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Ukrainian Regime Persecutes and Kills Opposition Politicians and Journalists

According to 2014 Reporters Without Borders report, Syria, Palestine, Ukraine, Iraq and Libya have been named the deadliest countries for reporters. (1) Conflict-torn Ukraine has become the worst...

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Personal details of murdered journalist & ex-MP found posted on Ukrainian...

The journalist and ex-MP who were gunned down in Kiev this week were on an ‘enemies of the state’ database – a social media website supported by the aide to Ukraine's interior minister. The bloggers...

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20 Palestinian journalists being held in Israeli jails

Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian journalist on Wednesday after raiding his home in Nablus, bringing the total number of journalists imprisoned by Israel to 20.

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Citizen-Journalist Fined for Telling the Truth

Vera Scroggins of Susquehanna County, Pa., was found to be in contempt of court, Thursday, and fined $1,000. Her offense? She tells the truth.

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Egypt: 1.4 violations against journalists every 72 hours

According to a report issued by the Press Syndicate's Freedom Committee, in cooperation with five human rights organisations, journalists are still at risk of abuses by the authorities and "some state...

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Another Mexican Journalist Found Dead with Signs of Torture

Mexican radio and print journalist Armando Saldaña Morales was found dead Monday in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca with apparent signs of torture, the state attorney general's office confirmed.

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Irish billionaire muzzles Irish media from reporting on dealings with toxic bank

Ireland is in the throes of an outright assault on press freedom and it comes in the form of a legal injunction preventing reporting on the financial affairs of Ireland's richest businessman and owner...

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‘He will pay a heavy price’: Erdogan threatens Turkish editor-in-chief for...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has publicly threatened the editor-in-chief of a Cumhuriyet daily for publishing a report, which showed police discovering weapons ready to be sent to Syrian rebels in...

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Trial of Al Jazeera staff adjourned for tenth time

The retrial of three Al Jazeera journalists has been adjourned for a tenth time in Egypt. The court in Cairo said on Sunday that a verdict in the case would now be delivered on August 29. Image Credit:...

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Journalists, Dissenters Targets of Egypt’s Draconian ‘Anti-Terror’ Law

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday officially signed into law sweeping new "anti-terrorism" legislation that dramatically expands his powers to impose the death penalty, crack down on...

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Ukrainian Regime Persecutes and Kills Opposition Politicians and Journalists

According to 2014 Reporters Without Borders report, Syria, Palestine, Ukraine, Iraq and Libya have been named the deadliest countries for reporters. (1) Conflict-torn Ukraine has become the worst...

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Personal details of murdered journalist & ex-MP found posted on Ukrainian...

The journalist and ex-MP who were gunned down in Kiev this week were on an ‘enemies of the state’ database – a social media website supported by the aide to Ukraine's interior minister. The bloggers...

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20 Palestinian journalists being held in Israeli jails

Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian journalist on Wednesday after raiding his home in Nablus, bringing the total number of journalists imprisoned by Israel to 20.

View Article


Citizen-Journalist Fined for Telling the Truth

Vera Scroggins of Susquehanna County, Pa., was found to be in contempt of court, Thursday, and fined $1,000. Her offense? She tells the truth.

View Article

Egypt: 1.4 violations against journalists every 72 hours

According to a report issued by the Press Syndicate's Freedom Committee, in cooperation with five human rights organisations, journalists are still at risk of abuses by the authorities and "some state...

View Article


Another Mexican Journalist Found Dead with Signs of Torture

Mexican radio and print journalist Armando Saldaña Morales was found dead Monday in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca with apparent signs of torture, the state attorney general's office confirmed.

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Irish billionaire muzzles Irish media from reporting on dealings with toxic bank

Ireland is in the throes of an outright assault on press freedom and it comes in the form of a legal injunction preventing reporting on the financial affairs of Ireland's richest businessman and owner...

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‘He will pay a heavy price’: Erdogan threatens Turkish editor-in-chief for...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has publicly threatened the editor-in-chief of a Cumhuriyet daily for publishing a report, which showed police discovering weapons ready to be sent to Syrian rebels in...

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Trial of Al Jazeera staff adjourned for tenth time

The retrial of three Al Jazeera journalists has been adjourned for a tenth time in Egypt. The court in Cairo said on Sunday that a verdict in the case would now be delivered on August 29. Image Credit:...

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Journalists, Dissenters Targets of Egypt’s Draconian ‘Anti-Terror’ Law

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday officially signed into law sweeping new "anti-terrorism" legislation that dramatically expands his powers to impose the death penalty, crack down on...

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