The third murder of a journalist in the last eight months in India's eastern Bihar state illustrates the danger of allowing such crimes to continue to be met with impunity, IPI said. Source: MEDIA FEED
– In Angola, two journalists charged over report on corruption
Marques de Morais told CPJ a prosecutor questioned him for three hours on December 27 before charging him with crimen injuria over an article he wrote and published in October. The article alleged wrongdoing by Angola's attorney general, João Maria de Sousa. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Three Belarusian bloggers detained for criticizing government policies
Reporters Without Borders calls for the immediate release of three bloggers – Dzmitry Alimkin, Yury Paulavets and Syarhey Shyptsenka – who have been held by the Belarusian authorities for the past three weeks for criticizing the government’s supposed “Russophobic” tendencies. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Historic decision aims to give all Canadians access to reliable, world-class Internet
OpenMedia describes the CRTC decision as truly historic. It will be a game-changer for rural and underserved communities across Canada where Internet access is either unavailable or unaffordable, due to a digital divide keeping almost one in five Canadians offline. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Bangladeshi reporter arrested over coverage of garment industry strike
RSF calls for the immediate release of Nazmul Huda, a reporter who was arrested because of his coverage of a strike by garment workers in Ashulia, the Dhaka suburb where Bangladesh's biggest garment factories are located. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Turkish investigative journalist Ahmet Şık arrested
Şık was arrested at his home in Istanbul this morning as a government crackdown targeting critical voices in the press intensified further. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Russia's five most memorable online censorship moments of 2016
As 2016 comes to a close, RuNet Echo looks back at the five most controversial, infamous, and even ironic actions this year by Russia's federal censors. Source: MEDIA FEED