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The Committee to Protect Journalists has expressed concern at the hefty financial damages imposed on a blogger in a defamation case in Cambodia. The ruling could have a detrimental effect on online commentary in the country. The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday convicted Rupert Winchester, a British journalist based in Phnom Penh who runs a personal blog, "The Mighty Penh," of defamation...

The International Press Institute (IPI) Wednesday expressed concern for the safety of journalists in Gaza after Al Jazeera accused Israeli forces of firing on its local bureau. The Guardian reported that Israel’s military denied having targeted the building after Al Jazeera correspondents said yesterday that two shots were fired into its 11th-floor office. The network noted that the incident...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Timor Leste Journalists Association (AJTL) call upon Taur Matan Ruak, the President of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste, to refrain from signing off new media laws that may endanger the practice of journalism in the region. AJTL has called on the President use his power to influence parliament to remove these articles, and says the...

Burmese authorities should drop national security-related charges brought against journalists and staff members of the Bi Mon Te Nay (Bi-Midday Sun) news journal, and release them from pre-trial detention immediately, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. "These bogus security-related charges represent the latest assault on press freedom in Burma," said Shawn Crispin, CPJ's senior...

The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) today has insisted to Ethiopian Authorities that journalists are not terrorists following the warning by the Prime Minister to journalists to operate free from terrorists. According to the Ethiopian National Journalists Union (ENJU) a FAJ affiliate, Prime Minister Haile-Mariam Desalegn told a press conference Friday 18 July 2014 that Ethiopian...

The Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned an attack on the offices of a privately owned newspaper in Sudan in which the publication's editor and another journalist were beaten. On Saturday, a group of armed men in plain clothes raided the offices of the daily Al-Tayar in the capital, Khartoum, confiscated laptops and cellphones, and destroyed equipment, according to news reports citing...

The Committee to Protect Journalists has expressed concern at the recent termination of a Chinese journalist from a monthly magazine after he wrote for a Hong Kong website. Song Zhibiao's dismissal marks the first publicized case of its kind following recent directives by the Chinese government that bar journalists from cooperating with foreign news agencies, according to The New York Times. On...

In the past two days, at least two journalists have gone missing in Ukraine's eastern region of Donetsk, while pro-Russia separatists abducted a fixer and briefly detained a reporter, according to news reports and press freedom and human rights groups. The moves come as the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic Wednesday banned journalists from the conflict area. "Abductions and detentions of...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the Guangdong Propaganda Department for pressuring a media group to fire a journalist because he wrote a commentary for a Hong Kong outlet. On July 18, Song Zhibiao was forced to sign an agreement terminating his contract with Nan Fang Media Group after he wrote an article for a Hong Kong-based online platform, Oriental Daily. Several...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has reiterated its call for Israeli forces to end attacks against journalists and media organisations in Gaza following the latest spate of violent incidents today, Tuesday 22 July. According to media reports, an Israeli war jet fired shots at the Aljazeera office based in Al-Jala' Tower in Gaza City Centre. Media workers were forced to evacuate...