RSF condemns the ten-year jail sentence that the Algerian blogger Touati Merzoug received yesterday from a court after more than a year in pre-trial detention. Source: MEDIA FEED
– CJFE strongly condemns the irruption into Vice Quebec's newsroom
Members of the anti-immigration group Atalante caused ruckus in the Montreal offices of Vice, entering unannounced wearing masks, making noise and throwing flyers in the newsroom. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Venezuela opens investigation into independent newspaper
"Venezuelan authorities should immediately drop the investigation into El Nacional and stop using repressive laws to harass and censor news outlets", said CPJ. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Turkey: government urged to dismiss charges against filmmakers of documentary "Bakur"
Nearly 50 civil society groups are urging Turkey not to make the country's first conviction of filmmakers under its terrorist propaganda laws. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Saudi Arabia arrests 10 activists for their work promoting women's rights
This statement was originally published on adhrb.org on 24 May 2018. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Acquittal of "Fiji Times" sedition case hailed as victory for press freedom in Oceania
Some believe "Fiji Times" was charged with sedition to silence the critics of the government. Source: MEDIA FEED
– How women have to fight to be journalists in India
Women journalists in India face many kinds of prejudice and hostility in their work. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Russia should free Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov before the World Cup
Senstov is currently serving a 20 year prison sentence on trumped up terrorism charges. Source: MEDIA FEED