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Ethiopia Zone 9 bloggers charged with terrorism

BBC World News, Africa quoted CPJ’s statement on the sentencing of the Zone 9 bloggers. Read the full article here.

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CPJ condems closed court hearings for nine Ethiopian journalists

InDepthAfrica quoted CPJ’s East Africa Representative, Tom Rhodes, in its coverage of the sentencing of the zone 9 bloggers in Ethiopia. Read the full article here.

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Press freedom groups condemn Israel’s killing of media worker

After CPJ released an alert on the death of Hamid Sihab, a Palestinian media worker who died when an IDF airstrike hit his press car, the Huffington Post quoted CPJ’s coverage. Read the full article here.

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Egyptian president wishes journalists had been deported; Nigerian editor missing

In its round up of journalism news outside the U.S., Poynter cited CPJ’s alert on the disapearance of Nigerian editor, Thomas Thomas. Read the full article here.

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Thank you for supporting #FREEAJSTAFF

Al-Jazeera reviews what it calls the largest social media press freedom campaign ever: #FreeAJStaff. The article cites CPJ’s coverage of the trial. Read the full article here.

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Hard Numbers

Columbia Journalism Review used CPJ’s research in its list of key numbers that measure press freedom around the world today. Read the full article here.

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There have been 704 journalists murdered since 1992

The Huffington Post memorialized the 704 journalists that have been murdered since 1992 using their photos. The article also uses CPJ’s killed database and references CPJ’s statistics on impunity. Read the full article here.

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Egypt sentences Al-Jazeera journalists

A Cairo court sentenced three Al-Jazeera journalists to lengthy prison terms on terrorism-related charges, according to news reports. Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Peter Greste were given seven-year terms, while Baher Mohamed was given 10 years in prison. CPJ’s experts received widespread media coverage, several of which are listed below. The New York Times Mashable USA…

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Al-Jazeera Reporter in Egypt Freed After Hunger Strike

Time Magazine cited CPJ’s research on Egypt in its coverage of the release of hunger striking Al-Jazeera journalist Abdullah Elshamy. Read the full article here.

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Mexican journalists speak out on reporter murders

The Daily Beast cited CPJ research on threats to Mexican journalists in its coverage of local reporters’ reaction to the murder of Gregorio Jiménez. Read the full article here.

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