station, based in Krakow, recently relaunched with three AI avatars,…

‘Hit My Heart’: Trial Of Hong Kong Editors Leave Journalists In Tears

When sedition charges against Hong Kong news editors Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam were first read out in court, former employees of the now-shuttered Stand News broke down in tears…

Kenya Police Fire Tear Gas At Nairobi Protests, Journalists Hurt

Kenyan police fired volleys of tear gas Thursday in the capital Nairobi, injuring several journalists, as small groups of protesters gathered on what was billed as a fresh day of…

Journalists In Kenya Protest Attacks On Media Freedoms

Dozens of journalists joined marches in Kenya on Wednesday in protest at what they see as heavy-handed government tactics to stifle media freedoms, including police attacks on journalists during the…

AFP journalists to strike over expat jobs

JOURNALISTS at AFP will hold a 24-hour strike starting on Thursday (Jun 6) at 0800 GMT to protest against potential changes in the status of journalists working outside France. The…

Media Watchdog Files ICC Case Over Journalists’ Deaths In Gaza

Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Monday it had filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court over Palestinian journalists killed or injured in Gaza. RSF said it…

UK Broadcast Journalists Demand Open Access To Gaza

More than 50 UK-based broadcast journalists have sent an open letter to the Israeli and Egyptian embassies calling for “free and unfettered access” to Gaza for foreign media, British media…

99 Journalists Killed In 2023, 77 In Gaza War: Report

Seventy-seven of the 99 journalists killed in 2023 were killed in the Israel-Hamas war, making the last 12 months the deadliest for the media in almost a decade, the Committee…

UN Experts Decry Killing, Silencing Of Journalists In Gaza

UN rights experts voiced alarm Thursday at soaring numbers of journalists killed in the Gaza war, decrying an apparent “deliberate” Israeli strategy to silence critical reporting. “Rarely have journalists paid…