This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 8 January 2021. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges Senegal to amend certain draconian provisions in its new press code, which President Macky Sall finally signed into law on Wednesday, three years after its adoption, because these amendments would allow this West African country to become a regional…
Life of Burkinabe investigative journalist in danger
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 23 December 2020. On his return from the town of Dori, in the Sahel region, where he co-hosted a panel discussion on electoral corruption during the electoral campaign on November 22, 2020, award-wining investigative journalist and editor of “Courrier Confidentiel”, Yacouba Ladji Bama was targeted when the…
Togo’s media fraternity shocked by treatment of colleague Carlos Kétohou
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 8 January 2021. The High Authority for Audiovisual and Communication (HAAC), the institution in charge of media regulation in Togo, has requested the courts withdraw the operating license of the weekly L’Independent Express, whose director of publications was arrested over an article the regulator judges to be…
CPJ joins call for Guatemalan authorities to drop criminal charges against journalist Anastasia Mejía
This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 7 January 2021. The Committee to Protect Journalists today joined 50 human rights organizations, media outlets, and individuals in a statement calling on Guatemalan authorities to drop all remaining charges against Indigenous radio journalist Anastasia Mejía Tiriquiz.Mejía is facing charges of sedition and aggravated attack for her alleged participation…
CPJ urges respect for United States press freedom, journalist safety
This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 6 January 2021. In response to events today in Washington D.C., the Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following statement:“We are gravely concerned by today’s attack on American institutions, including the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., where journalists as well as lawmakers are at risk,” said CPJ…
EFF to FinCEN: Stop pushing for more financial surveillance
This statement was originally published on eff.org on 4 January 2021. Today, EFF submitted comments to the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) opposing the agency’s proposal for new regulations of cryptocurrency transactions. As we explain in our comments, financial records can be deeply personal and revealing, containing a trove of sensitive information about…
Oakland Privacy and the people of Vallejo prevail in the fight for surveillance accountability
This statement was originally published on eff.org on 5 January 2021. Just as the 2020 holiday season was beginning in earnest, Solano Superior Court Judge Bradley Nelson upheld the gift of surveillance accountability that the California State legislature had provided state residents when they passed 2015’s Senate Bill 741 (Cal. Govt. Code § 53166). Judge Bradley’s order brought…
Hong Kong: Freedom House condemns mass arrest of pro-democracy activists, politicians
This statement was originally published on freedomhouse.org on 6 January 2021. The unprecedented crackdown reveals the intention of the Chinese Communist Party to suppress any effort by Hong Kongers to salvage democratic representation. In response to the arrest on January 6, 2021, of more than 50 prodemocracy activists and politicians in Hong Kong on charges…