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Journalists in US face restrictions, searches

CPJ joins 57 news organizations in a letter criticizing restrictions imposed on journalists covering the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. The U.S. government claims sweeping authority to interrogate travelers and search their devices without a warrant at border crossings. CPJ requests a meeting with San Francisco Mayor London Breed to discuss the police raid of journalist Bryan Carmody's home. Back on the campaign trail, President Trump increases his anti-press tweet offensive. (Reuters/Jonathan Bachman)

• Read CPJ's Safety Notes for journalists at border crossings
• Visit the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker database for more information on press freedom violations in the U.S.

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Qatar changes penal code to include ‘false news’ law
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Far-right demonstrators assault reporter Thomas Jacobi in Greece
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FAC, CPJ ask San Francisco mayor to protect journalist freedoms
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CPJ, 57 news organizations ask Senate to rethink press restrictions during impeachment
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker

CPJ and the Freedom of the Press Foundation, in collaboration with other press freedom groups, lead this nonpartisan website on the number of press freedom violations in the United States.

Protesters and police officers are seen in Beirut, Lebanon, on January 15, 2020. Police attacked and detained journalists covering the recent protests in Beirut. (AP/Hussein Malla)
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Journalists assaulted, detained while covering protests in Beirut
Chilean newspapers are sold in Santiago, on October 20, 2019. Masked attackers in January broke into the offices of Chilean paper El Mercurio de Antofagasta, damaged equipment and set fires. (AFP/Martin Bernetti)
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Masked attackers ransack Chilean newspaper, break equipment and set fires
Ugandan politician Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, is seen in Kasangati on January 6, 2020. Four journalists were arrested during Wine's visit to Kasangati, and others were questioned by police at another event. (AFP)
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Ugandan police harass and detain journalists covering opposition politician Bobi Wine
Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts swears in senators during the procedural start of the Senate impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump in this frame grab from video shot in the Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on January 16, 2020. CPJ and 57 news organizations asked the Senate to rethink press restrictions during the impeachment trial. (Reuters/U.S. Senate TV/Handout via Reuters)
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CPJ, 57 news organizations ask Senate to rethink press restrictions during impeachment
Indian security forces personnel patrol a street in Srinagar on January 10, 2020. Press freedom concerns persist in Jammu and Kashmir, where internet has been only partially restored after a months-long shutdown. (Reuters/Danish Ismail)
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Lawyer Mishi Choudhury on what India shutdowns ruling means for journalists
Members of the media prepare a broadcast report outside Sandringham Estate, the private residence of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, in eastern England, on January 13, 2020. A plan by Duke and Duchess of Sussex to change the rules of media engagement raised issues of access and what constitutes “credible media” in the United Kingdom this week. (AFP/Ben Stansall)
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In the UK, ‘Megxit’ and Downing Street briefing change put focus on press access
Journalists and press freedom supporters stage a silent march to police headquarters to denounce treatment of the media during protests over a proposed extradition bill, in Hong Kong, on July 14, 2019. (Reuters/Tyrone Siu)
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One Country, One Censor: How China undermines media freedom in Hong Kong and Taiwan
A June 5, 2019, photo shows a 'media interview area' for reporters set up near the Idkah mosque on the morning of Eid al-Fitr, when Muslims around the world celebrate the end of Ramadan, in Kashgar, in China's northwestern Xinjiang region. China was the world’s leading jailer of journalists in 2019, with at least 48 in prison. (AFP/Greg Baker)
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China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt are world's worst jailers of journalists
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Getting Away with Murder
Journalist Thomas Jacobi is seen after being attacked while covering a protest in Athens, Greece, on January 19, 2020. (AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki)
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Far-right demonstrators assault reporter Thomas Jacobi in Greece
Freelance journalist Bryan Carmody, left, is seen with his attorney, Thomas Burke, at a panel event held by the Society of Professional Journalists in San Francisco on August 13, 2019. Police raided Carmody's home and office in May while investigating the leak of a report on the death of a San Francisco public defender. (AP/Juliet Williams)
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FAC, CPJ ask San Francisco mayor to protect journalist freedoms
Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts swears in senators during the procedural start of the Senate impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump in this frame grab from video shot in the Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on January 16, 2020. CPJ and 57 news organizations asked the Senate to rethink press restrictions during the impeachment trial. (Reuters/U.S. Senate TV/Handout via Reuters)
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CPJ, 57 news organizations ask Senate to rethink press restrictions during impeachment

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CPJ, RSF call on Haitian authorities to investigate attacks on journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders urge Haitian authorities to take steps necessary to guarantee independent and comprehensive investigations into all cases of violence against journalists, and communicate the results to the public in a timely manner.

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