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Committee to protect Journalists

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Africa

Recent report by the Committee to Protect Journalists paints a bleak picture for sub-Saharan Africa

A recent report by the Committee to Protect Journalists paints a bleak picture for sub-Saharan Africa. The number of incarcerated journalists has risen from 31 in 2022 to 47 last month. The committee ranks Eritrea at the forefront of media freedom violators in Africa, with 16 journalists behind bars. Ethiopia is second, with eight journalists in detention, followed by Cameroon with six. The committee is concerned about the lack of […]

todayJanuary 25, 2024 5

World

Israel now ranks among the world’s leading jailers of journalists. We don’t know why they’re behind bars

  By Peter Greste, Macquarie University Israel has emerged as one of the world’s leading jailers of journalists, according to a newly released census compiled by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists. Each year, the committee releases a snapshot of the number of journalists behind bars as of December 1 2023 was the second highest on record with 320 in detention around the world. In a small way, that […]

todayJanuary 19, 2024 14

World

2023 prison census: Jailed journalist numbers near record high; Israel imprisonments spike

An Israeli army vehicle drives outside the Ofer military prison in the occupied West Bank in November 2023. Israel's imprisonment of 17 journalists in the West Bank since the October 7 start of the Israel-Gaza war has made it the 6th worst jailer of journalists, according to CPJ's prison census, which was taken December 1. China and Myanmar led the worst-jailers list. (Photo: AFP/Fadel Senna) By Arlene Getz/CPJ Editorial Director […]

todayJanuary 19, 2024 2

Press Releases

Israel among top jailers of journalists worldwide, as imprisonments globally continue unabated, CPJ finds

Israeli army vehicles are pictured outside the Ofer military prison in the occupied West Bank on November 29. (Photo: AFP/Fadel Senna) Amidst a months-long war, Israel emerged for the first time as one of the world’s leading jailers of journalists, with 17 recorded behind bars as of December 1, 2023, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists’ (CPJ) annual prison census. This is the highest number of Palestinian journalists in detention […]

todayJanuary 19, 2024 4

Oshiwambo

Omutoolinkundana aadhika a hulitha pondje yegumbo lye mo Mozambique

Omutoolinkundana mo Mozambique Joao Chamusse okwaadhika a hulitha pondje yegumbo lye moshilandopangelo Maputo,mushoka kwa fekelwa kutya oshipotha shedhipago. O BBC oya lopota kutya okwa dhipagwa kaaponokeli inaaya tseyika ,naashiinda oyati oyemuuvu ta kugu ta pula ekwatho oowili dhongula yetine. Naatoolinkundana ooyakwawo oyati Chamusse okwaadhika noshilalo momutse ,netakana oshowo etemo oyaadhika pooha nomudhimba gwe. Chamusse kwali ha longele oshifokundaneki sho Ponto por Ponto okwa kala noku sheka  epangelo kopolohalama yoko  TV […]

todayDecember 15, 2023 6 3 2

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