SEAPA expressed fears that Thailand is moving toward greater control of the media, with the government's latest attempt to enact a new law to control the press. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Journalists beaten inside police station in Bangladesh
Two ATN News employees were brutally beaten by policemen inside the Shahbagh Police Station while they were covering the shutdown enforced by the demonstrators protesting the construction of a power plant. Source: MEDIA FEED
– World writers join PEN in solidarity with Turkey's imprisoned writers, as high-level mission ends
As a high-level mission ends in Istanbul, leading world writers join PEN in a message of solidarity to Turkish writers protesting the heavy-handed crackdown against free expression in the country. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Spanish journalist barred entry to Venezuela to cover protests
Aitor Saez, a Spanish correspondent working for Deutsche Welle, was sent back to Colombia on the night of January 22, 2017, after immigration authorities said the Spanish journalist did not comply with the necessary requirements to enter the country. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Burundians afraid to speak out as ruling party youth league kill, torture opponents
"Burundians live in fear of the next attack, afraid to speak out to denounce the killings, torture, and other abuses." Source: MEDIA FEED
– Monthly round-up: Law stifles whistleblowers in Germany, NGOs targeted in Hungary & more
Crackdowns in Turkey, Azerbaijan continue; new laws stifle media in UK, whistleblowers in Germany; foreign-funded NGOs targeted in Hungary, a Kyrgyz court confirms life sentence for investigative journalist Azimjon Askarov Source: MEDIA FEED
– Videographer and blogger detained in Vietnam
Vietnam should stop treating journalists like criminals, CPJ said, stressing that videographer Nguyen Van Hoa and blogger Tran Thi Nga should be freed immediately, and without charge. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Saudi Arabian writer Nadhir Al-Majid sentenced to seven years in prison
He was taken immediately after the verdict to Al-Ha'ir prison in Riyadh. There are fears that the authorities will refuse to officially deliver a copy of the verdict to him or his family, which might prevent them from seeking an appeal of the sentence at the Court of Appeal. Source: MEDIA FEED