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Jan 20 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Many authorities around the world already invoke cybercrime or cybersecurity laws to punish journalists.

Here are three journalists currently accused under #cybercrime laws ⤵️
cpj.org/2022/01/why-th…
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.
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#Nigeria’s Cybercrimes Act criminalizes using computers to transmit information that could cause annoyance or that the sender knows to be false.

Nigerian journalist Luka Binniyat was arrested under the Cybercrimes Act in November 2021 and continues to be held behind bars.

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Jan 20
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.

They also posed an enormous challenge to Kazakh journalists, reports @nickjlewis.
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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."
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Jan 19
In September, Nusrat Shahrin Raka told her brother, Bangladeshi journalist Kanak Sarwar, that someone created a Facebook account impersonating her.

That fake profile landed Raka in jail – a move Sarwar believes is in retaliation for his work.

#FreeNusrat
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Kanak Sarwar worked as a journalist in Bangladesh for more than 20 years before he fled in 2016 after he was detained for nine months.

In October, #Bangladesh police detained his his sister, Nusrat Shahrin Raka, who remains behind bars.

#FreeNusrat
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"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."

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Jan 19
Ahead of President Biden’s press conference today, journalists and advocates continue to be concerned about #pressfreedom in the U.S.

We urge the Biden administration to consider these issues and take immediate steps to address them.

cpj.org/bidenpressfree…
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.

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Though relations with the U.S. press have improved under President Biden, much more must still be done.

The U.S. cannot be an effective champion of media freedom globally unless it vigorously upholds it domestically.

cpj.org/bidenpressfree…
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Jul 19, 2021
Brazilian journalist Jackson Silva survives shooting in the northern state of Pará

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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' @nsouthwick cpj.org/2021/07/brazil…
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Jul 19, 2021
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.”
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