Tag: Freedom of the Press
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Kyiv says Ukrainian reporter Victoria Roshchyna died in Russian detention | Russia-Ukraine war News
The award-winning freelance journalist was known for her reporting on life in Russian-occupied Ukraine. An award-winning Ukrainian journalist who wrote firsthand accounts of life in Russian-occupied Ukraine has died in detention in Russia. Victoria Roshchyna, who was 27, worked freelance for Ukrainian media outlets Ukrainska Pravda and Hromadske Radio, as well as for US-funded Radio…
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Palestinian journalist, 19, killed in Israeli raid after receiving threats | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Hassan Hamad was killed in an attack on his home in Jabalia camp, taking the total number of journalists killed to 175. Israeli forces have killed Palestinian journalist Hassan Hamad in an air strike on his home in northern Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp, days after the slain journalist said he was warned by an Israeli…
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Israel closes Al Jazeera bureau in Ramallah: All you need to know | Israel-Palestine conflict News
On live television, heavily armed Israeli soldiers raided Al Jazeera’s occupied West Bank bureau in Ramallah and handed the bureau head, Walid al-Omari, a notice to shut it down. The soldiers ordered everyone working the overnight shift at the bureau to leave, telling them they could take only their personal belongings. What happened and why?…
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Voting under way in Algeria’s presidential election | Elections News
No major changes expected with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune expected to win despite concerns about low turnout. Algerians are voting in a presidential election in which incumbent Abdelmadjid Tebboune is expected to easily win a second term. Polling stations opened at 8am (07:00 GMT) on Saturday in the North African country which has more than 24…
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‘Unacceptable pressure’: Kremlin denounces US for targeting Russian media | Media News
Kremlin spokesman also says media censorship during Ukraine offensive is ‘justified’ as Russia is in a ‘state of war’. The Kremlin has accused the United States of applying unacceptable pressure on Russian media after Washington announced sanctions against journalists and a state media network. On Friday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters the US was…
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Las Vegas politician jailed for life for killing investigative journalist | Crime News
Former public administrator Robert Telles sentenced to life after being found guilty of 2022 murder of Jeff German. A Las Vegas politician has been jailed for life for killing an investigative journalist who wrote critical articles detailing wrongdoing in the department he headed. Robert Telles, a former Democratic public administrator, lay in wait outside the…
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Reuters employee killed in Russian attack on Ukraine hotel | Russia-Ukraine war
NewsFeed A safety adviser working for Reuters news agency has been killed in a Russian attack on a hotel in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. Two journalists on the team were also injured. Published On 26 Aug 202426 Aug 2024 Source link
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Authorities in northern Iraq report casualties from Turkish drone strike | Freedom of the Press News
Kurdish authorities say a Turkish drone strike killed several people, with reports that the strike targeted journalists. Local authorities and news outlets in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region have said that several people were killed in a Turkish drone strike on Friday, including two journalists. In an initial statement on Friday, the regional authorities said…
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Philippine court orders regulator to restore licence of news site Rappler | Freedom of the Press News
Rappler calls decision to overturn shutdown order ‘vindication after a tortuous eight years of harassment’. A Philippine court has ordered the country’s corporate regulator to restore the licence of Rappler, a news site co-founded by Nobel laureate Maria Ressa, a prominent critic of former President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa and Rappler have been fighting multiple court…