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Gerry Ortega

CPJ, partners call for swift trial after ex-governor surrenders over Philippine journalist’s murder

New York, September 11, 2024—A coalition of three international press freedom organizations on Wednesday called for a swift and impartial trial after fugitive ex-governor Joel T. Reyes surrendered to authorities in connection with the 2011 murder of Philippine broadcast journalist Gerry Ortega. “This is long overdue. Former governor Joel T. Reyes has evaded justice for…

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Taliban Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Stanekzai

Taliban label Afghanistan International an ‘enemy’ for reporting on alleged aid misuse

New York, September 11, 2024—The Taliban must stop harassing the popular London-based broadcaster Afghanistan International, which they accused of conducting a “propaganda war against us,” the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. In his September 4 speech, Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Stanekzai attacked the independent outlet as an “enemy” for reporting that aid relief sent…

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Vietnamese journalist sentenced to 7 years on propaganda charges

Bangkok, September 10, 2024—A Hanoi court sentenced journalist Nguyen Vu Binh to seven years in prison on Tuesday on charges of propaganda against the state. Binh was convicted in connection to comments he made in videos on political, economic, and social topics posted on YouTube channel TNT Media Live in January and March 2022. The…

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Chung Pui-kuen, former chief editor of Stand News, leaves the district court on bail after the verdict in a landmark sedition trial against two former editors of the now-defunct media outlet, in Hong Kong, China, on August 29.

CPJ, others: China criminalizing journalism in Hong Kong with Stand News verdict

Taipei, September 2, 2024—Hong Kong authorities are criminalizing normal journalistic work with the “openly political” conviction of two editors from the shuttered news portal Stand News for subversion, the Committee to Protect Journalists and four other rights groups said. By weaponizing the legal system against journalists, China has ruthlessly reneged on guarantees given to Hong…

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Chung Pui-kuen, the former chief editor of Hong Kong's now-shuttered outlet Stand News, walks outside on bail after he was found guilty in a landmark sedition trial under a colonial-era law, in Wanchai District Court in Hong Kong on August 29, 2024.

CPJ condemns Hong Kong’s conviction of 2 Stand News editors for sedition

Taipei, August 29, 2024— The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Thursday’s conviction by a Hong Kong court of former Stand News editors Patrick Lam and Chung Pui-kuen on charges of conspiracy to publish seditious publications and calls on authorities to stop using anti-state charges against journalists. “The guilty verdict is another nail in the coffin…

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China shuts down journalist’s internet, cell service

Taipei, August 28, 2024—Beijing authorities shut down independent journalist Gao Yu’s internet, landline, and cellular connection on Monday, August 26, after she published a Sunday article analyzing an Al Jazeera interview with Victor Gao, vice president of the Chinese think tank Center for China and Globalization. “Chinese authorities must restore journalist Gao Yu’s internet connection…

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Journalists Aung San Oo (left) and Myo Myint Oo of Myanmar's Dawei Watch

Myanmar’s Dawei Watch reporters sentenced to 20 years and life in prison

Mae Sot, Thailand, August 28, 2024 – Myanmar authorities should immediately release journalists Aung San Oo and Myo Myint Oo, who were sentenced to 20 years and life in prison respectively, and stop using terrorism charges to harass the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. A military court inside Myeik Prison sentenced the…

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People board a bus in Hong Kong, China, on February 27, 2024.

Hong Kong denies work visa to Bloomberg reporter Haze Fan

Taipei, August 23, 2024 – The Hong Kong Immigration Department has denied a work visa to Bloomberg News reporter Haze Fan, a Chinese national who was previously detained for at least 13 months by national security officials in Beijing. “Hong Kong authorities should not normalize the practice of refusing foreign or mainland Chinese journalists visa…

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Taliban fighters celebrate the third anniversary of the withdrawal of US-led troops in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 14, 2024.

New law grants Taliban morality police fresh powers to censor Afghan media   

New York, August 23, 2024— The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned about a new law, to be enforced by the Taliban’s morality police, which bans journalists from publishing or broadcasting content that they believe violates Sharia law or insults Muslims. “The Law for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice grants…

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Myanmar journalist Win Htut Oo was killed in a military raid on August 21, 2024.

Myanmar soldiers shoot dead 2 journalists in raid on home

Bangkok, August 23, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Myanmar authorities to immediately and credibly investigate Wednesday’s killing of journalists Win Htut Oo and Htet Myat Thu in a military raid on a home in southern Mon State. “The killing of journalists Win Htut Oo and Htet Myat Thu is an atrocity against the…

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