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Chinese journalist who documented Wuhan coronavirus outbreak jailed for 4 years
By CNN,
1016, December 29, 2020 (EAT)
An independent Chinese journalist who reported from Wuhan at the height of the initial coronavirus outbreak has been jailed for four years by a Shangh...
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George Blake, last in line of Cold War spies who betrayed Britain, dies at 98
By Reuters,
1748, December 27, 2020 (EAT)
George Blake, who died in Russia on Saturday at the age of 98, was the last in a line of British spies whose secret work for the Soviet Union humiliat...
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Yassin Juma arrest underlines press freedom concerns in Ethiopia
By VOA,
1259, August 28, 2020 (EAT)
The arrest and alleged abuse of a Kenyan journalist working in Ethiopia is renewing scrutiny of press freedoms in the country. Kenyan journalist Co...
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Ethiopia holding Kenyan journalist Yassin Juma despite court order for his release
By VOA,
918, August 12, 2020 (EAT)
Lawyers representing Yassin Juma, a Kenyan journalist detained in Ethiopia, say authorities are still holding him despite an Ethiopian court last week...
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US, Britain voice concern in case of imprisoned Tanzanian journalist
By VOA,
1040, August 10, 2019 (EAT)
Britain and the United States are asking Tanzania to uphold the rights of all its citizens after a journalist was arrested on charges his lawyer and r...
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The social media campaign that aims to topple leader of ‘Africa’s North Korea’
By CNN,
1245, June 17, 2019 (EAT)
A social media movement created to expose Eritrea's closed regime is gaining momentum. Driven by young Eritreans living in the United States, UK, a...
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Russian investigative journalist Ivan Golunov put under house arrest
By CNN,
2101, June 10, 2019 (EAT)
A prominent Russian investigative journalist has been released from jail and placed under house arrest after being charged with intent to sell drugs i...
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Former Vatican treasurer appeals against abuse convictions
By Reuters,
1121, June 5, 2019 (EAT)
Former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell appeared in an Australian court on Wednesday for an appeal hearing against his convictions for sexually ...
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Ugandan Gov’t upset by media coverage of Bobi Wine
By Reuters,
821, May 8, 2019 (EAT)
More than a dozen Ugandan media outlets said they will reassign senior journalists in response to government complaints over coverage of opposition la...
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Two Reuters reporters freed in Myanmar after more than 500 days in jail
By Reuters,
2125, May 7, 2019 (EAT)
Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar after they were convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act walked free from prison on Tuesday after more...
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Two Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar freed after over 500 days
By Reuters,
1101, May 7, 2019 (EAT)
Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar after they were convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act walked free from a prison on the outskirts of...
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World Press Freedom Day: Global leaders fault corrupt nations, dictators
By Rachel Ombaka,
1455, May 3, 2019 (EAT)
Leaders from around the world have called on governments to defend the rights of journalists in their quest to fight against corruption and to achieve...
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In Eritrea, jailed journalists continue to languish
By VOA,
1848, April 26, 2019 (EAT)
Yirgalem Fisseha will never forget the moment her world turned upside down. On Feb. 19, 2009, Yirgalem, a poet and journalist, was working her shif...
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Myanmar’s top court rejects final appeal by jailed Reuters journalists
By Reuters,
2014, April 23, 2019 (EAT)
Myanmar’s top court on Tuesday rejected the appeal of two Reuters reporters sentenced to seven years in jail for breaking the Official Secrets Act, ...
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Myanmar’s top court to rule on jailed Reuters journalists’ appeal
By Reuters,
929, April 22, 2019 (EAT)
Myanmar’s Supreme Court will rule on Tuesday on an appeal of two Reuters journalists imprisoned for breaking a colonial-era official secrets law, in...
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Trump: ‘I know nothing about wikiLeaks’; US seeks assange extradition
By VOA,
1720, April 12, 2019 (EAT)
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he has no knowledge of the website WikiLeaks, after the whistleblowing site’s founder, Julian Assange, was...
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Lawyer: Venezuela frees German journalist
By VOA,
1317, March 16, 2019 (EAT)
A German freelance journalist jailed in Venezuela since November on espionage charges was released Friday within weeks of two other reporters being ex...
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Russia’s parliament backs new fines for insulting the State online
By Reuters,
1705, March 15, 2019 (EAT)
Russia’s parliament on Wednesday approved new fines for people who insult the authorities online or spread fake news, defying warnings from critics ...
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Egypt releases award-winning photojournalist jailed since 2013
By Reuters,
1901, March 4, 2019 (EAT)
Egyptian authorities on Monday released a photojournalist who spent more than five years in jail after covering a 2013 sit-in that ended with security...
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Nigeria in battle against fake news ahead of elections
By VOA,
935, February 14, 2019 (EAT)
In Nigeria fake news can be so outlandish, yet widely believed, that the president recently felt compelled to declare that he had not died and been re...
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