'Media freedom and media pluralism are close to breaking point in many EU countries' according to a new report by Liberties.EU based on findings from civil liberties groups across 19 countries.
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For 26 years, Apple Daily (蘋果日報) was the second-most read online news media source in Hong Kong. The man behind that newspaper, Jimmy Lai, has now spent 3.5 years behind bars in Hong Kong — accused of “collusion” under their new National Security Law.

#MEXICO : CPJ is investigating the abduction and killing of journalist Roberto Figueroa, whose remains were found on Friday in the state of Morelos, just south of Mexico City. jornada.com.mx/noticia/2024/0…

Amid Increasing Pressure, Journalists in India Practice More Self-Censorship
By Hanan Zaffar & Jyoti Thakur

In a country where nearly 970 million people are participating in a crucial general election, the state of journalism in India is under scrutiny. The article sheds light…

Hard to spot but wearing an #IStandWithEvan pin to call attention to The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s ongoing detention in Russia.

Find updates on his case here: wsj.com/news/evan-gers…

…And please support journalists in peril and those who help them like Committee to Protect Journalists.

Thank you Mehdi Hasan Zeteo for highlighting the plight of journalists in #Gaza .
Learn more about all those killed Committee to Protect Journalists.
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Join us on May 3, 10am for a #WPFD event: The state of global press freedom and the threats to democracy

Speakers: Danielle Gershkovich, Jason Rezaian, CPJ's Jodie Ginsberg, Steve Capus, Hazem Balousha, William Booth, and Douglas Jehl

More information and watch live: washingtonpost.com/washington-pos……

Jimmy Lai’s only crime is speaking up for democratic values.

His Hong Kong trial just reached month four.

Journalism matters 👇

CPJ & Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center are hosting a conversation at #HopkinsBloombergCenter on Friday, 4/26.

In the forum:
🗯️ What tools can be deployed to minimize dangers to journalists
🗯️ What can be done to free journalists jailed for simply doing their jobs

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My latest for Committee to Protect Journalists is a raw conversation with Bahram Kurban Sintash, son of #Uyghur editor Qurban Mamut. He shares the devastating way he learned of his father's arrest and his mother's heartbreaking message urging him not to call anymore. cpj.org/?p=380413

#Maldives : Tuesday marks seven years since the murder of blogger Yameen Rasheed (left).

In late 2023, the Maldives criminal court dismissed charges against three accused of involvement in Rasheed’s murder, as well as the 2014 abduction and murder of journalist Ahmed Rilwan…

Most Americans say a free press is highly important to society: ⁦Pew Research Center⁩.
They are right - it’s not just important, it’s essential. pewresearch.org/short-reads/20…

CPJ and more than 70 signatories called on #Italy to respect the right to report, rather than risk criminalizing journalism by prosecuting three reporters with Domani newspaper in order to identify their sources. Read the full statement here:
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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is in custody on espionage charges, makes a heart-shaped gesture behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants as he attends a court hearing in Moscow, Russia, April 23, 2024. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

This is highly disturbing at a time #India is holding the world's biggest election. We Committee to Protect Journalists urge the Indian government not to use retaliatory measures including withholding visa approvals to deny journalists the right to report freely

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CPJ does its work because “journalists are the first to be attacked by those who wish to oppress, to deny the basic human rights and human dignity of all.” Committee to Protect Journalists pays tribute to Terry Anderson
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Thank you to everyone who came to Committee to Protect Journalists events journalism festival.

This year has been - and will be - a perilous one for journalists.

But it would be much more dangerous for us all without the brilliant reporters documenting and investigating wrongdoing globally. #ijf24

“I have a belief in the importance and necessity of journalism. Journalism has been really under attack…and journalists are not trusted anymore. That’s problematic. That’s makes life dangerous for everybody” - Alex Garland Civil War
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