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Dec 13 • 4 tweets • 7 min read
CPJ joins call urging U.S. Senate to advance the PRESS Act

@ACLU @AZPressClub @article19org @CalMatters @CenDemTech @ASCmediarisk @CFWIJ @RightsDissent @demandprogress @EyeOnOH @fightfortheftr @FACoalition @FreedomofPress @gdmorningWilton @IllinoisEagle

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On Dec. 12, CPJ joined 37 other press freedom and civil liberty organizations in a letter to U.S. Senate Majority Leader @SenSchumer, urging him to advance the PRESS Act in a 2022 end-of-year omnibus bill.

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The #PRESSAct is a strong shield law protecting journalists from surveillance or compelled disclosure of source materials except in emergency situations.

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We're incredibly heartened to see growing support for legislation, including from @SenatorDurbin in the @Suntimes

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Senegalese journalist Pape Alé Niang released on bail with ban on foreign travel, speaking about case

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Dec 15
In an Iran roiled by protests, journalists face a war of attrition — by @YeganehSalehi

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#Iran is the world’s worst jailer of journalists in 2022.

Dozens of reporters are among those arrested during nationwide protests since the death of #MahsaAmini.

Learn about the 62 journalists imprisoned in Iran as of December 1.: cpj.org/data/imprisone…
#Iran today:
-Journalists’ families intimidated into remaining silent
-Sources inside the country afraid to speak on the record
-Journalists’ social media accounts scrubbed
-Even state-run news outlets appear to have deleted articles, likely under duress

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Dec 15
#Turkey’s longest-serving jailed journalist, Hatice Duman, is now 50. She has been behind bars since April 2003, serving a life sentence on charges including propaganda & being a member of the banned Marxist Leninist Communist Party (MLKP).

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Turkey’s Constitutional Court decided journalist Hatice Duman’s right to a fair trial had been violated and twice ordered a retrial.
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The number of journalists held in #Turkey more than doubled from 18 in 2021 to 40 in 2022 after the arrests of 25 Kurdish journalists, amid the country’s ongoing efforts to silence those it associates with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party.
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Dec 15
Turkish journalist Sinan Aygül arrested under new ‘disinformation’ law
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#Turkey: Sinan Aygül, of @Bitlisnews & the Bitlis Journalists Society, was arrested for allegedly spreading false information online.
The day before, Aygül tweeted allegations about a sexual assault case, but later deleted the tweets & apologized, saying that he had been mistaken
Journalists may make mistakes like anyone else, but sharing & correcting an unconfirmed report should not result in a journalist facing years in prison. Turkish authorities should release Sinan Aygül & ensure members of the press do not face criminal prosecution for their work.
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Dec 14
Rappler contributor Frank Cimatu convicted of cyber libel in the Philippines
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On December 13, a Quezon City court convicted Cimatu, a contributor to the independent news outlet Rappler, of cyber libel over a 2017 Facebook post by the journalist about alleged corruption by then Agriculture Secretary Manny Pinol.

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The spurious charge against Filipino journalist Frank Cimatu should be dropped & [Philippine] authorities should start work immediately on decriminalizing libel & overhauling the overbroad cybercrime provisions that allow for these kinds of outrageous convictions.

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Dec 14
Journalist imprisonments reach a record high, according to CPJ’s 2022 prison census.

Worst jailers:

#Iran 62 journalists imprisoned
#China 43
#Myanmar 42
#Turkey 40
#Belarus 26
#Egypt 21
#Vietnam 21
#Russia 19
#Eritrea 16
#Saudi Arabia 11

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CPJ’s 2022 prison census has found 363 journalists deprived of their freedom as of December 1, 2022—the highest number CPJ has recorded in the 30-year history of the census, overtaking last year’s record by 20% & marking another grim milestone in a deteriorating media landscape.
In a year marked by conflict and repression, authoritarian leaders doubled down on their criminalization of independent reporting, deploying increasing cruelty to stifle dissenting voices and undermine #pressfreedom

Read more: cpj.org/reports/2022/1…
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