Our report on the Biden administration and the media offers recommendations for improving #pressfreedom in the U.S., including prohibiting the singling out of journalists at the border, ending the misuse of the Espionage Act, improving #FOIA, and more.
The nationwide antigovernment protests that erupted earlier this month in Kazakhstan upended the country’s reputation as one of Eurasia’s most stable authoritarian regimes.
Journalists covering the unrest in #Kazakhstan were detained by police and targeted by mobs. They also worked amid a nationwide internet blackout.
Since the protests, authorities have sentenced at least four journalists to detention and questioned others. cpj.org/2022/01/kazakh…
"No one expected that this kind of thing could happen in Kazakhstan," Madina Alimkhanova, correspondent for international news agency @kaztag_kz, told @CPJ_Eurasia. "No one expected this kind of aggression towards journalists from protesters." cpj.org/2022/01/nothin…
Filipino journalist @mariaressa is battling a spate of spurious libel charges under the #Philippines’ 2012 Cybercrime Prevention Act in connection with reporting by her news website, Rappler, and could face a six-year prison sentence if one conviction is not overturned on appeal.
Bangladeshi reporter Ruhul Amin Gazi has been jailed for over a year without trial because a 2019 report published by his employer, the Daily Sangram newspaper, was available on the internet, triggering a criminal complaint under the Digital Security Act. cpj.org/2022/01/why-th…
"My sister has been targeted because of my journalism," exiled Bangladeshi journalist Kanak Sarwar told CPJ of his sister’s detention. "She is treated like a convicted criminal just because she is my sister."
Brazil: On July 9, in the city of Moju in the northern state of Pará, 2 unidentified men hiding outside journalist Jackson Silva’s home shot him multiple times & then fled the scene
The journalist's wife and 2 children were also at the scene of the shooting, but were not injured
"Brazilian authorities should ensure a swift and thorough investigation into the attempted murder of journalist Jackson Silva, and determine whether the attack was related to his work." @CPJAmericas' @nsouthwickcpj.org/2021/07/brazil…
Spyware reform critical as at least 180 journalists revealed as potential Pegasus targets cpj.org/2021/07/spywar…
“This report shows how governments and companies must act now to stop the abuse of this spyware which is evidently being used to undermine civil liberties, not just counter terrorism and crime,” said @RobertMMahoney.
“No one should have unfettered power to spy on the press, least of all governments known to target journalists with physical abuse and legal reprisals.”