The Digital Security Act has provisions curtailing freedom of expression and independent journalism. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Authorities requested to investigate murder of Abdirizak Said Osman
This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 20 September 2018. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Turkey: Three Hayatın Sesi TV executives jailed for 'terrorist propaganda'
Mustafa Kara, Gökhan Çetin and İsmail Gökhan Bayram from the shuttered TV station Hayatın Sesi were each handed jail sentences of three years and nine months for "continuously spreading propaganda for a terrorist organisation". Source: MEDIA FEED
– Reporter covering Berta Caceres murder trial threatened in Honduras
CPJ called on Honduran authorities to investigate threats against freelance journalist Nina Lakhani – who is in Honduras to cover the high-profile trial of eight men charged in the 2016 murder of indigenous environmental leader Berta Cáceres – and to ensure journalists are able to report safely from the country. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Saudi airstrike hits Yemeni radio station
CPJ strongly condemns the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition's recent airstrike on a Yemeni radio station. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Vietnamese blogger Ngo Van Dung missing after police arrest
Reporters Without Borders calls for the immediate release of Ngo Van Dung, a Vietnamese blogger and citizen-journalist whose location has been unknown since his arrest on a street in Ho Chi Minh City two weeks ago. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Rafiki: Banned Kenyan film challenges stereotypes at home and abroad
Rafiki is a film with a "clear intent to promote lesbianism in Kenya", the CEO of the Kenya Film Classification Board stated when announcing a nationwide ban against the film earlier this year. Source: MEDIA FEED
– EFF to court: The First Amendment protects criticism of patent trolls
EFF has submitted an amicus brief to the New Hampshire Supreme Court asking it to affirm a lower court ruling that found criticism of a patent owner was not defamatory. Source: MEDIA FEED