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Around the world, the voices of journalists are routinely silenced by governments. But #PressFreedom isn't just for journalists. (1/7) eff.org/deeplinks/2014…
Our Offline project documents just some of the online writers and bloggers who have been imprisoned or taken offline for speaking up, and speaking truth to power. (2/7)
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Thanks to her reporting & blogging, Eman Al-Nafjan was a key figure in the movement to end the decades-old women driving ban in Saudi Arabia. The 2019 Congressional Press Freedom Day Resolution recognized her work, for which she is currently on trial. (3/7)pen.org/press-release/…
Alaa Abd El Fattah, a prominent Egyptian coder, blogger, and activist, was freed in March but must spend each night at the police station. Here’s his first interview since being released. (4/7) madamasr.com/en/2019/04/19/…
Award-winning journalist Wael Abbas must report to Cairo police twice weekly, despite his case not having gone to trial. This statute, part of Egypt’s aging penal code, is part of the toolkit Egypt’s government uses to suppress free speech. (5/7) cpj.org/blog/2019/04/e…
Ahmed Mansoor, a blogger and technologist, has fought against oppression & for digital rights in the United Arab Emirates for over a decade. He has been on a hunger strike since March 17 to protest his cruel and unjust detention. (6/7)
The @OneFreePress Coalition has a regularly updated “10 Most Urgent Cases" of jailed journalists. Follow it to support journalists and #PressFreedom every day. (7/7) onefreepresscoalition.com/list
