North Macedonia police arrest journalist Furkan Saliu at soccer match
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Berlin, April 11, 2024—North Macedonia authorities should conduct a swift, thorough, and transparent investigation into riot police’s arrest of...
ILO submits dossier related to the right to strike dispute to the International Court...
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Canadian journalist arrested, charged with obstruction while reporting
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On January 10, 2024, police in Edmonton, Canada, arrested and charged Indigenous journalist Brandi Morin with obstruction in connection...
CPJ, partners urge UN leaders to release full report on journalist Issam Abdallah’s murder
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The Committee to Protect Journalists joined its international partners on Friday in signing a letter urging the United Nations...
‘Widespread’ sexual abuse of children in entertainment business revealed
“The sexual abuse and the exploitation of children within the entertainment industry resulting from unethical systems, structures, practices or abuse of power and authority...
Argentine journalist gets death threats after reporting on illegal medication sales
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São Paulo, April 12, 2024—Argentine authorities must thoroughly investigate the death threats received by journalist Julio Ernesto López on...
CPJ calls on United Nations to investigate Israel’s arbitrary detention of Palestinian journalists
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Israel escalates practice of detaining journalists without charge amid war
New York, March 25, 2024—Israel is utilizing administrative detention to...
Iraqi publisher survives assassination attempt in Baghdad
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Beirut, February 26, 2024—An unknown number of armed and masked individuals in two trucks fired at least 17 times...
Why the Biden campaign should invest in the Black Press
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Why the Biden campaign should invest in the Black Press
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Advertising in the Black Press provides deeper visibility beyond...
Pakistani journalist Asad Ali Toor arrested after responding to summons for questioning
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New York, February 26, 2024—Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency arrested independent journalist Asad Ali Toor on Monday after he was...
CPJ, others call on Slovakia to withdraw repressive media bill
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The Committee to Protect Journalists and seven other international press freedom organizations have called on Slovakian authorities to immediately...
Appointments announced to New York Reparations Commission
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Governor Hochul, Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins and Speaker Heastie Announce Appointments to New York State’s Commission to Study Reparations and Racial Justice.
Albany,...
Resisting the progressive artificiality of human life
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
It is a wide-spread shared conception that our future is under surveillance and siege, that our present...
One year into Sudan’s civil war, its media faces grave threats
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When fighting erupted in Sudan on April 15 of last year, local journalists quickly ran into difficulties reporting on...
Stand up against hate, UN chief tells Holocaust commemoration
“All of us – leaders and citizens – have a responsibility to listen and to learn from survivors and victims by condemning these terrible...
Communiqué – 46th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM
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The Forty-Sixth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held from 25 –...
Spanish journalist Xavier Colás denied visa renewal, expelled from Russia
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New York, March 22, 2024—Russian authorities must reconsider their decision to not renew the visa of Spanish journalist Xavier...
Self-Harm Awareness Month
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By: Rosalind Ghafar Rogers, PhD, LMHC, Clinical Behavioral Health Subject Matter Expert
with USCRI’s Refugee Health Services in Arlington, VA
March...
CPJ, partners offer new leads in murder case of Philippine journalist Gerry Ortega
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Manila, March 1, 2024 – The Committee to Protect Journalists and its partners in ‘A Safer World for the...
CPJ calls on Taliban to drop plans to restrict Facebook access in Afghanistan
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New York, April 8, 2024 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by reports that the Taliban plans to restrict or...
‘The patriarchy may be pushing back, but so are we’, UN chief tells CSW68
Women’s rights are under attack, and governments must act to reverse that dangerous trend, the UN chief told a his annual town hall event...
Advocates decry what is lost as the teaching of Black history faces growing restraints
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By Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill —
Advocates are sounding the alarm about growing pushes from conservative-led states to downplay the impact...
CPJ joins call for EU to prioritize rule of law
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CPJ joined 38 other civil society organizations on Wednesday in calling on the European Commission to strengthen its fifth...
Ukrainians Left in Limbo by Congress’ Failure to Act
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ARLINGTON, Virginia — Since the spring of 2022, Iryna Tkachenko has worked to welcome Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion....
